7. the place, time and person from whom interested parties may obtain the tender dossier, the
price of the tender dossier and the method of payment for the dossier;
8. the contact person from whom tenderers may obtain additional information;
9. the deadline by which tenderers are to be informed of the outcome (deadline by which
decisions will be issued).
(2) When formulating the conditions, requirements, qualifications and criteria referred to in
points 2 and 3 of the preceding paragraph, the Agency shall endeavour to ensure that the
conditions, requirements, qualifications and criteria promote competition, investment,
efficient use of the radio spectrum and the co-existence of existing and new services and
equipment.
(3) Where the subject of a public invitation to tender is the allocation of radio frequencies for
the provision of analogue broadcasting services, the decision must also contain the conditions
that must be met by a tenderer regarding programmes and the criteria for selection of the
most favourable tender that must be taken into account when assessing programmes. The
conditions and criteria referred to in this paragraph shall be determined by the Broadcasting
Council in accordance with the act governing the media.
(4) With regard to the minimum fee for efficient use of a natural resource and the method
applying to its payment, the Agency must acquire the prior approval of the Government.
(5) A decision issued by the Agency pursuant to the first paragraph of this Article must be
published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia.
(6) The Agency may amend the decision referred to in the first paragraph of this Article and,
in doing so, must also decide on an extension to the deadline for submitting tenders with
respect to the extent of the amendments in the decision. All interested tenderers must be
informed of all amendments on an equal and transparent basis. The new decision must be
published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia no later than seven days prior to
the expiry of the deadline set for the submission of tenders in the decision referred to in the
first paragraph of this Article.
Article 39
(deadline for the submission of tenders)
(1) The deadline for the submission of tenders must allow tenderers to be able to compile
high-quality tenders and may not be shorter than 30 days, to run from the day after
publication of the decision referred to in the preceding paragraph.
(2) A tender submitted by the deadline set in the public invitation to tender shall be deemed
to have been submitted on time.
(3) The Agency may not accept a tender, an amended tender or a replacement tender that
arrives after the expiry of the deadline referred to in the preceding paragraph. If such a tender
is submitted by post, it must be returned to the sender unopened.
(4) The Agency must maintain the business secrecy of the list of tenderers and tenders
submitted until the expiry of the deadline for the public opening of tenders.
Article 40
(tender dossier)
In the tender dossier, the Agency shall explain all items of the decision on the initiation of the
public invitation to tender, and indicate which evidence on compliance with the conditions
must be enclosed for tenders to be deemed to be acceptable.