The initial verification of non-exclusion of tenderers will be done on the basis of the submitted declarations and consultation of the European Union's Early Detection and Exclusion System. The documents mentioned as supporting evidence in the Declaration on Honour need to be provided whenever requested and where this is necessary to ensure the proper conduct of the procedure within a deadline given by the Contracting authority $^{24}$. 

Annex 1  specifies which of the involved entities  participating in a tender need to provide the Declaration on Honour and, when requested by the Contracting authority, the supporting evidence. 

## Please note that a request for evidence in no way implies that the tenderer has been successful. 

## 3.2. Selection criteria 

The objective of the selection criteria is to assess whether the tenderer has the legal, regulatory, economic, financial, technical and professional capacity to perform the contract. 

The selection criteria for this call for tenders, including the minimum levels of capacity, the basis for assessment and the evidence required, are specified in the following subsections. 

Tenders submitted by tenderers not meeting the minimum levels of capacity will be rejected. 

When submitting its tender each tenderer shall declare on honour that it fulfils the selection criteria for the call for tender. The model Declaration on Honour available in Annex 2  shall be used. 

The initial assessment of whether a tenderer fulfils the selection criteria will be done on the basis of the submitted declaration(s). 

The subsections below specify which selection criteria evidence must be provided with the tender or may be requested later, at any time during the procurement procedure $^{25}$. In any case, 

