Strengthening the Capacity of the Food and Veterinary Agency

Average Annual Turnover: The candidate's or tenderer's average annual turnover of the last 3 financial years for which the accounts have been closed must be not less than 1 000 000 EUR.

Assets/Liabilities Ratio: Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) in the last year for which accounts have been closed must be at least 1. In case of a consortium this criterion must be fulfilled by each member of the consortium.

Personnel: The candidate or tenderer has, during the current year and the previous two years, on average, at least: 8 personnel directly employed or otherwise legally contracted on a permanent or non-permanent basis in areas of specialist knowledge related to this contract.

Absence of Professional Conflicting Interests: The candidate or tenderer is not subject to professional conflicting interests which may negatively affect contract performance. The presence of professional conflicting interests shall be examined on the basis of the statements made through the Declarations on Honour and, where applicable, the statements and other documents submitted.

Food Safety: The candidate or tenderer has completed services under at least 1 contract implemented at any moment during the last three years before submission deadline. For each contract, the value of the services completed must not be less than 300 000 EUR. The completed services are in the domain of food safety including alignment with the EU acquis and implementation of official control systems.

Veterinary Policy: The candidate or tenderer has completed services under at least 1 contract implemented at any moment during the last three years before submission deadline. For each contract, the value of the services completed must not be less than 300 000 EUR. The completed services are in the domain veterinary policy of including alignment with the EU acquis and implementation of official control systems.

If more than 8 eligible candidates meet the above selection criteria, the relative strengths and weaknesses of the request to participate of these candidates will be re-examined in order to rank them and identify the 8 best requests to participate for the tender procedure. Criterion 1: the highest number of contracts under which services have been completed that meet the technical capacity criteria (A+B).