1) Concerning Economic and financial standing, cf. Section III.1.9) the applicant must in this respect, in the latest annual report, meet the following requirements: the equity (total equity incl. share capital, reserves, revaluation, retained earning, etc.) must be at least 20 000 000 EUR and the equity ratio (equity/total assets) must be at least 20 %. If the equity ratio is between 15 % and 20 % the applicant can only be accepted, if Equity exceeds 60 000 000 EUR.

2) Concerning references, cf. Section III.1.9) the applicant must include the up to 10 most comparable and relevant references undertaken in the past ten (10) years as part of the application. The references must be stated in the ESPD Part IV.C: “Technical and professional ability”. Undertaken in the past ten (10) years implies that the reference must not have been completed prior to the date reached when counting ten (10) years backwards from the submission date for application.

All references should include:

A specific description of the work performed for each reference, including:

— specific responsibilities for the applicant,

— client and location of project,

— contract value (if possible),

— volume (kilometer and tons of line pipes installed by the applicant),

— diameter, steel grade, wall thickness, internal/external coating,

— soil conditions at the construction site where Applicant performed work,

— date of initiation and final delivery for work performed by the Applicant (day, month, year),

— contact information for the entity in question (including contact person).

Certificates of satisfactory performance by the entity (if issued) should also be submitted as a supplement to the ESPD.

Any ambiguities and/or incomprehensibilities concerning the above information may have a negative effect on the evaluation of the candidate’s suitability. Please note the “description” box can contain more text than is visible. I.e. it is possible to copy paste text into the box.

The Contracting Authority expects to use the data and descriptions of the references in the ESPD as an important objective criterion when selecting suppliers for future tenders. Thus, it’s of significant im-portance that the applicants fill in the reference descriptions as detailed as possible.

Minimum requirements concerning references:

For admittance to the category of the SQS, the applicant must meet the following minimum requirements related to references:

— in at least 2 out of 10 references it must be shown that the applicant has proven experience as main contractor (this includes being main contractor as part of a joint venture/consortia) with onshore construction of steel line pipes at a minimum length of 35 km and with a diameter of minimum 24’’ OD,

— in at least 1 out of 10 references it must be shown that the applicant has proven experience as main contractor (this includes being main contractor as part of a Joint venture/consortia) with onshore construction of steel line pipes in soil conditions similar to the conditions described in Section 2.3 of the Guide to SQS which can be found on the EU-Supply platform.

3) Concerning Standards, cf. Section III.1.9) the applicant must meet the following minimum requirements concerning:

— contractor shall have implemented and maintained quality assurance standards or QA/QC programs in compliance with ISO9001 (or equivalent) for the duration of the SQS,

— contractor shall have implemented and maintained health, safety and environment management systems in compliance with ISO 14001:2015, OHSAS 18001:2007/ISO 45001:2018 or equivalent for the duration of the SQS.