Comunicación Estratégica en Ecuador- Agenda de Inversiones Global Gateway

Candidates must submit a signed declaration, included in the application form, confirming that they are not in any of the situations referred to in section 2.4.2.1 of the Practical Guide. If the candidate intends to rely on capacity-providing entities or subcontractors, the same signed declaration must be provided by those entities. The contract may not be awarded to candidates included in EU restrictive measures lists (see section 2.4 of the Practical Guide) at the time of the award decision.

Average Annual Turnover: The average annual turnover of the candidate or tenderer over the last three financial years whose accounts have been closed must not be less than 600,000 EUR.

Current Ratio (Assets/Liabilities): The solvency ratio (current assets / current liabilities) for the last closed financial year must be at least 1. In the case of consortia, all members must meet this criterion.

Minimum Specialist Staff: During the current year (2026) and the two previous years (2024 and 2025), the candidate or tenderer has, on average, at least 10 employees directly contracted or legally contracted in another way, on a permanent or non-permanent basis, in areas of specialised knowledge related to this contract: strategic communication campaigns, advertising and/or marketing (design, production, launch, data collection, reporting).

Absence of Professional Conflicts of Interest: The candidate or tenderer is not subject to professional conflicts of interest that could negatively affect the performance of the contract. The existence of professional conflicts of interest will be examined on the basis of sworn declarations and, where applicable, declarations and other documents submitted.

Minimum Number of Completed Contracts: The candidate or tenderer has completed at least two (2) service contracts executed at any time during the last three years before the submission deadline, the subject of which is: strategic communication campaigns, advertising and/or marketing (design, production, launch, data collection, reporting). Contracts may have been executed at any time during the reference period without necessarily having been concluded during that period or having been executed throughout the entire period. Reference may be made to projects completed in the reference period (even if started before) or to partially executed projects not yet concluded in the reference period. Only the part completed during the reference period will be taken into account.

Minimum Contract Value: For each contract referenced, the value of the completed services must not be less than 360,000 EUR.

Use of Content Creators (Influencers): For each referenced contract, the candidate or tenderer supports its technical capacity through deliverables using content creators (influencers). This criterion will be strictly assessed with detailed examples in the application form.

Highest Number of Qualifying Contracts: In the event that more than eight candidates satisfy the selection criteria, the relative strengths and weaknesses of their applications will be re-examined to rank them and identify the eight best applications for the tendering procedure. Criterion 1: the highest number of contracts under which services meeting the technical capacity criterion have been performed.