Compliance requirements
The only clearly stated exclusion ground in the machine-readable notice is tax debt: the contracting authority will exclude a bidder or candidate who has unpaid state tax, fee or environmental charge debt under the Taxation Act, or tax or social security contribution debt under the laws of the bidder’s country of establishment. If such debt exists, the contracting authority gives at least 3 working days to pay or reschedule it.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must submit a training plan describing the learning outcomes, volume in academic hours, volume of practical work, preliminary agenda for each contact teaching day, activities between teaching days, course content, teaching methods, description of teaching aids, number of participants and trainers. The training plan is submitted as a free-form document and will be evaluated under award criterion 1.
The bidder must name the team, i.e. the trainers who will prepare the training programme and deliver the training. The team must collectively cover the following requirements: at least a master’s degree, preferably a doctoral degree or 4 years of research experience; at least 2 years of experience in the field of futures studies; experience in training the target group(s) named in the tender, preferably on futures studies or related topics. Each team member does not have to meet all requirements, but the team as a whole must cover them.
The bidder must also provide a description of the team structure and internal cooperation, as well as a CV for each team member with information on education and experience. The contracting authority will check the team against the minimum requirements during compliance review and will award extra points if at least one external expert is included, meaning a person with international practical experience in applying the futures studies method.