Question juridique clé
Whether an offer must be excluded when only variants are submitted and no tender-compliant main offer exists.
Solution extraite
Yes. If no main offer corresponding to the specification is submitted, the submitted variants are invalid and must be excluded from the procedure.
Motifs extraits
The two versions deviated clearly from the required duoblock burner with two burner heads and were therefore entrepreneurial variants under § 16 SubmD. Under § 16 Abs. 3 in conjunction with § 28 Abs. 1 lit. g SubmD, they had to be excluded from the outset; including them in the comparison also contradicted the tender documents.