Regulations

On the electronic platform E-marketplace, located on the website http://tender-test.rimalog.ru on the Internet.

Terms and Definitions

Electronic Trading Platform (ETP, System) – an automated information system E-marketplace, located on the Internet at the address http://tender-test.rimalog.ru, designed for conducting competitive trade and procurement procedures in electronic form.

Operator (ETP) – a legal entity that owns the automated trading platform, the necessary software and hardware for its operation, and ensures the conduct of trades for the procurement of goods, works, and services in electronic form.

Personal Account – a set of software tools accessible to the User after registration on the ETP, using a login and password, allowing to receive services provided by the Operator, information about the progress of their provision, and to pay for the Operator's services.

Open Part – the functionality of the electronic trading platform, access to which is available to any persons, regardless of registration.

Closed Part – the functionality of the electronic trading platform, access to which is available only to registered Users. Use of the closed part of the System is carried out in accordance with these Regulations.

Applicant – any legal entity established in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, regardless of its organizational and legal form, form of ownership, location, and place of origin of capital, or any individual having citizenship of the Russian Federation, including an individual entrepreneur, wishing to undergo the registration procedure in the trading section.

User (ETP) – a legal entity, individual, or individual as an individual entrepreneur, who has undergone the registration procedure in accordance with these Regulations, and regarding whom the Operator has made a decision to register them on the ETP.

Procurement Procedure Organizer (Organizer, Customer, Seller) – an ETP User performing actions to organize and conduct trade and procurement procedures for the procurement of products, works, services in electronic form in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

Participant (of a trade procedure, Supplier) – an ETP User who has submitted an application to the Organizer to participate in a trade and procurement procedure for the procurement of products, works, services in accordance with these Regulations, claiming to conclude a contract.

Attestation – a procedure aimed at confirming the participants' ability to perform certain types of services declared by them during registration.

Procurement (procurement procedure) – the process of determining a supplier, with the aim of concluding a contract with them to meet the customer's needs for goods, works, services with the necessary indicators of price, quality, and reliability.

Non-Trade Procedures - methods of procurement in the form of price requests, proposal requests, preliminary selection, and other procedures not recognized as auctions under the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

Lot – a procured item, works, services, constituting the subject of the procurement procedure, for which a separate application for participation is submitted within the framework of this procedure, whereby a trade procedure may include one or several lots.

Procurement Documentation – a set of documents approved by the customer, which may contain information about the subject of the procurement, the procedure and conditions for participation in the procurement procedure, rules for preparation and submission of applications by participants, criteria for selecting the winner, and the terms of the contract concluded based on the results of the procurement procedure.

Application (Proposal) – an electronic document submitted by a Trade Participant for the purpose of participating in a trade procedure in accordance with these Regulations.

Winner (of the procurement procedure) – a participant, including the sole participant, with whom a contract is concluded in accordance with the information on the completion of the procurement procedure.

Open Procurement Procedure - a procurement procedure in which any User can participate.

Closed Procurement Procedure – a procurement procedure, the list of participants of which is determined by the Procurement Organizer.

Electronic Document – a document in which information is presented in electronic digital form.

Regulations of the Electronic Trading Platform – a document that establishes the procedure for conducting the full range of trade and procurement procedures in electronic form, the procedure for interaction and settlements between Trade Organizers, the Operator of the electronic trading platform, persons interested in registration on the electronic platform, persons submitting applications for participation in trades (Trade Participants) or their representatives, in the process of their organization and conduct on the electronic platform.

1. General Provisions

1.1 These Regulations define the procedure for interaction between Users of the Electronic Trading Platform E-marketplace, located on the Internet at http://tender-test.rimalog.ru, and the Operator of the automated trading platform in the process of providing services for using the ETP.

1.2 These Regulations define the general requirements for the process of conducting procurement procedures on the Electronic Trading Platform E-marketplace, establish the general procedure for interaction between the Operator, Applicants for registration and Users, and regulate the relations arising between them in the process of performing actions on the ETP.

1.3 These Regulations are an adhesion contract in accordance with Article 428 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

1.4 Electronic trades are conducted using the electronic trading platform on the Internet website http://tender-test.rimalog.ru. Access to the electronic trading platform via the Internet is open.

1.5 Administration of electronic trades on the ETP (registration of users, differentiation of user rights on the ETP, monitoring the progress of trades, ensuring software reliability) and equal conditions of access for procurement participants to participate in trades are ensured by the Operator.

1.6 These Regulations are developed in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation. In particular:

·         Civil Code of the Russian Federation;

·         Federal Law No. 149-FZ of July 27, 2006 "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection";

·         Federal Law No. 135-FZ of July 26, 2006 "On Protection of Competition";

·         Federal Law No. 152-FZ of July 27, 2006 "On Personal Data".

2. Joining the Regulations

2.1 Persons registered on the electronic trading platform in accordance with Section 7 of these Regulations join these Regulations by providing a statement of accession to the Regulations during the submission of the registration application on the electronic trading platform.

2.2 From the moment of submitting the registration application on the electronic trading platform, the person who submitted the application is considered to have joined the Regulations and is a Party to the Regulations.

2.3 The fact of a person's accession to the Regulations constitutes full acceptance by them of the terms of these Regulations and all its appendices in the version effective at the time of registration of the Statement of Accession in the register of the electronic trading platform E-marketplace. The person who joined the Regulations accepts further changes (additions) made to the Regulations in accordance with the terms of these Regulations.

2.4 After joining the Regulations, the Operator of the electronic trading platform and the Party who joined the Regulations enter into corresponding contractual relations for an indefinite period.

2.5 By joining these Regulations, the Applicant for registration confirms agreement with its terms, as well as that these Regulations do not contradict the legislation of the Russian Federation, do not deprive the Applicant of rights granted by law, and do not exclude or limit the Operator's liability for breach of obligations.

2.6 By joining these Regulations, the Applicant, who is an Organizer (of a procurement procedure), confirms that the procedure for conducting procurements established by these Regulations does not contradict the Organizer's procurement policy.

3. Procedure for Terminating the Regulations

3.1 The effect of these Regulations may be terminated at the initiative of one of the Parties in the following cases:

• At the own discretion of one of the Parties;
• Breach of the terms of these Regulations by one of the Parties.

3.2 In case of termination of the Regulations, the initiating Party shall notify the other Party in writing of its intentions thirty calendar days before the date of termination of the Regulations. The Regulations are considered terminated after the Parties have fulfilled their obligations.

3.3 Termination of the Regulations does not release the Parties from the performance of obligations that arose before the said date of termination of the Regulations, and does not release from liability for its non-performance (improper performance).

4. Amendment (Supplement) of the Regulations

4.1 Amendments (additions) to the Regulations, including appendices thereto, are made by the Operator unilaterally.

4.2 Notification of amendments (additions) to the Regulations is carried out by the Organizer by mandatory placement of the said amendments (additions) on the electronic platform at the address – http://tender-test.rimalog.ru/Regulations.

4.3 All amendments (additions) made by the Operator to the Regulations in connection with changes in the current legislation of the Russian Federation shall enter into force simultaneously with the entry into force of the amendments (additions) to the said acts.

4.4 Any amendments and additions to the Regulations, from the moment of their entry into force, apply equally to all persons who have joined the Regulations, including those who joined the Regulations prior to the date of entry into force of the amendments (additions). In case of disagreement with the amendments (additions), a Party to the Regulations has the right, before such amendments (additions) enter into force, to terminate the Regulations in the manner provided for in Section 3 of these Regulations.

4.5 All appendices, amendments, and additions to these Regulations are an integral and inseparable part thereof.

5. Electronic Trading Platform, Requirements for the User's Automated Workstation

5.1 Electronic Trading Platform, Requirements for the User's Automated Workstation

5.1 Standard web browsers may be used to access the electronic trading platform.

5.2 The electronic trading platform ensures servicing of no less than 5000 http-requests per hour to any web pages of the electronic trading platform. The average response time of the software ensuring the functioning of the electronic trading platform, from the moment of receipt of an http-request to the start of sending the requested data, does not exceed 4000 ms. The maximum such response time under a load not exceeding 5000 http-requests per hour to any web pages of the electronic platform does not exceed 15000 ms.

5.3 The electronic trading platform operates in 24/7 continuous mode according to the schedule determined by the Operator, except for the time of maintenance works.

5.4 The ETP ensures automatic notification of all Users about the schedule of maintenance works by placing the relevant information in the Open Part of the website.

5.5 All information on the electronic trading platform is placed in Russian, except for the cases provided for in clause 5.6 of these Regulations. The use of Latin and other symbols and letters when writing Russian words is not allowed.

5.6 The use of letters and symbols of foreign languages in the information placed on the electronic trading platform is allowed only in cases where the use of letters and symbols of the Russian language distorts such information, in particular when indicating website addresses on the Internet, email addresses.

5.7 The ETP ensures that each User has a Personal Account, access to which can only be had by the said User.

5.8 The System ensures the creation, storage, and processing of documents in electronic form submitted by Users, using information protection tools certified in the manner established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

5.9 To work on the ETP, an employee of the User must have an automated workstation, which is one workstation - a computer or laptop. Recommended minimum configuration:

• 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor with a clock speed of 1.5 GHz or higher;
• RAM not less than 1 GB (for a 32-bit processor) or 2 GB (for a 64-bit processor);
• Free hard disk space 200 Mb or more;
• Monitor with a resolution of 1280x800 or higher;
• Microsoft Windows 7 Starter or a later version;
• Browser;
• Tools for creating documents (MS Office, WordPad);
• File compression tools (RAR, ZIP, WINZIP);
• PDF file readers (Adobe Acrobat or similar).

5.10 For correct work on the ETP, it is necessary to disable all non-standard browser add-ons (such as Skype, ICQ, etc.), as their use may lead to changes in the structure of generated electronic documents.

5.11 When working with the ETP, all standard browsers can be used to view pages: Yandex Browser, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and others. In case of errors or incorrect display of pages, it is necessary to switch to the recommended browser, Yandex Browser.

6. Liability and Disputes

6.1 The ETP User has the right to:

6.1.1 Place notices on the ETP about the conduct of procurement procedures in the manner established by these Regulations and the procurement documentation.

6.1.2 Participate in procurement procedures conducted on the ETP, to which they are admitted according to the Regulations, in the manner established by these Regulations and the procurement documentation.

6.1.3 Send the Operator their suggestions for improving the ETP functionality.

6.2 The ETP User is obliged to:

6.2.1 Comply with the norms of these Regulations when performing any actions on the ETP.

6.2.2 Timely update the information about their organization submitted during registration on the ETP, including information about the organization's details, about offered and/or consumed goods, works, services, and also timely place on the ETP current copies of documents submitted during registration on the ETP.

6.2.3 Conduct trade procedures on the ETP for the procurement of goods, performance of works, and provision of services exclusively in electronic form through electronic document management.

6.2.4 Ensure the confidentiality of the ETP User's username and password provided to them for work on the ETP. If suspicions arise about their unauthorized use by third parties, immediately inform the Operator about it.

6.3 The ETP Operator has the right to:

6.3.1 Verify the accuracy of the information provided by the ETP User.

6.3.2 Monitor electronic document management on the ETP and actions performed on the ETP for their compliance with current legislation, these Regulations, and ETP instructions, and, when necessary, provide recommendations to ETP Users.

6.3.3 Terminate the ETP User's access to work in the "Personal Account" of the ETP for non-compliance with the provisions of these Regulations or suspend the ETP User's activity until the committed violations are fully eliminated.

6.3.4 The ETP Operator has the right to unilaterally terminate the ETP User's access to work in the "Personal Account" of the ETP or place information about the ETP User on the ETP in the following cases:

6.3.4.1 By court decision.

6.3.4.2 In case of non-performance or improper performance by the ETP User of its obligations to the Operator.

6.3.4.3 If bankruptcy proceedings have been initiated against the ETP User.

6.3.4.4 In case of initiation of criminal cases against the management of the ETP User related to the activities of such User on the ETP.

6.3.5 Modernize the ETP and make changes to the ETP functionality and to these Regulations.

6.4 The ETP Operator is obliged to:

6.4.1 Ensure the technical possibility of participation in open trade procedures conducted on the ETP, as well as equal access of ETP Users to participation in open procurement procedures, including to information about the conduct of open trade procedures.

6.4.2 Ensure the continuity of trade conduct, functioning of software and technical means used for conducting trade procedures, in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation.

6.4.3 Ensure storage in electronic form of all necessary documents for five years from the date of approval of the protocol on the results of the trades.

6.5 The ETP User is liable for:

6.5.1 The ETP User is liable for non-performance of the Regulations, which resulted in violation of the rights of third parties.

6.5.2 The ETP User is liable for the accuracy of information placed and sent by them when working on the ETP.

6.5.3 All actions performed by the ETP User, properly authorized on the ETP by username and password, are recognized as actions of the corresponding ETP User to whom these username and password were provided, and generate corresponding rights and obligations for them.

6.5.4 The ETP User bears full responsibility for non-performance or improper performance of its obligations.

6.5.5 The ETP User is liable for maintaining the confidentiality of their username and password provided to them for work on the ETP and for losses that may arise due to their unauthorized use by third parties, as well as for all actions performed by third parties using the username.

6.6 The Operator is not liable for:

6.6.1 Any damage, losses, and other damages incurred by the ETP User due to their possession of non-compliant hardware and software complex necessary for work on the ETP in accordance with the ETP technical requirements, namely:

6.6.1.1 The ETP User's lack of computer equipment with the necessary set of software and technical capabilities meeting the requirements for work on the ETP;
6.6.1.2 The presence of software and technical limitations and settings contained in the ETP User's computer equipment, which prevented them from fully working on the ETP;

6.6.1.3 Inability of the User to work on the ETP due to infection of the ETP User's computer equipment with malicious software (viruses);

6.6.1.4 Deficiencies in the operation of network systems and restrictions introduced by the ETP User, as well as failures in the operation of the ETP User's hardware and software complex, which led to unregulated and unforeseen temporary disconnections of the ETP User from the worldwide Internet and prevented the ETP User from fully working on it;

6.6.1.5 Deficiencies in the operation of network systems and restrictions introduced by the provider (company providing the ETP User with Internet access) whose services the ETP User uses, as well as failures in the operation of the hardware and software complex of the ETP User's provider, which led to unregulated and unforeseen disconnections of the ETP User from the Internet and prevented the ETP User from fully working on the ETP.

6.6.2 Any damage, losses, and other damages incurred by the ETP User if they arose due to improper use of information related to the work of the ETP User, and the relations between the Operator and the ETP User, such as:

6.6.2.1 Ignorance of these Regulations by the User's employees, neglect and improper performance by the ETP User's employees of all requirements and procedures specified in these Regulations;
6.6.2.2 Improper storage of login and password, unauthorized by the ETP User's management transfer by an employee appointed as the person responsible for the ETP User's work, of the login and password for accessing and working on the ETP to third parties who do not have the appropriate authority and qualifications to work on the ETP;

6.6.2.3 Actions performed on the ETP on behalf of the ETP User by third parties who gained access to the ETP.

6.6.3 The content of the notice on the procurement procedure, documentation on the procurement procedure, compiled and placed by the Trade Organizer;

6.6.4 The deadlines and procedure of actions set by the Trade Organizer, performed in accordance with its internal documents regulating the procedure for placing an order for the supply of goods, performance of works, provision of services, related to clarifications of the provisions of the trade and procurement documentation, changes to the trade and procurement documentation, cancellation of the trade and procurement procedure;
6.6.5 The content of the application submitted by the Trade Participant for participation in the trade and procurement procedure;

6.6.6 The actions of the Trade Organizer in considering the Trade Participant's application, on admission and/or rejection of the Trade Participant's application, the content of the protocol for reviewing applications for participation in trade and procurement procedures, the deadlines for sending this Protocol by the Trade Organizer to the Operator, and other procedural actions of the Trade Organizer related to the consideration of applications for participation in trade and procurement procedures;

6.6.7 The procedure for concluding (non-conclusion, for any reasons) a contract between the Trade Organizer and the Trade Participant based on the trade and procurement procedures conducted on the ETP; for the mutual performance by the parties of the terms of the contract concluded based on the trade and procurement procedures conducted on the ETP.

6.6.8 If information placed by the ETP User, through the fault of the ETP User itself (the ETP User's employees), becomes known to third parties who used it to cause damage to the ETP User.

6.6.9 In case of non-performance or improper performance of these Regulations and other reached agreements, the Operator and ETP Users bear liability provided for by the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

6.6.10 Disputes between participants and organizers of trade procedures conducted on the ETP in accordance with these Regulations and the current user instructions of the ETP are considered by the parties (organizers and participants of trades) on a bilateral basis without the involvement of the Operator.

6.6.11 The norms of these Regulations cannot be considered as any restriction of the right of organizers and participants of trade procedures to apply to a court or other relevant authorities.

7. Registration on the Electronic Trading Platform

7.1 To ensure access to participation in open trades, the Operator conducts registration on the electronic platform. Registration on the electronic platform is carried out free of charge.

7.2 Personal data provided by the applicant in the form of questionnaires, contracts, and other documents filled out on the electronic platform, as well as transmitted to the Operator in person, through a representative, by mail, or in any other way, are processed and stored on the electronic platform. Processing of personal data can be both automated and without the use of automation tools. For registration, the applicant must confirm their consent to the processing of personal data. Consent is issued for an unlimited period.

7.3 The Operator places in the open part:

• Forms of applications for registration on the ETP;
• These Regulations in the current version.

Forms for registration of a legal entity and for registration of an individual, including an individual entrepreneur, are provided.

7.4 To register on the electronic platform, the applicant fills out the registration application form and provides the Operator with the following documents and information:

• Registration application;
• A copy of the extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities valid on the day of submission of the registration application (for legal entities), a copy of the extract from the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs valid on the day of submission of the registration application (for individual entrepreneurs);
• Copies of constituent documents (for legal entities), copies of identity documents (for individuals);
• Information on the taxpayer identification number;
• Email address for the Operator of the electronic platform to send notifications in accordance with these Regulations;
• Copies of documents confirming the authority of the head (for legal entities).

7.5 The documents and information specified in clause 7.4 of these Regulations must be signed by the head or a person authorized by them and certified by the seal of the legal entity or individual entrepreneur (for applicants - legal entities or individual entrepreneurs).
7.6 The User is responsible for the accuracy of information contained in the documents and information, for actions performed on the basis of the said documents and information, and for timely updating of the documents and information.

7.7 Upon receipt of the registration application specified in clause 7.3 of these Regulations, the Operator registers it, together with the documents, in the register with assignment of a number and indication of the time of receipt.

The ETP Operator, within no more than 3 (three) working days from the date of receipt of the registration application, makes a decision on confirmation of registration or on refusal of registration and notifies the applicant of the decision made.

7.8 The Operator has the right to refuse the applicant registration in cases of:

• Failure to provide the documents and information specified in clause 7.4 of these Regulations;
• Provision by the applicant of documents that do not comply with the established regulatory requirements for them or contain inaccurate information;
• Provision by the Applicant of inaccurate information.

7.9 In case of refusal of registration, the ETP Operator sends the applicant a notification indicating the grounds for such decision, including indicating the missing documents and/or information or justification that the documents and/or information provided by the Applicant do not comply with the established requirements or contain inaccurate information. The Applicant who was refused registration has the right to resubmit the registration application at any time, having eliminated the violations committed.

7.10 In case of a decision on registration, a notification of registration approval is sent to the email address specified by the applicant. From the moment of registration approval, the applicant is recognized as an ETP User.

Persons registered on the electronic platform are persons registered in the manner provided for by these Regulations on the electronic trading platform.

7.11 For each person registered on the electronic platform, a working section ("Personal Account") is created, access to which can only be had by the said person. The working section of the registered person provides this person with prompt access to all information intended personally for them, as well as to all functions available to them.

7.13 From the moment of submission of the registration application on the ETP, the Applicant is considered to have familiarized themselves with these Regulations, fully accepted the requirements and procedures specified therein.

7.14 Registration of a person may be suspended or annulled by the Operator in case of violation by the said person of the requirements of these Regulations or breach of contractual obligations, in which case this person loses the status of an ETP User.

8. Methods for Conducting Trades Using the ETP

8.1 The ETP supports automation and conduct of procurement/sales and other competitive procedures with electronic submission of applications by the following methods:

• Attestation;
• Multi-stage request for proposals (commercial procurement);
• Multi-stage request for quotations (commercial procurement).

8.2 The procedure for conducting procurement and other competitive procedures, the conditions for their application, the procedure for concluding and executing contracts, as well as other provisions related to procurement support, are determined by the internal documents of the Organizer and the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

9. Placement of a Trade Procedure

9.1 The following information may be placed on the ETP:

• Procurement notice and amendments made thereto;
• Procurement documentation and amendments made thereto;
• Draft contract to be concluded based on the results of the procedure;
• Clarifications of procurement documentation;
• Notice of cancellation of the trade procedure;
• Protocols drawn up during the trade procedure; other information, the placement of which is provided for by law.

9.2 Creation of a notice on the procedure is carried out by the Trade Organizer from the Personal Account via the standard ETP interface. In the notice of the procedure, the Trade Organizer has the right to form the necessary number of lots.
9.3 The notice of the trade procedure may indicate, among other things, the following information:

• Name, location, postal address, email address, contact telephone number of the Organizer;
• Method of conducting the trade procedure;
• Subject of the contract indicating the quantity of goods to be supplied, volume of works to be performed, services to be rendered;
• Place of delivery of goods, performance of works, provision of services;
• Requirements imposed on trade participants;
• Requirements imposed on the procured goods, works, services;
• Timeframe, place and procedure for providing and clarifying procurement documentation;
• Information on the initial (maximum) contract price;
• Date and time of commencement, and date and time of deadline for submission of applications for participation in the procedure;
• Form of conducting the trade (open or closed);
• Form of submission of applications for participation in the procedure (open or closed);
• Date and time of consideration of participants' proposals (in case of procedures with closed form of price proposal submission) and summarizing the trade results;
• Amount of bid security (in cases provided for by the procurement documentation).

9.4 The Organizer of the trade procedure has the right to make changes to the trade notice, including regarding a separate lot, within the timeframes established by law and the procurement documentation. The Organizer of the trade procedure makes changes to the trade notice and notifies Users of the changes in the notice via the standard interface in accordance with the ETP regulations and user documentation.

9.5 The Organizer of the trade procedure has the right to cancel the procedure within the timeframes established by the legislation of the Russian Federation and/or the tender documentation. In cases where the Organizer of the procedure canceled the trade procedure in violation of the terms established by law or the procurement documentation, they bear responsibility in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

9.6 The Organizer of the procedure may attach procurement documentation to the trade procedure notice.

9.7 The Organizer of the procedure is responsible for the accuracy of documents and information placed by them on the electronic trading platform. In case of discrepancy between the information entered by the Organizer of the procedure into the standard forms of the electronic trading platform and the document attached by them on the platform, the information indicated by the Organizer in the standard forms shall prevail.

9.8 The protocol for determining trade participants and the protocol for summarizing results may be placed by the Organizer of the trade procedure on the ETP in accordance with the law, procurement documentation, in the manner determined by the ETP regulations.

10. Procedure for Submitting an Application for Participation in Trade Procedures

10.1 Submission of an application for participation in a procedure is carried out by the Participant from the Personal Account via the standard ETP interface.

10.2 The Participant has the right to submit an application for participation in any procedure (indicating the lots for which they are participating), the notice of which is placed on the ETP, unless otherwise provided by the trade notice and/or procurement/tender documentation.

10.3 Submission of an application for participation is possible only within the timeframes specified in the trade notice.

10.4 The application for participation in the procedure is provided in the form of an electronic document, signed by the Participant's Electronic Signature via the standard ETP interface. Documents and information specified by the Participant during registration on the ETP are automatically loaded into the application for participation form.

10.5 The application for participation in the procedure must contain the documents provided for by the notice and procurement/tender documentation.

10.6 An application for participation in the procedure cannot be submitted in the following cases:

• Submission of an application for participation after the established deadline for submission of applications;
• If the participant incorrectly filled out the application form for participation in the trade or did not fill in the fields mandatory for filling.

If the system does not accept the application for participation, a corresponding error message is issued to the participant.

10.7 The Participant has the right to submit one or several applications for participation regarding the same subject of the contract (lot/lots) provided that the applications contain different competitive proposals.

10.8 A Participant who has submitted an application for participation in a procedure has the right to amend or withdraw the application no later than the date and time of the deadline for submission of applications.

10.9 Amendment of an application is allowed only by withdrawing the previously submitted application and submitting the same application.

10.10 Withdrawal and amendment of the application is carried out by the Participant from the Personal Account.

11. Procedure for Determining Procedure Participants

11.1 After the deadline for acceptance of applications, on the date and time established by the Organizer in the procedure notice, the Operator provides the Organizer with access in the Personal Account to the applications and documents submitted by the applicants.

11.2 The Organizer of the procedure admits to participation the applications of Participants that, together with the documents attached thereto, comply with the requirements specified in the notice and procurement/tender documentation.

11.3 The Organizer of the procedure refuses admission to participation to the applications of Participants that, together with the documents attached thereto, do not comply with the requirements specified in the notice and/or procurement/tender documentation.

11.4 The Organizer of the procedure, within the timeframes established by the trade notice and/or procurement/tender documentation, makes a decision on admission (refusal of admission) to participation in the procedure of the Participants' applications. For this, the Organizer of the procedure, via the standard interface, makes a decision on each received application from Participants, and also indicates the justification for the decision made in case of refusal of admission to participation based on the application.

11.5 All Participants who submitted applications receive a notification in the form of an electronic document on their recognition as participants of the procedure or on refusal to recognize them as participants of the procedure with indication of the grounds for the decision made in case of refusal of admission (for each of the applications submitted by the Participant).

11.6 Participants and their applications admitted to participation in the trade procedure, including for a specific lot, are recognized as Participants of the procedure, including for a specific lot.

12. Specifics of Conducting Attestation

12.1 Attestation is a non-trade procedure.

12.2 The Organizer places on the ETP a notice on the conduct of Attestation in accordance with Section 9 of these Regulations.

12.3 To place a notice on the conduct of Attestation on the ETP, it is not obligatory to attach a notice document.

12.4 Before publication, the Organizer selects the Types of Economic Activities for which the Attestation will be conducted.

12.5 Submission of applications by Participants is carried out in accordance with the requirements established by the notice on the conduct of Attestation, in the manner established in Section 10 of these Regulations. The only difference of Attestation will be that the application is submitted for the entire trade, as there are no lots.

12.6 The Organizer determines the composition of participants of the Attestation in accordance with Section 11 of these Regulations. In addition to considering applications after the deadline, the Organizer may consider applications during the application acceptance period and after the completion of application acceptance.

12.7 The organization of the trade participant becomes attested for the selected types of economic activity if the Organizer admits the organization's application for attestation.

13. Specifics of Conducting Request for Proposals and Request for Quotations

13.1 Request for quotations, request for proposals, are non-trade procedures, their conduct is not regulated by Articles 447-449 of Part One of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

13.2 The Organizer of the non-trade procedure places on the ETP a notice on the conduct of the non-trade procedure in accordance with Section 9 of these Regulations.

13.3 Submission of applications by Participants is carried out in accordance with the requirements established by the notice on the conduct of the non-trade procedure, in the manner established in Section 10 of these Regulations.

13.4 The Organizer determines the composition of participants of the non-trade procedure in accordance with Section 11 of these Regulations.

13.5 Summarizing the results of the non-trade procedure is conducted in the manner established by the Organizer, and in accordance with Section 16 of these Regulations.

13.6 The non-trade procedure may be used to justify the determination of the initial maximum price when placing procurements, forming tender documentation, as well as for transfer pricing purposes.

14. Specifics of Conducting the Re-bidding Procedure (Online); Single Price Reduction (Offline))

14.1 Re-bidding means providing Trade Procedure Participants with the opportunity to voluntarily increase the preferability of their applications for participation in the trade procedure by reducing the initial price indicated in the application. The re-bidding procedure is provided for on the ETP for the following types of procedures: request for proposals, request for quotations.

14.2 The re-bidding procedure on the ETP can have an oral (online) or written (offline) form of conduct. Offline re-bidding is conducted by a single price reduction by Participants in the form of submitting applications for participation in the re-bidding indicating an improved price of the initially submitted proposal. Online re-bidding is conducted through an auction procedure with price reduction in real-time, where Participants have the opportunity for multiple price reductions of their proposals. The decision on the procedure and time of the re-bidding procedure is made by the tender commission or the Organizer of the procurement procedure in accordance with the procurement documentation. Using technical and software means of the ETP, Participants are notified about the procedure of the re-bidding in the invitation to the re-bidding.
14.3 The re-bidding procedure on the ETP may be conducted an unlimited number of times. The decision on the procedure and time of the repeated re-bidding procedure is made by the tender commission or the Organizer of the procurement procedure in accordance with the procurement documentation.

14.4 The Operator ensures the continuity of the online re-bidding, the functioning of the software and technical means used for conducting the re-bidding procedure, in accordance with the established requirements, as well as equal access of Participants of the re-bidding procedure to participation.

14.5 From the moment of the start of the online re-bidding, Participants of the re-bidding procedure have the opportunity to enter price proposals via the standard interface of the closed part of the ETP.

14.6 The Operator places on the ETP the best price proposals of each Participant of the online re-bidding and the time of their receipt, as well as the time remaining until the expiration of the deadline for providing price proposals.

14.7 If no price proposal is received within the time for submitting the first price proposal, the online re-bidding automatically ends using the software and technical means of the ETP.

14.8 If no price proposal is received within the time for submitting subsequent price proposals, the online re-bidding automatically ends using the software and technical means of the ETP.

14.9 During the online re-bidding, the Operator automatically rejects a price proposal at the moment of its receipt, in the following cases:

• The price proposal is provided before the start or after the expiration of the established time for providing price proposals;
• The price proposal presented by the Participant is greater than or equal to the price proposal previously presented by such Participant;
• The price proposal presented by the Participant is less than their previous price proposal, if the previous proposal of such Participant is the current best price proposal.

14.10 The time of registration of the price proposal is fixed according to the server time based on the fact of submission of the price proposal accepted by the Operator.

15. Procedure for Conducting Multi-Stage Procedures

15.1 Using software and technical means, the ETP Operator provides the Organizer with the capability to conduct multi-stage trades.
15.2 A multi-stage trade is understood as a method of conducting a procedure on the ETP, in accordance with the provisions of this section, where the winner is the participant who offered the best terms for the performance of the contract, in accordance with the trade documentation. Furthermore, the trade procedure may consist of several stages, and the winner of the trade is determined based on the proposal they submitted at the final stage of the trade.
15.3 After the deadline for submission of applications, as set by the Organizer in the multi-stage trade notice, the Organizer reviews the submitted applications and may announce a new stage of the trade. In this case, the Organizer must determine the new date and time for the deadline of application submission, select those procurement Participants who are admitted to participate in the new stage of the trade procedure, and specify suggestions for improving the proposals previously submitted by the procurement Participants. The number of stages in the trade procedure of a multi-stage trade is not limited.

15.4 The summarization of results is conducted in the manner established by the Organizer and in accordance with Section 16 of these Regulations.

16. Procedure for Completing the Trade Procedure 

16.1 After the completion of all stages of the trade procedure for all lots, the Organizer, via the standard ETP interface, generates the results protocol.

16.2 The Organizer publishes the protocol in the closed part of the ETP.

16.3 The Organizer of the trade procedure has the ability to upload a file in the Personal Account containing their own results protocol and publish it on the ETP by clicking a button confirming the publication.

16.4 The Operator, using the ETP means, generates and sends a message with a report on the results of the trade procedure to the winner(s) of the procedure.