We kindly ask if you could comment on the offer request and/or answers on the following questions:

1. Preprocessing methods are an essential part of the analytical procedure and therefore description of preprocessing methods shall be included in the same electronic spreadsheet (CSV) where the analytical results are delivered to GTK. Is this applicable to your laboratory??

2. Results of duplicate and blank samples of the laboratory are an essential part of the analytical results and shall be included in the same electronic spreadsheet (CSV) in the order where they have been analysed. Is this applicable to your laboratory??

3. Do you have any specific comments or questions on the terms and conditions in the Tender Request, Letter of Invitation or the Draft Contract? Are there some issues that might cause obstacles to your ability to make a Tender? Can you suggest some workarounds or changes that would remove or diminish the obstacles detected by you?

This announcement is neither a procurement announcement nor a offer request. With this market survey operators are requested to comment on the plans, the suitability of the requirements and scoring of the procurement notice. Answers are used for planning and preparation of this procurement. However, we ask that you mark the file name of documents containing trade secrets and the TRADE SECRET mention at the beginning of the document, if the document contains trade secrets.

This notice does not solicit bids, and it does not oblige the procurement entity to carry out the actual procurement. Decision starting a possible procurement process is done after the market survey. The draft schedule of the procurement is presented in the appendices.

The procedure and schedule information that may be presented has been provided as a preliminary and non-binding information. For market survey participation or non-participation does not affect the bidder's position in a possible tender. The market survey invitation does not bind the respondent (service provider) to participate in the tender, nor to this announcement answering is a prerequisite for participating in the actual tender later.

Those participating in the market survey do not have the right to receive compensation for participation.