• only complete line 14 (Revenue) of the Simplified Financial Statement (version for non-profit organisations), available in section 4. Annexes; 

• provide extracts from any available documents (e.g. income tax returns) as evidence on their average income for the last two financial years amounting to at least the value indicated above (under “Criteria”). 

If, for some exceptional reason which ECDC considers justified, a tenderer is unable to provide one or other of the above documents, it may prove its economic and financial capacity by any other document which ECDC considers appropriate. In any case, ECDC must at least be notified of the exceptional reason and its justification. and financial capacity. 

## 3.2.4 LOT 1 Technical and professional capacity criteria 

The objective of this section is to ensure that the tenderer is technically capable to perform the contract. This involves two aspects: the capacity of the economic operators (A) and the capacity of the team available to deliver the service (B). 

Project references consist in a list of relevant services provided in the past number of years indicated in the criterion, with the sums, dates and clients, public or private. 

## A. Criteria relating to tenderers 

Tenderers (in case of a joint tender the combined capacity of all members of the group and identified subcontractors) must comply with the criteria listed below. 

- Criterion A1 Lot 1 : Experience in the field of coordination of multicentric studies, setting up and/or evaluation of infectious disease surveillance systems, collecting and performing pooled statistical analyses of data from multiple countries as well as methodological expertise related to epidemiological study designs on vaccine effectiveness. A of minimum of five publications on observational studies including for communicable diseases completed in the last five years, are required. 

Evidence A1 LOT 1: References for five publications on observational studies including for communicable diseases in the last five years, either official reports or publications in peer-reviewed journals; list of at least two projects related to field of coordination of multicentric studies, setting up and/or evaluation of infectious disease surveillance systems, collecting and performing pooled statistical analyses of data from multiple countries. 

- Criterion A2 LOT 1 : Capacity to produce reports in English (C1 equivalent 16 ). 

Evidence A2 LOT 1: One document of at least 10 pages presenting outcomes of observational studies (report, study, etc.) in English that has been drafted and published or delivered to a client in the last five years. 

- Criterion A3 LOT 1:  Capacity to work on international/multi-country project related to the scope of the lot with at least five EU/EEA countries included. 

Evidence A3 LOT 1:  Reference for at least three international/multi-country projects delivered in the last five years explaining the cross-border element and which countries that were involved. 

