English writing skills of the project team 

## Criterion T10 

Minimum level of capacity The core project team must prove excellent English writing skills. This includes at least the project manager, the lead editor and the core technical expert team. 

At least five years’ experience in writing high quality texts in English language for web site(s), publications and work documents at the language level requested above. 

Basis for assessment This criterion applies to the tenderer as a whole, i.e. the combined capacities of all involved entities . 

Evidence A list with publications co-authored by the members of the project team with at least two documents co-authored by each team member. The list shall include the authors and title of each document, the publication date, a link to an online copy if available, and specify the involvement of each team member, ideally indicating the sections written by the team member in question. 

  Only the lists and CVs as specified for the Criteria T1 to T10  must be provided with the tender. The other evidence of technical and professional capacity may be requested by the Contracting authority at any time during the procedure. Please note that a request for evidence in no way implies that the tenderer has been successful. 

## 3.3. Compliance with the minimum requirements of the Tender specifications 

By submitting a tender a tenderer commits to perform the contract in full compliance with the terms and conditions of the procurement documents for this call for tender. Particular attention is drawn to the minimum requirements specified in Section 1.4 of these specifications and to the fact that tenders must comply with applicable data protection, environmental, social and labour law obligations established by Union law, national legislation, collective agreements or the international environmental, social and labour conventions listed in Annex X to Directive 2014/24/EU. 

The minimum requirements shall be observed throughout the entire duration of the contract. Compliance with these requirements is mandatory and cannot be subject to any assumptions, limitations, conditions, or reservations on the part of a tenderer. 

##  Tenders that are not compliant with the applicable minimum requirements shall be rejected. 

## 3.4. Award criteria 

The objective of the award criteria is to evaluate the tenders with a view to choosing the most economically advantageous tender. 

Tenders will be evaluated on the basis of the following award criteria and their weighting: best price-quality ratio. A weight of 70/30 is given to quality and price. 

