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• Demonstrate awareness on how to develop a network from various regulatory sectors to build partnerships; 

• Demonstrate awareness of EFSA needs in the area of systems-based regulatory environmental risk assessment taking into account the information in the theme paper (Annex 3) and in the tender specifications; 

• Demonstrate that the proposal is within the scope of this Open Call. 

2. METHODOLOGY PROPOSED FOR IMPLEMENTATION (max. 25 points - minimum threshold 60%, i.e. 15/25 to pass minimum quality threshold for this criterion) 

The degree to which the proposed methodology shows the capacity to address the tasks underlined in the tender specifications, including convincing justification for the choice of proposed methodology highlighting advantages and disadvantages. 

## The tenderer should: 

• Provide quality parameters and details of the approach to follow to identify the partners of relevant sectors that should be part of PERA. 2 points 

• Provide methodology on how to identify and select the sectors, institutions and disciplines experts be chosen, how interviews with selected experts should be conducted 5 points 

• Describe what databases and resources are proposed to gather the relevant information; 5 points 

• Describe what methods are proposed to map activities and identify overlaps, knowledge gaps, challenges and blockers in relation to Objective 3, 4, 5 and 6; 5 points 

• Describe how to assure that activities and milestones identified to achieve a next generation ERA are feasible and can be addressed by PERA once it is established; 3 points 

• Provide a logical and well-structured step by step explanation of methodology; 5 points 

3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION OF THE TASKS WITHIN PROJECT TEAM AND RESPECT OF TIMELINES (max. 20 points – minimum threshold 60% i.e. 12/20 to pass minimum quality threshold for this criterion) 

This is to assess the extent to which the team set-up is suitable for the implementation of the assignment, and to meet the agreed deadlines for deliverables. More specifically 

## the tenderer should provide: 

• 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); 5 points 

• Clarity of organization of project into work packages, including project phases, timelines, milestones, deliverables, providing a Gantt chart; 10 points 

• Clear and detailed information on the frequency and type of communication with EFSA and internal team communication (in case of joint offers & subcontractors also the frequency and type of communication between partners and/or subcontractor), the role of project leader in the coordination and tasks allocation in relation to the methodology and tools proposed; 5 points 

