The purchaser shall evaluate the applications within ten working days of their receipt.
This period may be extended to fifteen working days where this is justified, in particular because it is necessary to examine additional documents or to verify in some other way whether the selection criteria have been met.
The purchaser may extend the period for evaluating applications as long as the invitation to tender for the first specific contract has not been sent. It shall indicate in the consultation documents the duration of the extension that it intends to apply.