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ARTICLE 14.- (1) The backup copy shall be opened in one of the following cases:
a) When a bid received within the prescribed period, could not be opened;
b) When a malicious programme is detected in a bid submitted via the electronic

channel; trace of such malicious programme shall be preserved;
c) When a bid duly transmitted via the electronic channel is not received within the

prescribed period, but the backup copy was deposited before the bids submission
closing date.
(2) If the backup copy is opened, the one transmitted via the electronic channel shall

no longer be opened.
ARTICLE 15.- ln addition to being published on the dematerialisation platform, changes made

during the public procurement process shall be communicated directly to competing bidders,
through alert mechanisms.
CHAPTERIII
RECEIPT, OPENING, REVIEW OF SIDS, AWARD, SIGNING AND NOTIFICATION OF
CONTRACTS

SECTION 1
RECEIPT AND OPENING OF BIDS
ARTICLE

16.- Bids submitted via the electronic channel shall be the subject of an

acknowledgement of receipt message, sent by the administrator of the dematerialisation platform.
ARTICLE 17.- Before being transmitted to the Public Tenders Board for subsequent opening and

review, bids submitted via the electronic channel shall be decrypted by the Contracting Authority.
Decrypted bids shall be legible only to the competent tenders board:
ARTICLE 18.- The opening of bids transmitted via the electronic channel and those submitted in

hard copy shall take place during the same session.
ARTICLE 19.- ln order to open bids, access codes shall be issued to the Public Tenders Board, in

accordance with the terms and conditions for the use of the dematerialisation platform.
ARTICLE 20.- ln case of technical difficulties caused by the unavailability of the dematerialisation

platform or any other malfunctioning preventing the opening of bids, the bids opening session shall
be postponed to a date to be determined by the Public Tenders Board.
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SERVICES DU PREMI~R ~INISTRE
SECRÉTARIAT GENERAL
DIRECTION DES AFFAIRES ~DMIMSTRATIVE8
ET DES lIQUETES
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