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- The designation of the successful candidates has its legal basis in the design competition
(art. 20 and 21 of the Law of 24 December 1993 read in conjunction with art. 75 to 77 of
the Royal Decree of 8 January 1996). This part of the open call procedure is described in
detail in point 2.
- The subsequent award of the design contract, for producing a preliminary design for the
relevant pilot project, to one of the successful candidates, shall be based on a negotiating
process without prior notice (art. 17, §2, 4° of the Law of 24 December 1993) (according to
a model agreement for the implementation of the study contract ). This part of the open
call procedure is described in detail in point 3.
1.6 Application files
Information provided as part of the selection process is conclusively replaced by this award guide,
hence candidates may no longer refer to information in the selection guide and the notice.
Exceptions to the foregoing are provisions in the notice and selection guide related to the selection
concerning exclusions grounds, admissibility, technical and organisational competence and
financial capacity. This means that during the next stages of the procedure, candidates have to
comply with the requirements laid down there.
The documents demonstrating that the participation conditions are met and for which a declaration
has been signed by the candidate in the selection stage are provided to the awarding authority no
later than at the time of the invitation to the negotiating procedure.
If, during the awarding procedure, the candidate turns out to be in a situation that may lead to
exclusion, there is still scope for deciding upon an exclusion.
2 DESIGNATION OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AS A RESULT OF THE
DESIGN COMPETITION
2.1 Invitation to submit a preliminary design
With the written and simultaneous invitation for the candidates selected for this pilot project to
submit a preliminary design, in the form and according to the procedure determined below, the
candidates are provided with the award guide including the project file.
2.2 Scope for written questions
The candidates are offered the opportunity to ask questions about this award guide. These questions
have to be presented to the awarding authority by e-mail no later than ***. The awarding authority
freely decides whether or not to answer the questions that are forwarded. Should the awarding
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