the Contracting Authority, in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Additional Provision of the LFCP and the Sixteenth Additional Provision of the TRLCSP, and in compliance with the principle of transparency in contracting and of effectiveness and efficiency of administrative action, will promote and prefer the use of electronic, computer and telematic means in the procedures contemplated In the afore mentioned legal text, for this purpose, the files will be processed by electronic, computer and telematic means in all the procedures of the procurement files, until their formalization, including the phase of submission of tenders and their evaluation, the communications, requirements and notifications.

Therefore, the Contracting Authority, based on the regulations indicated in the previous paragraph that regulates the use of electronic means in contracting procedures, the tenders who attend the Portal of eTendering must submit their requests for participation and proposals, the provision of documents, communications and notifications between the tenderer and the contracting authority through the Portal of eTendering that the Contracting Authority makes available to them.

In this Portal of eTendering they have at their full disposal all the documentation related to the process in progress, as well as a channel of direct communication with the public contracting authority of Contracting Authority, where they can respond to requests for clarification , submit tenders and receive notifications, as well as the exercise of any other rights that the regulations applicable to the ongoing contracting process confer on you as a tenderer.

The Portal of eTendering of Contracting Authority fully complies with all the legal and technical requirements set forth in the Public Sector Contracts Law and other development regulations, guaranteeing at all times that:

1. No son discriminatorios, encontrándose a disposición del público de forma compatible con las tecnologías de la información y comunicación de uso general.
2. Toda la información y las especificaciones técnicas necesarias para la presentación electrónica de las ofertas y solicitudes de participación se encuentran a disposición de todas las partes interesadas, siendo de uso general y amplia implantación.
3. Los sistemas de comunicaciones y para el intercambio y almacenamiento de información garantizan la igualdad entre los licitadores y la integridad de los datos transmitidos y que sólo los órganos competentes, en la fecha señalada para ello, puedan tener acceso a los mismos, o que en caso de quebrantamiento de ésta prohibición de acceso, la violación puede detectarse con claridad.
4. Las aplicaciones permite acreditar la fecha y hora de su emisión o recepción de las comunicaciones, la integridad de su contenido y el remitente y destinatario de las mismas.
5. Todos los actos y manifestaciones de voluntad de los órganos administrativos o de las empresas licitadoras o contratistas que tengan efectos jurídicos y se emitan en la fase de Tramitación y adjudicación del contrato son autenticados mediante una firma electrónica reconocida de acuerdo con la Ley 6/2020, de 11 de noviembre, reguladora de determinados aspectos de los servicios electrónicos de confianza, garantizándose técnicamente que la firma se ajusta a las disposiciones de esta norma.
6. El acceso a esta plataforma electrónica es gratuito y permite realizar la consulta y descarga de los pliegos del procedimiento, así como la presentación de proposiciones.

The following is a set of questions frequently asked in the processes of Electronic Headquarters.

This section contains frequently asked questions about the public procurement process.If you are asked other questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

What is the Portal of eTendering of Contracting Authority?

The Portal of eTendering of Contracting Authority is the system that allows the electronic submission of tenders and other documents to participate in public contract tenders, through the Internet, with all the legal guarantees of security, data confidentiality and tender secrecy.

the Contracting Authority through this platform streamlines internal management and facilitates administrative procedures.

Tenderers can submit the documents of the Procedure, obtain information on the development of the procedure and receive notifications by electronic means, thus avoiding the displacements.

What do I need to be able to submit an electronic tender?

Use an electronic signature certificate accepted by the Contracting Authority, which may be a legal entity or natural person certificate if it is an individual entrepreneur or company representative.

Access the Portal of eTendering of Contracting Authority and follow the instructions for the electronic submission of tenders.

What types of signing certificates can be used?

All digital certificates supported by the Contracting Authority can be used. At this link, you can check the necessary technical requirements , including supported digital certificates.

Do I have to request permission to be able to make the electronic shipments?

No special permission is required; it is sufficient that in the Administrative Terms and Conditions of the contract subject to Processing, it is expressly stated that electronic submission of tenders is admitted, the application for tenders is downloaded and correctly identified in the system with its digital certificate.

How are tenders submitted electronically?

• Submission of tenders (web form)

  Along with the call for each of the tenders you will find an option that allows you to access the "Request" tender form that contains all the information necessary to prepare and send the tender.

  It is not necessary to prepare the tender in a single act. The platform allows the partial elaboration of the tenders, storing its content encrypted with a password until its final submission.

Who signs the tenders?

The electronic submission of tenders works in such a way that the tender is signed in its entirety together with the documentation provided, this signature is the one corresponding to the person presenting the tender, who must have sufficient power to authorize them to act and operate in the Portal of eTendering. Separately, each document contributed within the tendercan be signed individually by another person or several with any file signing tool, preferably in PDF format. Keep in mind that the documents attached to the tender must be signed by the people with powers to present tenders and later on the Opening Meeting itself will decide the validity or not of the same.

Can a company register and submit a tender with the electronic ID or a physical certificate of one of the workers if this is one of the proxies?

If possible.

When the application for tenders has been downloaded and the application for the file to which it is going to submit an tender, the initial registration must fill in the data of the company in question and the data of the representatives, both authorized and interested, indicating for each one of them they are the document codes (NIFs) to which the authorization will be granted.

What happens when in a company is not valid the signature of a single proxy to make the submission of tenders, but have a joint signature and requires the signature of two or more attorneys?

The application for submitting tenders, with which registration is made and the submission of the tender allows more than one proxy to be included, each using its own certificate.

Can I provide digitized copies of the documents?

The required documentation must be digitally signed by the company's attorney, preferably in PDF format.

When it is paper documentation that has to be digitized, it can be provided by guaranteeing the representative with his electronic signature his fidelity to the original. The Administration may request the collation of the contents of the copies and, exceptionally, require the individual to display the document or the original information.

For more information, Royal Decree 1671/2009 of 6 November, in Chapter III, "Specific rules concerning electronic documents provided by citizens" in Article 48 - Electronic images provided by citizens - says the following:

1. De conformidad con el artículo 35.2 de la Ley 11/2007, de 22 de junio, los interesados podrán aportar al expediente, en cualquier fase del procedimiento, copias digitalizadas de los documentos, cuya fidelidad con el original garantizarán mediante la utilización de firma electrónica avanzada. La Administración Pública podrá solicitar del correspondiente archivo el cotejo del contenido de las copias aportadas. Ante la imposibilidad de este cotejo y con carácter excepcional, podrá requerir al particular la exhibición del documento o de la información original. La aportación de tales copias implica la autorización a la Administración para que acceda y trate la información personal contenida en tales documentos. Las mencionadas imágenes electrónicas carecerán del carácter de copia auténtica.
2. Las imágenes electrónicas presentadas por los ciudadanos deberán ajustarse a los formatos y estándares aprobados para tales procesos en el Esquema Nacional de Interoperabilidad. En caso de incumplimiento de este requisito, se requerirá al interesado para la subsanación del defecto advertido, en los términos establecidos en el artículo 71 de la Ley 30/1992, de 26 de noviembre.

Is it possible to download directly the specifications of all published calls?

Information on specific calls is published on this portal (sections Specification, Award Criteria and Required Documents).

The tender documents can be accessed on this website as soon as the call is published.

How to know if any error correction has been published for a specific call?

The corrections of errors of the announcements or documents are also published in the Contrator Profile. In case of an error correction, the call (section View Details) will present a direct link to the error correction.

If you have been selected to participate in a restricted or negotiated procedure or a competitive dialogue, the subscription to the updates and reminders will be activated automatically once the access to the specifications is granted.

How to prepare the request to participate in a call?

If you wish to participate in a call for proposals under a restricted or negotiated procedure, a competitive dialogue or a call for expressions of interest, you must first submit a request for participation. All documents and data to be attached to the request for participation are listed in the advertisement published on the Employer Profile. To help with the preparation of some documents we provide some models that can be downloaded in the section "Forms and templates".

How to elaborate the tender?

In the Bidding section of each call, all the documents and information to be attached to the corresponding tender are established.

Tenders and requests to participate may be submitted during the period established on this website and in the advertisement published on the Employer Profile.

If you submit tenders or requests for participation through the electronic submission tool, you must upload the information before the deadline.

Our company has been invited to submit a tender to a contract folder negotiated without advertising, but when trying to access the Processing Portal, after selecting the certificate does not appear the contract folder to which we have to submit an tender

If you access by means of a legal certificate (or representative), this must include the CIF of the company that has been invited to tender.

If you access by means of a physical certificate, the NIF of the certificate must be registered as a representative of the company invited to the Process. If this is not the case, contact the hiring manager responsible for the record to add you as representative.

En el siguiente enlace puede obtener información sobre los certificados válidos para licitar.

Who has access to my data?

The electronic tender submission application encrypts all data submitted through this platform to protect its confidentiality and integrity. Only authorized personnel of Contracting Authority will have access to the data entered. The data will be processed for the sole purpose for which it is intended. If the answer to a question contains information that must be accessible to all participants in the call, the question and the answer will be made public, and both will then be accessible to all participants in the call, but before, both the question and the The answer will be written in general terms, to avoid any reference to the participant who submitted the question.

Is it possible to access the call once it has been concluded, or when the contract has been awarded?

Yes, but only for a certain period of time.

Once the contract is awarded, the tenders are closed, and this is notified to all participants in the call. The announcement of the award of the contract is published on the Employer Profile.

The calls for expressions of interest are closed when the list established on the basis of the call expires, which is notified to all participants in the call.

Is there a deadline for requesting additional information and receiving a response?

You must send us any questions related to a specific call, as soon as possible, in order to receive a response quickly.

the Contracting Authority will answer questions received up to a maximum period of 5 business days prior to the deadline for submission of the documentation established in the tender notice, not allowing the formulation of queries once it has elapsed the mentioned maximum term.

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