< Letterhead of Contracting Authority >

< Date >

< Address of tenderer >

Our ref: < Publication reference > / < Letter number >

Dear < Contact name >

< Contract title >, < Location >

Thank you for participating in the above-mentioned tender procedure. I regret to inform you, however, that the tender submitted by you was not successful for the following reason(s):

(	your tender did not arrive before the deadline
(	your tender was not administratively compliant
(	the technical offer was not considered to meet the award criteria sufficiently closely (see table below)
(	the financial offer exceeded the maximum budget available for the contract
(	your tender was not the most economically advantageous of those tenders which were technically compliant (see table below)
For your information, the contract has been awarded to <name of successful tenderer>. Your scores according to the award criteria as well as those for the successful tender were as follows:

Organisation & methodology	Key expert 1	Key expert 2	Key expert 3	…	Financial offer (€)	Overall score
Your tender
Successful tender
Although we have not been able to make use of your services on this occasion, I trust that you will continue to take an active interest in our initiatives.

Yours sincerely

< Name >

Letter to unsuccessful tenderers
Circulation restricted to the Contracting Authority and addressee to protect the individual and privacy and commercial and industrial secrecy - Compulsory use for service tender procedures of EUR 200,000 or more

12/2000

HEADING 1

Annick Devillé

2001-03-26

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