SECTION 50

(1) Subject to respect of the conditions for the compliance of tenders: a) works and supply contracts shall be awarded to the tenderer whose bid is evaluated as the lowest and meets the technical and financial conditions required, on the basis of key and qualification criteria. b) contracts for intellectual services shall be awarded to the tenderer whose bid is evaluated as the best offer, on the basis of both technical and financial criteria. (2) The award of any contract shall be materialised by a decision from the Contracting Authority, which shall be notified to the successful tenderer within 10 (ten) days of publication of the decision, where there is no appeal. (3) Once the results awarding a contract are published by the Contracting Authority, tenderers whose bids were not selected shall be informed of the rejection thereof and invited to collect the said bids within fifteen 15 (fifteen) days, except for the copy meant for the body in charge of the regulation of public contracts. Tenders that are not withdrawn within this time-limit shall be destroyed, without any claims being lodged by the tenderer. (4) Any decision by the Contracting Authority to award a public contract shall be published, including the value and deadline, in the Public Contracts Journal published by the organ in charge of the regulation of public contracts or in any other publication authorised to do so, within 3 (three) days as from the date of receipt of the proposal for award submitted by the Internal Tenders Board.