Article 17
United Kingdom
Interested parties shall reply to the invitation to tender either by lodging a written tender in exchange for an acknowledgment of receipt with the intervention agency indicated in the notice of invitation to tender, or by forwarding the same to the latter by registered letter, telex, telefax or telegram.
Tenders must reach the intervention agency before 12 noon (Brussels time) on the day on which the deadline for the submission of tenders indicated in the notice of invitation to tender expires.
Tenders may only be submitted in respect of whole lots. They shall give:
the reference of the invitation to tender;
the tenderer's name and exact address, together with the telex or telefax number;
details of the lot concerned;
the tender price proposed, per tonne of product, in euros;
the country of origin of the cereals to be imported;
separately, the cif price, per tonne of product, in euros, corresponding to the tender.
Tenders must be accompanied by evidence that the security referred to in Article 18(1) has been lodged before expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders.
Tenders not submitted in accordance with the provisions of this Article or containing conditions other than those laid down in the invitation to tender shall not be considered.
Tenders may not be withdrawn.