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## 2.6 AWARD CRITERIA 

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Tenders will be evaluated against the below award criteria. The award criteria serve to identify the most economically advantageous offer . 

## A) QUALITY AWARD CRITERIA 

1. METHODOLOGY PROPOSED FOR IMPLEMENTATION (70 points - minimum threshold 60%) 

• Convincing justification of the choice of proposed methodology; advantages and disadvantages for objective 1; Logical and structured step by step explanation of methodology; 25 points 

• Convincing justification of the choice of proposed methodology; advantages and disadvantages for objective 2; Logical and structured step by step explanation of methodology; 20 points 

• Convincing justification of the choice of proposed methodology; advantages and disadvantages for objective 3; Logical and structured step by step explanation of methodology; 25 points 

2. PROJECT ORGANISATION, RISK MANAGEMENT & MEASURES TO GUARANTEE QUALITY OF DELIVERABLES (30 points) 

• Clear and detailed information on distribution of the tasks among the project team; in case of joint offer & subcontractors, clarity on who does what, when and why (justify why the partner/subcontractor is proposed to do the particular task/work- package); risk management steps; 10 points 

• The internal team communication; and in case of joint offers & subcontractors also the communication between joint offers partners and subcontractors; 5 points • The communication with EFSA (who, how, when); 5 points 

• Role of team leader / leading partner in quality assurance; 5 points Special additional measures for quality assurance proposed for this particular project; 5 points 

## The sum of all quality award criteria gives a maximum possible total of 100 points . 

Tenderers must provide a detailed technical offer addressing all points in the technical specifications and each of the quality award criteria. Repetition of mandatory requirements in the technical specifications without providing detail in the technical offer will only result in a very low score. 

Offers must score at least 60% for quality award criteria 1 (i.e. a minimum of 42 points out of the 70 points available) and overall score at leave 70% of maximum possible total points against the quality award criteria. 

Tenders that do not reach this minimum quality threshold will be eliminated from subsequent stages of the evaluation process. 

## B) PRICE AWARD CRITERION 

Tenders which passed the quality threshold will be further assessed to ensure: 

