According to the provisions of the applicable Regulations, and subject to the verification of the full compliance of the tenders with the terms and conditions of the tender documents, which shall take place during the evaluation stage that follows the opening of tenders, the Chairman of the Competent Body or the Head of the Contracting Authority, or a representative of these persons, announces to the tenderers, wherever this is feasible and in the manner that he deems most appropriate (e.g. notice board, facsimile, electronic mail etc.), their ranking order according to the price offered in their tenders.
Provided that the tender documents contain a relevant provision, it is recommended that the ranking order according to the price offered be announced only in cases of ordinary contracts without special requirements or anticipated difficulties during the evaluation procedure, for which the award criterion is exclusively the lowest price.