Advanced Entrepreneurship/Innovation Support Organisations (ESOs/ISOs) Ecosystem Mapping

The exclusion grounds include at least participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activity, and money laundering or terrorist financing. In the ESPD, the bidder must answer yes/no to these grounds and, where relevant, provide the date of conviction, the reason, the convicted person, the duration of exclusion and information on self-cleaning measures to restore reliability. The compliance requirements also include a sanctions condition: the bidder confirms that it will not use subcontractors or suppliers representing more than 10% of the contract value if they are Russian citizens, residents or undertakings established in the Russian Federation, entities more than 50% owned by such persons or entities, or representatives of or persons acting on the instructions of such persons or entities. If the exact wording or any exceptions to the exclusion ground or sanctions condition are needed, they must be checked in the tender documents.

The tenderer must have experience in carrying out at least two research projects similar to the subject of the contract. The projects must each have a value of at least EUR 100,000 excluding VAT, and at least 75% of the work on them must have been carried out within the 36 months before the procurement started. The tenderer must also submit the research team information in the form required in Annex 6, showing compliance with the contracting authority’s requirements in section 5.1 of the invitation to tender. The substantive tender must follow the technical specifications and include the analytical methodology, structured analytical frameworks and data triangulation methods, the proposed work plan and sequencing, the approach to database design and data usability, and the structure of the final report. The implementation timeline must also be submitted within the time limits set out in the technical specifications.