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Conditions for Participation - selection criteria: The Tenderer shall meet the following minimum criteria: (a) Financial Capability (i) Average annual turnover The Tenderer shall submit audited financial statements or, if not required by the law of the Tenderer’s country, other financial statements acceptable to the Purchaser, for the last three years (2023, 2022, 2021), demonstrating the current soundness of the Tenderer’s financial position, and demonstrating average annual turnover over the last three years of Euro 1,400,000 (one million four hundred thousand Euro) equivalent. In the case where the Tenderer is a joint venture or consortium, the leading member shall meet no less than 50% of the average annual turnover stated above, and each other member shall meet no less than 20% of the average annual turnover stated above. (ii) Financial resources The Tenderer shall demonstrate that it has access to, or has available, liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means sufficient to meet the production cash flow for the contract estimated as not less than Euro 700,000 (seven hundred thousand Euro) equivalent, taking into account the Tenderer's commitments for other contracts. (b) Specific Experience The Tenderer shall demonstrate that it has successfully completed, as a Contractor, at least 3 (three) supply and installation contracts, within the last 10 (ten) years prior to tender submission deadline, each with a value of at least Euro 500,000 (five hundred thousand Euro) equivalent excluding VAT, that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar in nature and complexity to the Goods and Related Services under the Contract. Similar nature and complexity for the purpose of qualification means supply and installation of water meters complete with radio modules, remote reading equipment and commissioning of the remote reading system with necessary software. The evaluation committee reserves the right to check on site the functionality of the remote reading systems in the cities / municipalities where these systems are installed. The Supplier must bear all costs associated with the travel and accommodation of the persons responsible from evaluation committee for the visit of these locations. (c) Documentary Evidence For each of the contracts declared under (b) Specific Experience above, the Tenderer shall furnish documentary evidence. The documentary evidence shall be in the form of a Taking Over Certificate or Certificate for Provisional Acceptance in addition with signed Contract or other such certificate of successful completion in addition with signed Contract. (d) Manufacturing Experience and Technical Capacity For the items under the Contract that the Tenderer is a manufacturer, the Tenderer shall furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that: (i) it has manufactured goods of similar nature and complexity for at least 5 (five) years prior to the tender submission deadline; and (ii) its annual production capacity of goods of similar nature and complexity for each of the last 5 (five) years prior to the tender submission deadline, is at least 3 (three) times the quantities specified under the contract. (e) Manufacturer’s Authorization A Tenderer who does not manufacture an item/s where a manufacturer authorization is required in accordance with TDS ITT 17.2 (a), the Tenderer shall provide evidence of being duly authorized by a manufacturer (Manufacturer’s Authorization Form, Section IV, Tender Forms), meeting the criteria in (d) (i) and (ii) above, to supply the Goods; (f) Status as a Supplier A Tenderer who does not manufacture an item/s where a manufacturer authorization is not required in accordance with TDS ITT 17.2 (a), the Tenderer shall submit documentation on its status as a supplier, to the satisfaction of the Purchaser (e.g. authorized dealer/ distributor of the items). (g) Approval in Bureau of Metrology Register The Tenderer is required to have, in accordance with the Law on Metrology (Official Gazette of RM No.55/02 and the Rulebook for measuring instruments (Official Gazette of RM No.17/10), approval for register for the domestic (household) multi-jet water meters and the ultrasonic water meters in the Bureau of Metrology of the Republic of North Macedonia, which recognizes all valid standards for this type of meters and the same is a prerequisite for the verification of the meters of foreign origin. These approvals must be submitted with the tender bid.