The Contracting Authority informs the unsuccessful tenderers (i.e. the tenderers who were either excluded during the qualitative selection procedure or whose tenders were rejected during the technical or financial evaluation procedure, or who, despite having been qualified, were not selected for the award of the contract) of the Award Decision, as soon as possible after it is issued.
The initial informational letter to the unsuccessful tenderers should be in the format of the relevant Template No. 3, contained in Annex 4-2 of the present Chapter.