Common use of qualitative and financial evaluation of tenders Clause in Contracts

qualitative and financial evaluation of tenders. Negotiation The formally and materially regular tenders will be evaluated as to content by an evaluation committee. The contracting authority will restrict the number of tenders to be negotiated by applying the award criteria stated in the procurement documents. This evaluation will be conducted on the basis of the award criteria given in these Tender Specifications and aims to setting a shortlist of tenderers with whom negotiations will be conducted. Then, the negotiation phase follows. In view of improving the contents of the tenders, the contracting authority may negotiate with tenderers the initial tenders and all subsequent tenders that they have submitted, except final tenders. The minimum requirements and the award criteria are not negotiable. However, the contracting authority may also decide not to negotiate. In this case, the initial tender is the final tender. When the contracting authority intends to conclude the negotiations, it will so advise the remaining tenderers and will set a common deadline for the submission of any BAFOs. Once negotiations have closed, the BAFO will be compared with the exclusion, selection and award criteria. The tenderer whose BAFO shows the best value for money (obtaining the best score based on the award criteria given below) will be designated the contractor for this procurement contract. Award Criteria The contracting authority selects the regular tender that it finds to be most advantageous, taking account of the following criteria: • Qualitative award criteria: 30 %; The tenderer proposes a technical methodology and a project management plan based on the instructions given in the technical specifications. They are subject to evaluation according to the following sub‐criteria:

qualitative and financial evaluation of tenders. Negotiation The formally and materially regular tenders will be evaluated as to content by an evaluation committee. The contracting authority will restrict the number of tenders to be negotiated by applying the award criteria stated in the procurement documents. This evaluation will be conducted on the basis of the award criteria given in these Tender Specifications and aims to setting a shortlist of tenderers with whom negotiations will be conducted. Then, the negotiation phase follows. In view of improving the contents of the tenders, the contracting authority may negotiate with tenderers the initial tenders and all subsequent tenders that they have submitted, except final tenders. The minimum requirements and the award criteria are not negotiable. However, the contracting authority may also decide not to negotiate. In this case, the initial tender is the final tender. When the contracting authority intends to conclude the negotiations, it will so advise the remaining tenderers and will set a common deadline for the submission of any BAFOs. Once negotiations have closed, the BAFO will be compared with the exclusion, selection and award criteria. The tenderer whose BAFO shows the best value for money (obtaining the best score based on the award criteria given below) will be designated the contractor for this procurement contract. Award Criteria The contracting authority selects the regular tender that it finds to be most advantageous, taking account of the following criteria: • Qualitative award criteria: 30 40 %; The tenderer proposes a technical methodology and a project management plan based on the instructions given in the technical specifications. They are subject to evaluation according to the following sub‐criteria:sub-criteria

qualitative and financial evaluation of tenders. Negotiation The formally and materially regular tenders will be evaluated as to content by an evaluation committee. The contracting authority will restrict the number of tenders to be negotiated by applying the award criteria stated in the procurement documents. This evaluation will be conducted on the basis of the award criteria given in these Tender Specifications and aims to setting a shortlist of tenderers with whom negotiations will be conducted. Then, the negotiation phase follows. In view of improving the contents of the tenders, the contracting authority may negotiate with tenderers the initial tenders and all subsequent tenders that they have submitted, except final tenders. The minimum requirements and the award criteria are not negotiable. However, the contracting authority may also decide not to negotiate. In this case, the initial tender is the final tender. When the contracting authority intends to conclude the negotiations, it will so advise the remaining tenderers and will set a common deadline for the submission of any BAFOs. Once negotiations have closed, the BAFO will be compared with the exclusion, selection and award criteria. The tenderer whose BAFO shows the best value for money (obtaining the best score based on the award criteria given below) will be designated the contractor for this procurement contract. Award Criteria The contracting authority selects the regular tender that it finds to be most advantageous, taking account of the following criteria: •  Qualitative award criteria: 30 40 %; The tenderer proposes a technical methodology and a project management plan based on the instructions given in the technical specifications. They are subject to evaluation according to the following sub‐criteriasub-criteria: