16.Selection criteria:
The following selection criteria will be applied to tenderers. In the case of tenders submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole unless specified otherwise. The selection criteria will not be applied to natural persons and single-member companies when they are subcontractors:
1) Economic and financial capacity of tenderer (based on i.a. item 3 of the tender form for a supply contract). In the case of the tenderer being a public body, equivalent information should be provided. The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last 3 years for which accounts have been closed:
• average annual turnover of the tenderer must exceed the annualised maximum budget of the tendered contract value,
• current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) in the last year for which accounts have been closed must be at least 1. In the case of a consortium, this criterion must be fulfilled by each member.
2) Professional capacity of tenderer (based on i.a. items 4 and 5 of the tender form for a supply contract). The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last 5 years from the submission deadline:
• has a professional certificate appropriate to this contract,
• quality management certification: contractor should be certified by a relevant recognised accreditation institution with a certificate of ISO 9001:2008 or equivalent,
• environmental certification: the contractor should be certified by a relevant recognised accreditation institution with a certificate of ISO 14001 or equivalent,
• at least 20 staff currently work for the tenderer in fields related to this contract, and
• all roles mentioned in the table below have to be fulfilled by a permanent employee of the tenderer:
1. project manager:
item No; description; unit; required:
1.1; experience in implementation of power plant or infrastructure projects (not less than 5 years as manager); years; at least 7;
2. design engineer:
item No; description; unit; required:
2.1; experience in the executive design of medium to large-scale hybrid renewable electrification plants; years; at least 3;
2.2; proven track record of medium to large-scale hybrid renewable electrification designed; MW; at least 1;
3. responsible electrical engineer:
item No; description; unit; required:
3.1; with experience in the design of DC low voltage installations, medium voltage substations and DC installations with a voltage of up to 1 000 V and MV installations as well as substation works and large-scale batteries; years; at least 5;
4. responsible civil engineer:
item No; description; unit; required:
4.1; with experience in the design of metal structures (steel or aluminium), corresponding foundations and facility structures; years; at least 5;
5. PV power plant construction manager (engineer):
item No; description; unit; required:
5.1; with experience in on-site construction management; years; at least 7;
5.2; with experience in the construction management of PV power plants (> 1 000 kW); years; at least 5;
5.3; with experience in the construction management of diesel power generation plants (there can also be a separate construction manager only for the diesel part who fulfils this criteria); years; at least 5;
5.4; with experience in the installation of large-scale batteries (there can also be a separate construction manager only for the battery part who fulfils this criteria); years; at least 3;
5.5; one of the plant construction sites managed has to be outside the country of origin; MW; minimum size 1;
6. civil engineer (supervision of construction):
item No; description; unit; required:
6.1; proven experience in on-site construction supervision of building metal structures of comparable size, corresponding foundations and facility structures, see expert under 4; years; at least 5;
6.2; one of the plant construction sites managed has to be outside the country of origin; MW; minimum size 1;
7. electrical engineer (supervision of construction):
item No; description; unit; required:
7.1; with proven experience in on-site supervision of installation work of DC low-voltage installations, medium-voltage substations and DC installations with a voltage below 1 000 V and MV installations as well as substation works and batteries, see expert under 3; years; at least 5.
3) Technical capacity of tenderer (based on i.a. items 5 and 6 of the tender form for a supply contract). The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last 5 years from the submission deadline:
• the tenderer has completed at least 3 hybrid projects (involving PV, diesel and batteries) in the MW scale with a minimum renewable energy penetration of at least 30 % as responsible EPC contractor,
• the tenderer has completed at least 5 hybrid generation projects (at least 2 different generation technologies) in the MW scale as responsible EPC contractor,
• the tenderer has executed at least 2 renewable energy hybrid projects outside the country of origin (if a non-Eritrean company),
• the tenderer has executed at least 1 renewable energy hybrid project in Africa/developing countries,
• the tenderer has a track record as leading the O&M of renewable energy hybrid power plant projects for minimum 2 years in at least 2 projects.
This means that the contract the tenderer refers to could have been started or completed at any time during the indicated period but it does not necessarily have to be started and completed during that period, nor implemented during the entire period. Tenderers are allowed to refer either to projects completed within the reference period (although started earlier) or to projects not yet completed. In the first case the project will be considered in its whole if proper evidence of performance is provided (statement or certificate from the entity which awarded the contract, final acceptance). In the case of projects still ongoing only the portion satisfactorily completed during the reference period will be taken into consideration. This portion will have to be supported by documentary evidence (similarly to projects completed) also detailing its value.
Capacity-providing entities:
An economic operator may, where appropriate and for a particular contract, rely on the capacities of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links which it has with them. Some examples of when it may not be considered appropriate by the contracting authority are when the tenderers rely in majority on the capacities of other entities or when they rely on key criteria. If the tenderer relies on other entities it must prove to the contracting authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary for performance of the contract, for example by producing a commitment on the part of those entities to place those resources at its disposal. Such entities, for instance the parent company of the economic operator, must respect the same rules of eligibility and notably that of nationality, as the economic operator. Furthermore, the data for this third entity for the relevant selection criterion should be included in the tender in a separate document. Proof of the capacity will also have to be furnished when requested by the contracting authority.
With regard to technical and professional criteria, a tenderer may only rely on the capacities of other entities where the latter will perform the tasks for which these capacities are required.
With regard to economic and financial criteria, the entities upon whose capacity the tenderer relies, become jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract.