Public document to be completed by the contracting authority

WORKS CONTRACT PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE

<Contract title>

<Location - Area/region and country/countries>

1. Publication reference

< Publication reference >

2. Procedure

[Open] [Restricted]

3. Programme title

< Please specify the programme title mentioned in the applicable financing agreement/financing
decision>

4. Financing

< Budget line / financing agreement / other >

5. Contracting authority

[For direct management: The European Union, represented by the European Commission on
behalf of and for the account of <the partner country/countries>]

[For indirect management: <The partner country>]

6. Description of the contract

< Maximum: 5 lines >

7. Indicative number and titles of lots

< As appropriate >

8. Scheduled publication date of the contract notice

< To be specified >

9. Other information

< As appropriate >

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 10. Legal basis1

[General budget of the Union: for calls where the CIR applies: Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 laying down common rules and
procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for financing external action and
<please introduce here the reference of the regulation or other instrument under which this
contract is to be financed (e.g. DCI, ENPI, ENI, Ifs)> - See Annex A2 of the practical guide ]
[In case of DCI, ENI, NSCI, PI and IPA II, please introduce here the following disclaimer
Please be aware that after the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU, the rules of access to EU
procurement procedures of economic operators established in third countries and of goods
originating from third countries1 will apply to candidates or tenderers from the United Kingdom, and
to all candidates or tenderers proposing goods originating from the United Kingdom 1 depending on
the outcome of negotiations. In case such access is not provided by legal provisions in force,
candidates or tenderers from the United Kingdom, and candidates or tenderers proposing goods
originating from the United Kingdom1 could be rejected from the procurement procedure.

1
However, they may originate from any country when the amount of the supplies to be purchased is below 100 000 euros.]
[General budget of the Union: for calls where the CIR does not apply (e.g. for IPA I): <
Regulation or other instrument under which this contract is to be financed> - See Annex A2 of the
practical guide]

[EDF: Annex IV to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean
and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States,
of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 as amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005
and in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010. Reference is made to Annex IV as revised by Decision
1/2014 of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers of 20 June 2014.]
[In case of the 11th EDF, please add the following text:
Please be aware that after the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU, the rules of access to EU
procurement procedures of economic operators established in third countries and of goods
originating from third countries1 will apply to candidates or tenderers from the United Kingdom, and
to all candidates or tenderers proposing goods originating from the United Kingdom 1 depending on
the outcome of negotiations. In case such access is not provided by legal provisions in force,
candidates or tenderers from the United Kingdom, and candidates or tenderers proposing goods
originating from the United Kingdom1 could be rejected from the procurement procedure.

1
However, they may originate from any country when the amount of the supplies to be purchased is below EUR 100 000.]

Notes:
There must be an interval of at least 30 calendar days between the publication of this prior information notice and the
publication of the corresponding contract notice. No applications or requests for further information should be sent at
this stage.

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Please state any specificity that might have an impact on rules on participation (such as geographic or thematic or
long/short term).

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