be taken into account will be the last three years preceding the submission deadline. 

- At least 2 staff currently work for the tenderer in fields related to this contract if applying for one lot. 

-At least 5 staff currently work for the tenderer in fields related to the lots being tendered if applying for more than one lot. 

3) Technical capacity (based on items 5 and 6 of the application form for service contracts and on items 5 and 6 of the tender form for supply contracts). The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last three years from submission deadline. 

This means that the contract the tenderer refers to could have been started or completed at any time during the indicated period but it does not necessarily have to be started and completed during that period, nor implemented during the entire period. Tenderers are allowed to refer either to projects completed within the reference period (although started earlier) or to projects not yet completed. In the first case the project will be considered in its whole if proper evidence of performance is provided (statement or certificate from the entity which awarded the contract, final acceptance). In case of projects still on-going only the portion satisfactorily completed during the reference period will be taken into consideration. This portion will have to be supported by documentary evidence (similarly to projects completed) also detailing its value. 

For lot 1: 

— the tenderer has delivered supplies (proportion carried out by the candidate) under at least one contract with a budget of at least 450,000.00 EUR or at least two contracts with a budget of at least 225,000.00 EUR each in supply of laboratory equipment. 

For lot 2: 

— the tenderer has delivered supplies (proportion carried out by the candidate) under at least one contract with a budget of at least 1,270,000.00 EUR or at least two contracts with a budget of at least 635,000.00 EUR each in supply of manufacturing equipment. 

For lot 3: 

— the tenderer has delivered supplies (proportion carried out by the candidate) under at least one contract with a budget of at least 350,000.00 EUR or at least two contracts with a budget of at least 175,000.00 EUR each in supply of prototyping and visual processing equipment. 

For lot 4: 

— the tenderer has delivered supplies (proportion carried out by the candidate) under at least one contract with a budget of at least 150,000.00 EUR or at least two contracts with a budget of at least 75,000.00 EUR each in supply of 3D printer . 

For tenderers submitting tenders for more than one lot, the tenderer should meet the technical capacity requirement separately for each lot for which the tenderer submitted tenders. 

Previous experience which caused breach of contract and termination by a contracting authority shall not be used as reference. 

## Capacity-providing entities 

An economic operator may, where appropriate and for a particular contract, rely on the capacities of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links which it has with them. If the economic operator relies on other entities it must in that case prove to the contracting authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary for performance of the contract by producing a commitment by those entities to place those resources at its disposal. 

