Submission Deadlines. In order to allow Applicants/Bidders to carefully prepare their Application/Offer and to arrange the shipment in time, especially for international Applicants/Bidders, the minimum time periods for the submission of Applications and Offers in ICB Tender Procedures shall be as follows: (1) preparation of an Application (from the date of the publication of the latest Tender Notice until the Application submission deadline): minimum 30 calendar days; and (2) preparation of a technical and financial Offer (from the date of the publication of the Tender Notice or the sending of the RfP/ITB to the Bidders or prequalified Applicants until the deadline for submission of Offers): minimum 45 calendar days. In the case of complex Contracts, the minimum time for the preparation of a technical and financial Offer shall be increased appropriately. In duly justified cases (e.g. intensive clarifications or amendments to Tender Documents) a prolongation of the submission period may be granted, however such an extension should not take place later than 10 calendar days before the submission deadline. Tender Documents shall be made available during the entire submission period. Any reduction of the above-mentioned minimum time periods for the submission of Applications and Offers require KfW’s prior No-Objection. In the case of an NCB the relevant provisions of the Public Procurement Regulation applies, in the case of LCB and Price Quotation the deadline for submission of Offers may be reduced appropriately, but should be no less than 20 calendar days. Consequently, the deadline for clarification requests shall be adapted accordingly. For Direct Award the submission deadline shall be appropriate. Applications/Offers received after the submission deadline shall be rejected, unless late submission was due to events of force majeure (e.g. natural disasters, war). Late submission due to courier services and/or custom clearance shall not be considered as events of force majeure.
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