Accountant for the last 3 financial years shall be submitted and must demonstrate the soundness of the applicant’s financial position, showing long-term profitability. 

The Contracting Authority reserves the right to carry out such any further inquiry on the Tenderer’s financial standing as the Evaluation Committee may deem appropriate. 

Financial data to be provided by the tenderer in relation to the selection criteria must be expressed in EUR. If applicable, where a candidate refers to amounts originally expressed in a different currency, the conversion to EUR shall be made in accordance with the InforEuro exchange rate of May 2021, which can be found at the following address: http://ec.europa.eu/budget/graphs/inforeuro.html. 

## 12.2.1.3. Technical and professional capacity of candidate: 

The tenderer must have completed construction works contracts in the nature as defined below as the prime contractor within the last 5 (five) years till to the tender submission deadline. (Taking over (provisional acceptance) or performance (final acceptance) certificates should clearly indicate the works completion dates attesting the fact that the Works have been completed in the last five years; i.e. completion date shall be within 60 months prior to deadline for submission of tenders). The date of taking over / provisional acceptance will be deemed as completion date: 

a- Lot 1: 

1. Regardless of the budget, the tenderer shall have completed construction of at least one wastewater treatment plant with a minimum capacity of 16,000 m$^{3}$/day average waste water flow rate. Rehabilitation and/or extension works shall not be accepted as similar works. 

2. The Tenderer shall have completed as designer, the process design of at least one wastewater treatment plant including nitrogen removal with a minimum capacity of 16,000 m$^{3}$/day average wastewater flow rate. Designs for extension or rehabilitation of a wastewater treatment plant shall not be accepted. 

3. The tenderer shall have completed at least one construction contract according to FIDIC conditions of contract. 

4. Regardless of the budget, the tenderer shall have completed design and construction of an anaerobic wastewater sludge digester of any size. Rehabilitation and/or extension works shall not be accepted as similar works. 

b- Lot 2: 

1. The tenderer shall have completed construction of at least one water supply and/or wastewater/stormwater collection network with a value of minimum EUR 7,500,000 or equivalent; or two water supply and/or wastewater/stormwater collection network each with a minimum value of EUR 4,000,000 or equivalent. 

2. The tenderer shall have completed construction of at least 10 km. wastewater collection network having minimum diameter of 800 mm. within a single contract. 

3. The tenderer shall have completed at least one construction contract according to FIDIC conditions of contract. 

Previous experience of the tenderer must be proved by original or notary certified copies of taking over (provisional acceptance) or performance (final acceptance) certificates, signed by the supervisors (the Engineer)/Contracting Authority of the projects concerned. The completion date in the Taking Over / Provisional Acceptance Certificate will be taken into account for this criterion as completion date of the relevant works. Ongoing works of the tenderer will not be taken into consideration. 

If all of the works specified above have been performed within the scope of a single contract, it must satisfy each criterion separately. 

