Participation by potential suppliers is opened upon publication of the Tender Documents by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy under request of the Contracting Authority which is the Ministry of International Cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The commodities and services thereto connected to be supplied are rendered known in Italy through appropriate advertisement in the Cooperation Bulletin (DIPCO), through "UNIONCAMERE" (The Italian Chambers of Commerce Union), publication on this website and any other medium of communication available (national press bodies and/or publications form I.C.E.).

Participation is open on equal terms to all legal and natural persons which are established in a Member State of the European Union. These entities must have a statutory office, central administration or principal place of business in Italy. However, if they have only their statutory office in Italy, their activity must have an effective and continuous link with Italy implying the capability of providing services in Italy and manufacturing commodities in Italy.

The same entities must be registered at one of the Italian Chambers of Commerce within a civic boundary inside the Italian national territory. They must be duly authorized to perform the commercial activities related to the supply for which the tenderers are submitted.

The commodities must be manufactured in Italy. The supplier shall declare the Italian origin of the offered commodities endorsed by a Certificate of Origin issued by the proper Italian Chamber of Commerce. In case of complex supplies or compound lots of complementary good, in which are included some items or components not produced in Italy but which are deemed necessary for the overall supply, upon motivated request of the Contracting Authority, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, M.A.E. – D.G.C.S., may approve the supply of commodities not produced in Italy for a total value not exceeding the 15% of the related contract’s amount. In such case the Supplier shall attach a Declaration attesting that the components of non Italian origin are deemed necessary for the overall supply motivating such statement with solid evidences.

The assumption of Italian origin of goods comes from the Italian law no. 115 dated 17th of March 1995 which has been issued after the Council Directive “General Product Safety 92/59/EEC, and the Council Regulation “Establishing the Community Customs Code” 2913/92/EEC. According to the provisions of such regulations, the good shall be declared of Italian origin when they are entirely produced in Italy or they are assembled with components entirely produced in Italy. In case one or more manufacturers, proceeding from other Countries other than Italy, provided a contribution in the manufactory, the goods shall be considered of Italian origin only if the last manufactory process has taken place in Italy with the result of creating a new final product.