Speech recognition and analysis solution supporting assessment of E2 learners’ speaking skills and development of a benchmark test

The bidder and its representatives must not have received a final conviction within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, or offences involving child labour or human trafficking. Grounds for exclusion may also include tax or social security debts, breaches of environmental, social or labour law, bankruptcy or another insolvency situation, liquidation, assets administered by a liquidator or court, suspended business activities, serious professional misconduct, agreements restricting competition, conflicts of interest, involvement in preparing the procurement, a serious breach of a previous public contract, or the submission of false information or failure to provide required documents. National exclusion grounds must also be checked, including facilitating illegal employment, breaches of international sanctions, tax offences and participation restrictions based on the bidder’s country of origin. Where applicable, the bidder may provide evidence of remedial measures demonstrating restored reliability. The bidder must confirm proper payment of taxes and social security contributions and provide the information and evidence required in the European Single Procurement Document.

Within the 36 months preceding the start of the procurement, the bidder must have completed at least one service contract or project involving language-technology analysis, language-technology experiments or the development of language-technology solutions, such as applying artificial intelligence in language learning, integrating speech technology or analysing language data. The European Single Procurement Document must include a short description of at least one relevant reference, the start and end dates, the client’s name, and the procurement reference number or, if there was no public procurement, the client’s contact details. The work or project must have been delivered to and accepted by the client; where delivery was staged, the relevant work must have been delivered and accepted by the tender submission deadline. A framework agreement itself does not qualify as a reference, but a compliant contract concluded under a framework agreement may be used. The contracting authority may request further explanations, information or documents if the necessary data are not publicly or freely available. The tender must include the project team composition and requirements in the format of Annex 3, together with a signed experience form for each team member. Copies of educational documents must be provided for the speech recognition expert and the E2 teacher or methodologist where the Annex 3 requirements apply. The tender must also include the project structure and timetable and activity plan in the format of Annex 2. The tender price must follow the structure specified in the sheet for award criteria and evaluated indicators. A consortium bid must include a power of attorney for the consortium members. The bidder must provide details of authorised senior persons who are not visible in the commercial register and identify any trade secrets with reasons; the tender price may not be classified as a trade secret. During contract performance, subcontractors and suppliers may be used only if their place of residence or establishment is in an eligible country, and subcontractors or suppliers covered by the Russian sanctions restrictions may not account for more than 10% of the contract value.