16.Selection criteria:
The following selection criteria will be applied to tenderers. Where tenders are submitted by a consortium, these criteria will apply to the consortium as a
whole, unless otherwise specified. The selection criteria will neither be applied to natural persons nor single-member companies acting as subcontractors:
1) Tenderer"s economic and financial capacity (based on point 3 of the tender form for a supplies contract). Should the tenderer be a public body, equivalent information
must be submitted. The reference period will correspond to the past 3 financial years for which accounts have been closed.
The selection
criteria for each tenderer are as follows:
Lot 1:
(a) selection criterion for tenderers for lot 1: the
tenderer"s average annual turnover must exceed 700 000 EUR;
(b) the ratio of short-term assets to short-term liabilities must be at least 1 for
the last financial year for which accounts have been closed. In the case of a consortium, each of its members must comply with this criterion.
Lot 2:
(a) selection criterion for tenderers for lot 2: the tenderer"s average annual turnover must exceed 400 000
EUR;
(b) the ratio of short-term assets to short-term liabilities must be at least 1 for the last financial year for which accounts have been
closed. In the case of a consortium, each of its members must comply with this criterion.
Lot 3:
(a)
selection criterion for tenderers for lot 3: the tenderer"s average annual turnover must exceed 70 000 EUR;
(b) the ratio of short-term assets
to short-term liabilities must be at least 1 for the last financial year for which accounts have been closed. In the case of a consortium, each of its members must comply with this
criterion.
2) Tenderer"s professional capacity (based on points 4 and 5 of the tender form for a supplies contract). The reference period will
correspond to the past 5 financial years for which accounts have been closed.
Lot 1:
(a) selection
criterion for tenderers for lot 1: the tenderer will need to have a professional to set up the irrigated area, demonstrating at least 5 years" experience.
Lot 2:
(a) selection criterion for tenderers for lot 2: the tenderer will need to have a professional to install shaded
greenhouses and their equipment, demonstrating at least 5 years" experience.
Lot 3:
(a) selection
criterion for tenderers for lot 3: the tenderer will need to have a professional to install photovoltaic pumping systems and their equipment, demonstrating at least 5 years"
experience in the design and installation thereof.
3) Tenderer"s technical capacity (based on points 5 and 6 of the tender form for a supplies
contract). The reference period will correspond to the past 5 financial years for which accounts have been closed.
This means that the
contract(s) to which the tenderer refers may have begun or been completed at any time during the period given, but need not have begun and been completed during this period, or have
been carried out during the whole of said period. The tenderer may refer to projects completed in the reference period (even if the project began before that period) or ongoing
projects. In the first case, the project will be considered in its entirety, subject to proof that it was carried out satisfactorily (declaration from the relevant contracting
authority, final acceptance). In the case of an ongoing project, only the part satisfactorily completed in the reference period will be taken into account, subject to adequate proof
being provided and details being given as to the value of the part that was satisfactorily completed.
Lot 1:
(a) selection criterion for tenderers for lot 1: the tenderer will need to have supplied and set up 2 drip irrigation systems in areas of at least 5 ha.
Lot 2:
(a) selection criterion for tenderers for lot 2: the tenderer will need to have supplied and installed shaded
greenhouses and their equipment over at least 5 ha.
Lot 3:
(a) selection criterion for tenderers for lot
3: the tenderer will need to have supplied and installed at least 4 photovoltaic pumping systems, including at least 2 for irrigation.
Capacity
providing entities:
An economic operator may, if necessary and for a specific contract, make use of the capacities of other entities
irrespective of the legal nature of the connection between itself and said entities. As an example, the contracting authority may consider it inappropriate if the tender relies, for
the main part, on the capacities of other entities or calls on them for key criteria. If the capacities of other entities are relied on, the economic operator must, in that case,
provide the contracting authority with proof that it will have the resources needed to perform the contract by, for example, producing an undertaking from those entities to place
those resources at its disposal. These entities, e.g. the economic operator"s parent company, must observe the same eligibility rules, notably regarding nationality, as the economic
operator in question. Furthermore, the information relating to this third entity/these third entities for the relevant selection criteria must be included in a separate document.
Proof of their capacity must also be provided when requested by the contracting authority.
With regard to the technical and professional
criteria, a tenderer may only use the capacities of other entities if they perform the tasks for which said capacities are required.
With regard
to the economic and financial criteria, the entities whose capacities the tenderer uses become jointly and severally liable for performance of the contract.
Key tasks:
The contracting authority requires the following key tasks to be performed by the tenderer himself or, should the
tender be submitted by a joint venture/consortium, by a member thereof:
• for lot 1, the tenderer must install the pump and its electrical
cabinet (which must be from the same supplier), he will also need to feed water into the irrigated area"s irrigation system and pressurise it,
• for lot 3, the tenderer will need to conduct commissioning tests for the solar pumps.