Notice of invitation to tender
Article 40
1. The invitation to tender shall be issued by the intervention agency concerned for the quantities of sugar held by it. 2. Each intervention agency concerned shall draw up an invitation to tender, which it shall publish at least eight days before the beginning of the period for the submission of tenders. The intervention agency shall send the invitation to tender, and any amendments thereof, to the Commission prior to publication. 3. The invitation shall indicate in particular: (a) the name and address of the intervention agency issuing the invitation to tender; (b) the terms of the tendering procedure; (c) the time limit for submission of tenders; (d) the lots of sugar put up for tender, and for each lot: — the reference number, — the quantity, — the quality of the sugar concerned, — the type of packaging, — the location of the place in which the sugar is stored, — the delivery stage, — any facilities at the warehouse for loading onto a means of transport by inland waterway, sea or rail. For the purposes of this Section, ‘lot’ means a quantity of sugar of uniform quality, packaged in the same way and stored in the same place. The minimum bid for each partial invitation to tender shall be 250 tonnes. 4. The intervention agency shall make such arrangements as it considers necessary to enable interested parties who so request to examine the sugar offered for sale.