Selection criteria

'The contracting body shall provide the exclusion grounds and selection criteria for its tendering process as structured information - via ESPD template or structured list of criteria set out in a call for tender."

This chapter on selection criteria provides details on how to implement the formal requirements set in the eSens ESPD BIS 41 - Single European Document (Version 2.0.0) document. See specifically these global requirements related to selection criteria: br41-002, tbr070-010, tbr070-013, tbr070-018.

As for the exclusion criteria (and following requirement tbr070-013) we have grouped the selection criteria under different categories. The figure below is intended to identify and list these categories for the selection criteria (branches in text boxes), and specific subgroups within each category.

Each branch in this 'criteria classification' corresponds to one data structure that is identical for all the leaves under that branch (e.g. compare the names of the boxes with the tabs and ElementType column of the spreadsheets containing ESPD-criterion data structures).

Selection criteria classification

Figure 90. Selection criteria classification

Lot Management approach for Selection Criteria

As already explained in previous sections (see ESPD Request chapter) the Lot Management logic has been adapted to be ensure the alignment with eForms.

The buyer may specify the Lots that each selection criteria apply by using the element cac:TenderingCriterion that includes cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference. The image below shows the UBL-2.3 schema for TenderingCriterion:

cac:TenderingCriterion/cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference

Figure 91. cac:TenderingCriterion/cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference

Initial question for the EO to fulfil or not the criteria

In this version of ESPD, a new data structure has been added to the selection criteria to get more information about the EO and the fulfilment of the selection criteria. The UUID identifying the group is 0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a. It is a common structured reused over selection criteria.

Data structure

The following image shows an example of how it represented in the spread-sheets (see ESPD-Criterion)

Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself? Data structure

Figure 92. 'Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself? Data structure and UUID.

Mockup

Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself? Mock up

Figure 92. 'Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself? Mock up from the EO perspective.

The figure above is an example of how this information should be displayed. There, the Economic Operators must provide an answer to whether is going to fulfil the criteria by itself or relying on other entity.

Suitability

See formal requirements related to 'Suitability' criteria in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0), and more specifically the requirement tbr070-003

Suitability (enrolments)

For each criteria regarding suitability, the buyer should be able to provide: the register type (Occupations code list, see ESPD-CodeLists.xlsx) in case of criterion "Enrolement in a relevant professional register", and the name and its URL and for other criteria related to registries.

Data Structure

Few details regarding data structure for Suitability selection criteria

  1. It allows the definition of multiple national sub-criteria (to be retrieved from e-Certis): cardinality "0..n" of the SUBCRITERION group;

  2. It also allows the buyer to speciy multiple groups of REQUIREMENT(s) (in this case to specify which registers the economic operator should be registered in).

  3. Regarding the groups of questions, notice that the main question is addressed to get the confirmation from the economic operator that it fulfills the criterion (if "Yes" the economic operator is registered). In case of answering "No" a sub-group of one QUESTION must be shown (the one asking the economic operator to provide the reason why it is not registered in the register specified by the buyer).

(The figure below is defined in the the tab "Suitability-I of the ESPD-criterion spread-sheet).

SC Suitability enrolement

Figure 100. 'Suitability' criterion data structure (enrolments)

XML Example

The following XML example illustrates how the ESPD would look like when the Lots are specified.

'Enrolment in a relevant professional register' suitability criterion

<!... header elements removed for brevity -->

<!-- Criterion:Enrolment in a relevant professional register -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6ee55a59-6adb-4c3a-b89f-e62a7ad7be7f</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">prof-regist</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Enrolment in a relevant professional register</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>It is enrolled in relevant professional registers kept in the Member State of its establishment as described in Annex XI of Directive 2014/24/EU; economic operators from certain Member States may have to comply with other requirements set out in that Annex.</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b6ab1c8b-08d5-43f9-b34b-5031ea517514</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">16b75711-02e3-43ce-87a4-4a428bc11d5a</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9a14e990-8280-4122-bfcd-d4a0694ec2c4</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b01d8f8f-ceac-4b47-b7aa-88cdeb630465</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">53fe9bf5-38c9-4281-b8a9-7250b75a9407</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>occupation</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CODE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/occupation" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20221214-0">[occupation Code]</cbc:ExpectedCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1d497f55-150a-4b96-b8c3-300e63401a02</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Other Register</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedDescription>[Other Register Type]</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e8a82f06-6267-4125-a262-afeb987b4981</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">27109f66-df32-4f7b-afd3-98d3079cf358</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6c9a9066-c027-4b38-ad23-968612769d94</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">877d221b-e528-4762-8a25-11554562bbe6</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
								</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6cce6b8e-c53d-4598-8150-ac49aba3b9c7</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">68cd0cdb-2975-4aa4-a6d3-fc4d24fb2f7c</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">70d5bbcf-0581-4d0f-b5c7-8b604a791972</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">31a9173f-f72e-49fc-9f5c-d7e90ccc7e02</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Registration number</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3a4a5421-81cc-468e-b69f-b86bf8c7932d</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7468215a-299e-480d-acd6-e7ef393cf4c3</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Reasons why your are not registered</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">2826f86e-afc7-4826-9ac6-37b961125fb4</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">39618b2c-ed5c-4b4d-b77b-b0fa735ec3df</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!--... rest of elements removed for brevity... -->

Suitability (service contracts)

Data Structure (service contracts)

(The figure below is defined in the the tab "Suitability-II" of the ESPD-criterion spread-sheet).

Suitability criterion data structure (service contracts)

Figure 102. 'Suitability' criterion data structure (service contracts)

XML Example (service contracts)

Example of suitability criterion

<!--... header elements removed for brevity... -->

<!-- Criterion:For service contracts: authorisation of particular organisation needed -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9eeb6d5c-0eb8-48e8-a4c5-5087a7c095a4</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">authorisation</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>For service contracts: authorisation of particular organisation needed</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Is a particular authorisation of a particular organisation needed in order to be able to perform the service in question in the country of establishment of the economic operator?</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">73570c2d-8e88-41ae-9750-ed72076aaaf0</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">02143118-7c75-4ed7-9e3c-bd8ccc84fd9a</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7696fb3f-9722-43b8-9b91-ad59bb4b8ad2</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3d13038a-fd4e-4d07-ab43-14d4bd2f4e0f</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>If yes, please describe them</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f7901626-2f5f-4977-8038-b197a51dd333</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Indicate whether the economic operator has it</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">39b36171-7033-462a-b493-8648a902d9f3</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a53561d5-6614-4dbe-987e-b96f35387f46</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7fbb14cb-dd63-4f77-aa3d-13baa7e78e38</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Register name</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedDescription>[Register Name]</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a24a37df-6a98-48a0-80c7-6e3837c45bd5</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>URL</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">URL</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b76e24b8-279f-4c86-b1c6-792b8b24f73d</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">67f22f88-4fc4-416c-9287-be8ea5b610d0</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">78238b9e-31f6-4b5e-a092-2776b2ec89dc</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4dff1e8c-823f-4fc3-af83-368c8c53b482</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
								</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6cce6b8e-c53d-4598-8150-ac49aba3b9c7</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b376d27f-3898-420f-adbb-7d0869fa0d47</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">70d5bbcf-0581-4d0f-b5c7-8b604a791972</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5a4e1115-7191-4711-8d8b-868bc923c9cb</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Registration number</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3a4a5421-81cc-468e-b69f-b86bf8c7932d</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ab1de04c-0c85-4d0e-8039-300ea95a2b3a</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Reasons why your are not registered</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">04d77b77-f3b8-47cf-adc8-d799e1a801f4</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a6a1b3fe-dec5-488b-a81f-cbf78d0aa814</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!--... rest of elements removed for brevity... -->
  1. A CAPTION, software applications can use it to document the GUI.

  2. As a CAPTION no value is expected to be provided by the buyer (thus the absence of a cbc:Expected…​ element) nor by the Economic Operator (thus the value NONE`for the element `cac:ValueDataTypeCode)

  3. The name of the organisation issuing the authorisation: the Spanish food safety agency.

  4. Notice the use of the attribute languageID meaning, in this example, that the name is expressed in Spanish.

  5. A "choice" structure is coming now: A true/false QUESTION is asked ("Your answer" to the question contained in the Criterion "Is a particular membership of a particular organisation needed in order to be able to perform the service …​". If the user (the EO) answers "Yes" (true) then it has to provide the registration number of the authorisation. Otherwise the EO will have to provide a justification about why the authorisation is not registered.

  6. If yes…​ provide the registration number for the authorisation.

  7. If no…​ provide a justification for not having this authorisation issued by the required organisation.

Turnovers

See formal requirements related to 'Turnover' criteria ESPD in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0), and more specifically the requirement tbr070-008

Differences between 'general and specific' and 'yearly and average' turnovers

  1. General turnover refers to the general turnover of the economic operator in a period of years and regardless of the nature of the contract, normally the last three or five years (as required in the contract documents or the ESPD).

  2. Specific turnovers refer to the turnover of the economic operator resulting from the activity of the economic operator in the business area covered by the contract;

  3. As far as the data structures are concerned, they can be classified in two groups 'yearly' and 'average':

    • For general and specific yearly turnovers the economic operator specifies a turnover amount (and currency) per year, e.g. one amount for 2016, one amount for 2015, one amount for 2014, etc.

    • For general and specific average turnovers, given the n last years (specified in the ESPD, notices or procurement documents) the economic operator adds all the yearly turnovers of those n years, divides the sum by n and provides the resulting amount.

    • The classification codes for the different turnovers are:

      • (Yearly)

        1. gen-year-to

        2. aver-year-to

      • (Average)

        1. spec-aver-to

        2. spec-year-to

For the general yearly turnover the buyer can specify the number of the past recent years for which it will require Turnovers, and also the minimum amount it expects from the economic operator. The economic operator should only see the same number of groups of fields 'amount + period' than the number of minimum amounts the buyer required.

For the average yearly turnover the buyer can specify the number of fiscal years * ("QUANTITY_YEAR") encompassing the yearly turnovers for which the average is to be calculated; the *minimum amount for which the EO’s average yearly turnover must equal or be greater; and the currency.

For the specific yearly turnover the buyer can specify the number of fiscal years for which the EO will have to provide turnovers (e.g. last 5 years); the Minimum amount expected from the EO, for which each specific yearly turnover must equal or be greater; and the currency.

For the specific average turnover the buyer can specify the number of the past recent fiscal years for which the EO will need to provide the Average Turnover; e.g. last 3 years; the minimum amount expected from the EO, for which the EO’s average yearly turnover must equal or be greater; and the currency.

General turnover

The contracting can specify the number of the past recent years for which it will require turnovers, but also the minimum amount it expects from the economic operator.

Mock-up - buyer perspective

Notice that the buyer can add and remove as many groups of minimum required amounts as needed (in the example below the software application limits the number to five, see tool-tip next to the button "Add"). These requirements are, of course, particular to this procurement procedure and were not defined by the Member State in e-Certis.

General Yearly Turnovers buyer mock-up for common threshold

Figure 106. 'General Yearly Turnovers' buyer mock-up for a a common threshold for all years requested.

General Yearly Turnovers buyer mock-up for a a common threshold for all years requested

Figure 107. 'General Yearly Turnovers' Buyer mock-up when applaying different turnover per year requested.

Mock-up - economic operator perspective

General and Specific Yearly Turnovers

Figure 107. 'General Yearly Turnovers' EO mock-up

Data Structure

In this this figure what it is being shown is that the buyer required three general yearly turnovers, for which it defined minimum amounts in one REQUIREMENT(s) group. Next, three groups of QUESTION(s) are provided, each one of them corresponding to the past three years. Remember that the spreadsheet used in this guide to represent the criteria data structure is also used to generate sample XML instances. So by including three groups of QUESTION(s) in the spread-sheet, the tool generating sample XML instances will automatically generate three sub-groups of properties each one with distinct UUIDs.

General Yearly Turnovers

Figure 108. 'General Yearly Turnovers' criterion data structure

XML Example

General yearly turnover

<!--... header elements removed for brevity... -->
<!-- Criterion:General yearly turnover -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">499efc97-2ac1-4af2-9e84-323c2ca67747</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">gen-year-to</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>General yearly turnover</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Its general yearly turnover for the number of financial years required in the relevant notice, the in the ESPD, the relevant notice or the ESPD is as follows:</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ed2a13ed-cf3d-478e-888d-cb9b89f55020</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b21ab072-e5b6-495c-ad6e-4ead6993ede5</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">635a537c-57bf-4beb-8b69-d97d49382e1f</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5ca58d66-3ef1-4145-957c-45d5b18a837f</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">42824f1f-3574-4e53-80ca-501d22e85ef8</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Minimum requirement</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedAmount currencyID="EUR">100000</cbc:ExpectedAmount>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e3401597-fe8a-4be4-9086-ae16015b1b13</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">514ce671-73b6-4df0-aee5-79e30c9f7e11</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c256fd6d-937d-467a-8446-945d43257ae1</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">496d7f3c-11d4-4b6f-9de4-269b2fe05815</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
								</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c0cd9c1c-e90a-4ff9-bce3-ac0fe31abf16</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">275dfaeb-0155-4ad5-a39f-1dd7ca890700</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Amount</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7d0e5eb2-4ce6-42cb-825b-5b402f911197</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Start date; End date</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">PERIOD</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c69914fe-3fa8-4ac6-a1b3-66cb8088d8b7</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">cb4d7604-70dd-4601-9379-7885dd027688</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e9aa7763-c167-4352-8060-1a3d7d3e2662</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">37df94d6-2c14-47ea-b71b-75d8c03f70a9</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>In case the information concerning turnover (general or specific) is not available for the entire period required, please state the date on which the economic operator was set up or started trading:</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DATE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">aecaafbd-2612-433e-8abb-f4542bcec6d7</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1094ee3b-d353-4337-9d79-f0313a7c5e30</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

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Average yearly turnover

Mock-up - buyer perspective

For criteria of type "average yearly turnover", the following fields can be specified by the buyer:

  1. The number of fiscal years encompassing the yearly turnovers for which the average is to be provided by the economic operator (EO);

  2. The minimum amount for which the EO’s average yearly turnover must be equal or greater;

  3. The currency;

Notice that as for the rest of criteria, the Member State may specify national sub-criteria in e-Certis for this criterion.

average yearly turnover

Figure 112. 'Average yearly turnover' Buyer mock-up

Mock-up - economic operator perspective

In turn, the economic operator:

  1. Will have to provide the average amount and currency for the required period; and

  2. May provide some additional information in a free-text field.

Average yearly turnover

Figure 113. 'Average yearly turnover' EO mock-up

Data Structure

Average yearly turnover

Figure 114. 'Average yearly turnover' criterion data structure

XML Example

Average yearly turnover

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<!-- Criterion:Average yearly turnover -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b16cb9fc-6cb7-4585-9302-9533b415cf48</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">aver-year-to</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Average yearly turnover</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Its average yearly turnover for the number of years required in the relevant notice, the procurement documents or the ESPD is as follows:</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">be471b6b-4093-4ed1-a3a6-16fab9e86ed1</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e9be2dab-481e-4183-b574-9fd76e29b90d</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">32f66226-56f3-48e1-87c0-3d8917957fea</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">53882893-f4a8-40ae-99dc-cad7b0748790</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0b8950cc-a073-4b29-baca-1d6125fcfc82</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Number of fiscal years</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUANTITY_YEAR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>3</cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c03f7fe0-36ce-43a1-b53f-5de455a65f6f</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Minimum requirement</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedAmount currencyID="EUR">120000</cbc:ExpectedAmount>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e8222e1f-0827-4cce-b5b3-2efeb694c5bb</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">bf547b11-360d-412e-b51a-ff32a841c7aa</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">2db05699-6ba3-48b0-9d0a-5a8f6173cb40</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e9e9b7af-11d9-4f98-9118-f0b064b8020f</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
								</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e1886054-ada4-473c-9afc-2fde82c24cf4</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fd447188-12a5-42ab-aa66-2c4f12e43025</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Average for the required period</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">57a9382b-45fc-4235-a071-fe8b20cffa55</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Additional information</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fff57e2f-e845-48ac-95bb-1be3109beb41</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">19584299-847b-44b9-98e4-b9ba728b5a3b</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e9aa7763-c167-4352-8060-1a3d7d3e2662</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0db6624e-934c-4add-8d11-f53d8c16ca21</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>In case the information concerning turnover (general or specific) is not available for the entire period required, please state the date on which the economic operator was set up or started trading:</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DATE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ea3d7499-d619-4c72-a1c5-b74fea37c177</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6944be10-5bae-4ec9-bd92-2d4b7b586def</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!--... rest of elements removed for brevity... -->

Specific yearly turnover

One characteristic of the "specific" turnovers is that the buyer requires to know which is the economic operator’s turnover for a concrete business domain. The only way of responding that requirement is either by describing the domain in a free-text field (DESCRIPTION ResponseDataType) in Data structures.

Notice that in the Mock-ups and the Data Structures, below, both options are available to the economic operator.

Mock-up - buyer perspective

For specific yearly turnover criterion the following fields can be required by the buyer (CA):

  1. The number of fiscal years for which the economic operator (EO) will have to provide turnovers; e.g. last 5 years;

  2. The minimum amount expected from the EO, for which each specific yearly turnover must equal or be greater;

  3. The currency.

specific yearly turnover' buyer mock-up_

Figure 118. 'specific yearly turnover' Buyer mock-up

Mock-up - economic operator perspective

Notice that in this example:

  1. The buyer required specific yearly turnovers for the past five years;

  2. The minimum amount required by the buyer, and the currency for that amount (the EO should be able to express an identical or greater economic value in a different currency);

  3. The software application has produced up to five groups of properties for each of the last five Fiscal Years (FY1 to FY5);

  4. The economic operator has provided answers for all the properties of each Fiscal Year.

specific yearly turnover

Figure 119. 'specific yearly turnover' EO mock-up

Data Structure

Notice that:

  1. The criterion may have one or more linked national sub-criteria downloaded from e-Certis (SUBCRITERON structure, cardinality 0..n);

  2. The buyer is able to specify the number of fiscal years (REQUIREMENT 'Number of fiscal years');

  3. The description of the business area is a text-field;

  4. The buyer does also specifies the minimum amount required for this specific turnover.

  5. The rest of the criterion are the questions for the economic operator to answer: period and amount (and currency in the amount attribute @currencyID).

Specific yearly turnover

Figure 120. 'Specific yearly turnover' criterion data structure

XML Example

Specific yearly turnover

<!--... header elements removed for brevity... -->

<!-- Criterion:Specific yearly turnover -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">074f6031-55f9-4e99-b9a4-c4363e8bc315</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">spec-year-to</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Specific yearly turnover</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Its specific yearly turnover in the business area covered by the contract for the number of financial years required in the relevant notice, the in the ESPD, the relevant notice or or the ESPD is as follows:</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1ab48993-53aa-4782-88f9-7025477a4df6</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a8f1e01c-5ef7-461c-9b21-2df9d7fec60b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">34b31d0c-5fe7-4f36-874f-a68f3184d919</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">19a68e37-d307-4a28-9061-c22cd767be58</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8d23f156-be4f-4fc7-ae87-c4b2bde59366</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Number of fiscal years</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUANTITY_YEAR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>3</cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7bbcbc42-e81d-49e5-9570-81563416b1bd</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Business domain description</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedDescription>IT consulting / development of semantic interoperability solutions</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">bf8a8e1d-ad69-4bb9-a023-81b924cb9049</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Minimum requirement</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedAmount currencyID="EUR">1000000</cbc:ExpectedAmount>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4ca9d5c0-28e8-4929-b65f-438fd50c0ee3</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b94a10bc-da55-46ab-936d-06978576849b</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5e778df3-c065-41aa-9867-3df1926efd1a</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">77fe87b5-cbfe-416a-84ed-3afc9cd4a349</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
								</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c0cd9c1c-e90a-4ff9-bce3-ac0fe31abf16</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1eb80667-ff73-44b4-b867-c5d1248b723a</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Start date; End date</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">PERIOD</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">33ded15b-4e7a-4d0d-b9b1-41dd0f756238</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Amount</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4152909d-891b-49cd-aef7-ff8f69108757</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b6c705d0-2c7b-4d5e-9235-2fac283ae23e</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e9aa7763-c167-4352-8060-1a3d7d3e2662</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c8a7a9ed-0503-4b0a-bdd6-6e4961dc1b14</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>In case the information concerning turnover (general or specific) is not available for the entire period required, please state the date on which the economic operator was set up or started trading:</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DATE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4efe3d08-2deb-440a-b3b4-29b0c6fab3c6</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">163f44f9-53b5-414d-95d0-5b1d99b6ea63</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!--... rest of elements removed for brevity... -->

Specific average turnover

As for the specific yearly turnover, in the specific average turnover the buyer is interested in knowning the turnover for a concrete business domain. Hence the fields business domain description in the mock-ups and data structures.

Mock-up - buyer perspective

Specific average turnover

Figure 124. 'Specific average turnover' Buyer mock-up

Mock-up - economic operator perspective

Specific average turnover

Figure 125. 'Specific average turnover' EO mock-up

Data Structure

Notice that this specific average turnover structure is 'practically identical' to the data structure of the specific yearly turnover criterion. The only difference is that the cardinality of the amount is 1 (instead of 1..n).

Specific average turnover' criterion data structure

Figure 126. Specific average turnover' criterion data structure

XML Example

Specific average turnover

<!--... header elements removed for brevity... -->

<!-- Criterion:Specific average turnover -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d3dfb714-f558-4512-bbc5-e456fa2339de</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">spec-aver-to</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Specific average turnover</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Its specific average yearly turnover in the business area covered by the contract for the number of years required in the relevant notice, the in the ESPD, the relevant notice or or the ESPD is as follows:</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8b592e5b-628c-4d4c-898e-331caaf91807</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">47fc8823-5261-4068-afbf-addcb135844d</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">13545b12-7b5a-4e7b-897b-10724ec2fac5</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6cff132b-8d15-4f79-ae37-2f9295432381</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9203d764-a7d0-4f9e-acea-b23088f97886</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Number of fiscal years</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUANTITY_YEAR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the contracting authority. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the contracting authority -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>3</cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">06b53773-3e55-42cb-be93-3e2e1b1bbc08</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Business domain description</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the contracting authority. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the contracting authority -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedDescription>e.g. "IT consulting / development of semantic interoperability solutions"</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5691a269-085a-47f7-8581-4a5021ed4800</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Minimum requirement</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the contracting authority. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the contracting authority -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedAmount currencyID="EUR">1000000</cbc:ExpectedAmount>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ce4ee424-ec04-42b7-9592-e5651c502cbe</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">eaffc968-dae3-4faa-837b-381f827208e2</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">aa7c166e-eb10-4a3a-8d62-e8c557139d5e</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">32e0f960-7886-4ccc-bc27-eb688138343d</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
								</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c0cd9c1c-e90a-4ff9-bce3-ac0fe31abf16</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5ecb6e8e-e493-499b-a827-7fe5193b6886</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Start date; End date</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">PERIOD</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c13e60a7-8b48-48c8-8061-4b4b03346066</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Amount</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5a980465-09db-4d0b-8c7a-31fb16a4feab</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">61fa383a-c290-48fa-b288-649a22ddf722</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e9aa7763-c167-4352-8060-1a3d7d3e2662</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fd5e5e16-2073-46a8-8733-9902bb9834ce</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>In case the information concerning turnover (general or specific) is not available for the entire period required, please state the date on which the economic operator was set up or started trading:</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DATE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9bd18524-59a6-4c45-82c6-4ad4e2437d45</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">53dac1dd-495d-40b3-b4cb-43a3686f279b</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!--... rest of elements removed for brevity... -->

Financial ratios

See formal requirements related to 'Turnover' criteria ESPD in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0), and more specifically the requirement tbr070-013

REQUIREMENT

The buyer must use the BACH Banque France Code List for the specification of financial ratios.

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

'Financial ratio' buyer mock-up

The buyer has selected the financial ratio as one of the selection criteria that will go into the ESPD Request document:

Financial ratio

In ESPD the buyer specifies procurement procedure-specific requirements, see data structure below.

Mock-up - economic operator perspective

The economic operator does only have to provide the numeric value for the financial ratio (which should be greater than the minimum requirement specified by the buyer ):

Financial ratio

Figure 135. 'Financial ratio' EO mock-up

Data Structure

REQUIREMENT(s) specified by the buyers can be place outside a group of QUESTION(s) (see any other previous criteria) or inside a group of QUESTION(s), which is the case for financial ratios, as you can see in the data structure for this criterion, below.

Notice how the spreadsheet has been used to specify the three different financial ratios of the above mock-up example: the XML example below was produced using a XSL-T transformation ESPDRequest-Annotated that takes the ESPD-criterion and produced the ESPD-Request.

Financial ratio

Figure 136. 'Financial ratio' criterion data structure

XML Example

Financial Ratio

<!--... header elements removed for brevity... -->

<!-- Criterion:Financial ratio -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e4d37adc-08cd-4f4d-a8d8-32b62b0a1f46</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">finan-rat</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Financial ratio</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Concerning the financial ratios specified in the relevant notice, the in the ESPD, the relevant notice or or the ESPD, the economic operator declares that the actual values for the required ratios are as follows:</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">387118be-f732-49f2-982a-5bdb4d9e52ff</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">cc1da737-6c4e-4f4e-821d-c260029058f6</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">889620da-979a-4ce9-b4a7-aaa8aef09066</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Select the periods applicable for all ratios</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">PERIOD</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cac:ApplicablePeriod>
                                        <cbc:StartDate>2016-01-01</cbc:StartDate>
                                        <cbc:EndDate>2016-01-01</cbc:EndDate>
                                </cac:ApplicablePeriod>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ee486082-93fa-4c17-8920-fdf01b890bd1</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">96df5f9f-f458-40cf-818f-a2beade58b1a</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Ratio Type</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CODE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                        <cbc:ExpectedCode listID="financial-ratio-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">Assets to equity ratio</cbc:ExpectedCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1649c3aa-db0b-40cc-adb0-561f13531cf5</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Definition</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                        <cbc:ExpectedDescription>Total balance sheet/Total equity</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b5d47ff0-f82b-4818-9e2e-88d2c133544d</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Minimum requirement</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUANTITY</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                        <cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>0.5</cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6234d4cc-1936-4e1c-9d87-0bcd7f01cd7c</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f1aec98d-5991-4119-9ffd-a95486a7ce68</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">99a61ff5-addf-41b3-9e89-55b576e1b35d</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">104cc794-cb50-4387-bbad-b64c0d5d3c26</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
								</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e9aa7763-c167-4352-8060-1a3d7d3e2662</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a8c29eb0-9a60-4e7f-9685-41195e02fc99</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Please provide your ratio</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUANTITY</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8d06c2c6-8353-499a-8390-e676771008c0</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">77cbefd5-6683-41da-8c25-19bfbf2b5f4b</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!--... rest of elements removed for brevity... -->
  1. The period applicable for all the ratios required by the buyer . This applies to the three ratios required in the example (see mock-up above).

  2. First financial ratio block: the particular ratio required by the buyer is expressed as a code defined by BACH (See CodeList "FinancialRatioType").

  3. First financial ratio block: the description of the ratio is the one provided by BACH and should be captured from the CodeList "FinancialRatioType", which in turn is should be directly form the BACH web-site.

  4. First financial ratio block: a threshold established by the buyer as minimum requirement; the ratio provided by the economic operator shall be greater or equal to this minimum numeric value.

  5. Second financial ratio block: type code required by the buyer according to the example illustrated in the mock-up above (the buyer may require several financial ratios; notice that the cardinality of this sub-group in the data structure and the mock-up is 1..n). The content of this block, and of the following one, have been removed for brevity, but they are similar to the first block, except that the value of the code, description and minimum requirement shall be different.

  6. Second financial ratio block: ratio definition.

  7. Second financial ratio block: minimum requirement.

  8. Third financial ratio block: ratio type required by the buyer according to the example illustrated in the mock-up above.

  9. Third financial ratio block: ratio definition.

  10. Third financial ratio block: minimum requirement.

  11. First financial ratio block: the Criterion Property used to refer to the response by the economic operator. In the ESPD Response document, the ID of this Criterion Property will be used by the element cac:ValidatedCriterionPropertyID as the means to link the response to the question. See section "Answering Questions" (under ESPD Response) for more details on this.

  12. Block "Is this information available electronically". This block is constant for all criteria. It has been removed from the example for brevity. See other XML examples.

Risk indemnity insurance

See formal requirements related to selection criteria in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0).

The only criterion defined under this data structure is classified with the code:

  • indem-ins

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

The buyer has selected the option professional risk indemnity insurance for its inclusion in the ESPD Request. Additionally the buyer can specify REQUIREMENT(s) specific to the procurement procedure. There are two situations that need to be distinguished here, when the procurement procedure is divided into Lots and when it is not.

For both situations (Lots and Lot): The buyer can require data from the economic operator in relation to up to four types of insurances. Software applications should control that: no more groups of amount an currency data are presented to the economic operator; and that there are not two amounts referring to the same type of insurance;

Risk indemnity insurance

Figure 140. 'Risk indemnity insurance' Buyer REQUIREMENT(s) edition (Procedure with no lots, which actually means 1 Lot)

When the procedure is divided into Lots: The buyer can specify the Lots one particular insurance applies to.

Risk indemnity insurance' Buyer REQUIREMENT(s) edition (Procedure with more than one Lot)

Figure 141. 'Risk indemnity insurance' Buyer REQUIREMENT(s) edition (Procedure with more than one Lot).

Mock-up - economic operator perspective

The only data the economic operator needs to provide is the amount covered by the insurance and the currency for that amount:

Economic operator indemnity insurance

Figure 142. 'Economic operator indemnity insurance' EO mock-up

Note that the EO should provide an answer (ESPD Response) for every Lot that tenders. Meaning that if the Selection Criteria applies to different Lots (as can be read in the mockup), the EO should sumbit the data for the number of lots that apply.

Data Structure

This structure is quite particular. Notice that:

  1. Multiple national sub-criteria can be defined (as for the rest of criteria); and additionally

  2. Multiple groups of REQUIREMENT(s) and QUESTION(s) can be defined by the buyer :

    • An additional sub-group for the type of insurance and the minimum amount required by the CA.

    • A sub-group of three QUESTION(s) for the economic operator to answer (amount, and two questions to be answered as "Yes" or "No"; and

    • The possibility of attaching an evidence per each insurance.

The XML example below illustrates all this. The values used in the example are the same as the ones in the spread-sheet.

risk indemnity insurance' criterion data structure

Figure 143. 'risk indemnity insurance' criterion data structure

XML Example

'Risk indemnity insurance' criterion (Procedure with Lots)

<!... header elements removed for brevity -->

 <!-- Criterion:Professional risk indemnity insurance -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7604bd40-4462-4086-8763-a50da51a869c</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">indem-insu</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Professional risk indemnity insurance</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>The insured amount in its professional risk indemnity insurance is the following:</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7c7c04a7-6975-4de2-872c-90b303745eaa</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4b299dd0-02f0-4360-bb44-c4457a3a859e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d8d5b26e-239e-4cc2-9ac7-244dea49397b</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">83e3dcc4-c9b3-47e5-9fb8-ffd8386679f1</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c6b76697-ef10-401a-8707-b5e00d288bd7</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Type of insurance</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedDescription>[Description of the type of insurance]</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a1155e6d-3e8f-4fe4-803a-f754b56dfde7</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Minimum amount</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedAmount currencyID="EUR">50000</cbc:ExpectedAmount>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9ec9f970-67b3-4bff-9f3b-c1fc5f7bcd4b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">dbb1d777-035b-4416-a44d-8784f24f0f4a</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">87f5c345-0da9-4b69-9b08-d0f944ef5be8</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fcf81003-4f49-4ac4-96c1-b168803e0ced</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
								</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">42dc8062-974d-4201-91ba-7f2ea90338fd</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e39f4a01-e593-49a0-b771-d6a5dbd6e2f2</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Amount</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e2610238-0ced-470d-9f8d-90cc5ab62bf1</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>As an EO I will commit to obtain the minimum amount required</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">095f0646-cd60-4833-b8ee-3df16daa66c3</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>I am exempt</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">96c40e5c-c969-4776-8176-98bb76e70f2e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d2713efc-f0a6-4a7c-909e-8782a98ad7c2</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!--... rest of elements removed for brevity... -->

Other economic or financial requirements

See formal requirements related to selection criteria in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0).

The only criterion defined is classified with the code:

  • finan-requ

Buyer perspective

The buyer has selected the option other economic or financial requirements for its inclusion in the ESPD Request.

Additionally the buyer can specify REQUIREMENT(s) specific to the procurement procedure. There are two situations that need to be distinguished here, when the procurement procedure is divided into Lots and when it is not.

Thus, for this criterion the buyer will be able to:

  1. Either add multiple requirements. For each requirement, the Buyer will need to provide the description of the requirement, the minimum amount and currency and the start and end date; or it will need to provide the minimum rating and the rating schema.

  2. In the ESPDResponse, the EO will be required to provide, for each requirement, the amount and currency.

  3. When the procedure includes more than one Lot: The buyer can specify the Lots the criteria applies to.

Notice that in the mock-up below the first requirement is about an economic of financial requirement whilst the second requirement is about a rating requirement. See data structure and XML example for more details on this distiction.

Mock-up - economic operator perspective

The economic operator, in its view, sees all the requirements defined by the buyer and responds to this requirements with an amount and currency. See XML example below to identify where these data are placed in the XML instance.

Other economic or financial requirements

Figure 148. 'Other economic or financial requirements' EO mock-up

Note that the EO should provide an answer (ESPD Response) for every Lot that tenders. Meaning that if the Selection Criteria applies to different Lots (as can be read in the mockup), the EO should sumbit the data for the number of lots that apply.

Data Structure

Notice the following aspects from the 'other economic or financial requirements':

  1. It allows for capturing multiple national criteria;

  2. It specifies the Legislation component for the EU parent criterion. So far so good, no differences until now;

  3. There’s a group of REQUIREMENT(s) and QUESTION(s).

  4. The group of REQUIREMENT(s) defines a caption that is kep empty (no name, no description, no value. You will have noticed this also in other criteria. The reason for having this dummy CAPTION is that the UBL-2.3 model requires always at least one cac:TenderingCriterionProperty element instance inside a group or sub-group of properties;

  5. The most important part comes now: You have a kind of choice here: one of the two subgroups the data will be shown (or not) depending on the answer of the buyer * to the REQUIREMENT: *Select the type of requirement. If the CA’s answer was economic or financial requirement the application takes it as a true; otherwise it is considered false:

    • On true (see the group code on the right side of the data structure) three REQUIREMENT(s) will be shown to the economic operator: description, minimum amount and period. For this REQUIREMENT the economic operator will see all these requirements and will have to provide an amount.

    • On false (see the group code on the right side of the data structure) three REQUIREMENT(s) will be shown to the economic operator: minimum rating and rating scheme. For this REQUIREMENT the economic operator will see all these requirements and will have to provide a rating.

Other economic or financial requirements

Figure 149. 'Other economic or financial requirements' criterion data structure

XML Example

'Other economic or financial requirements' criterion

<!-- ... header elements removed for brevity ... -->

<!-- Criterion:Other economic or financial requirements -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ab0e7f2e-6418-40e2-8870-6713123e41ad</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">finan-requ</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Other economic or financial requirements</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Concerning the other economic or financial requirements, if any, that may have been specified in the relevant notice or in the ESPD, the economic operator declares that:</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">183ffa32-4222-4aee-8d56-f94a4e88c09b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe442288-267f-4151-a8fe-c3582ba8723f</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0eb7f3ad-0f05-49c7-9dc7-51def9444679</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4ddccd16-91e4-4b72-ae0f-78f2f1ab9490</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">77b68ed2-4c20-4b0d-9e06-e09baf8ca5f7</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description/>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">26ece6a2-b360-46c1-890d-8338913b8719</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">977149e9-9a91-4aa6-acb6-6928a0dd6609</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Select the type of requirement</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CODE_BOOLEAN</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                        <cbc:ExpectedCode listID="boolean-gui-control-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">RADIO_BUTTON_TRUE</cbc:ExpectedCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ca15c15f-110e-4a10-8d6e-5e41cf5f9098</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4d879427-f3e8-431b-a516-1c0f22edd56a</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Description of the economic or financial requirement</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                                <cbc:ExpectedDescription>[Description]</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">dc0e4df7-166d-49c0-b2bf-461c870a0f30</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Minimum amount</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                                <cbc:ExpectedAmount currencyID="EUR"
                                                  >100000</cbc:ExpectedAmount>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">77094dbc-28ea-43ce-b984-2bc1fd0e0484</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Start date; End date</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">PERIOD</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                                <cac:ApplicablePeriod>
                                                  <cbc:StartDate>2016-01-01</cbc:StartDate>
                                                  <cbc:EndDate>2016-01-01</cbc:EndDate>
                                                </cac:ApplicablePeriod>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9b3a04ff-e36d-4d4f-b47c-82ad402b9b02</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">01e45356-eaea-48ab-9cfa-e580ce9d00b0</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Amount</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">cc96aa19-a0be-4409-af58-ff3f3812741b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d996223a-3f54-4803-bf05-39019c843e94</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Minimum rating</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUANTITY</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                                <cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>0.33</cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">864e1a59-d53f-4810-b8f5-ab701b90972f</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Rating scheme</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                                <cbc:ExpectedDescription>n/10, where n&lt;=10</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5fe93344-ed91-4f97-bcab-b6720a131798</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d40e05a3-5a2b-4743-8cbf-935176fbeff4</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Rating</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUANTITY</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">106705b8-e981-45c1-9fb9-f6014fd6fedb</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fb63482a-83ae-42bb-9730-ec2874f06604</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!-- ... rest of elements removed for brevity ... -->

References on similar works, deliveries or services

See formal requirements related to selection criteria in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0).

There are three criteria with the same data structure (works, supplies and services references):

  • qa-certif-inst

  • qu-certif-indep

  • envir-certif-indep

Difference between 'total amount' and 'specific amount' in a reference

The total amount refers to the amount of the contract, the specific refers to the amount of the contract a concrete reference is linked to. Two examples could be:

  1. A contract for the acquisition of printers (Lot1) and the maintenance of the printers (Lot2). Your reference is about the maintenance only. Total amount: 1,000,000 € (Lot1 + Lot 2). Specific amount: 700,000.00 (Lot2, maintenance).

  2. Building of a bridge. Total amount: 20,000,000 €. The reference is only about the asphalt provided for the bridge: specific amount 1,351,145.89 €.

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

As in the previous example, in this example about the references the buyer requires references for the contract, the nature of which is also about works.

For the ESPD, the buyer can specify these REQUIREMENT(s):

  1. The minimum number of references expected;

  2. One or more specific requirements in the form of free-texts (notice the buttons to add or remove the requirements.

References' buyer REQUIREMENT(s) edition mock-up

Figure 153. 'References' buyer REQUIREMENT(s) edition mock-up

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

  1. In this view for the economic operator (EO) can see the lots and requirements specified by the buyer (CA), lower left side of the mock-up.

  2. The EO can also list those Lots it tenders to that apply to the particular reference it is providing. Software applications should validate that the Lots supplied by the EO for a reference are in the range of those specified by the buyer.

  3. The EO can provide a description for the reference, the total amount of the contract in which the reference was included, the amount for the specific works referenced, the period of execution and one or more groups of data about the recipients (name/description, contact person name and contact e-mail).

  4. The EO can also state that one reference is confidential, in which case the reference will only be accessible to the evaluation team.

References' EO mock-up

Figure 154. 'References' EO mock-up

Non-validation of text content

NOTICE that the EO has made a mistake and for a "Works contracts: performance of works for the specified type" it is describing a Service. The Schematron-based validation solution cannot validate this situation as the description is a textual value.

For details on the Schematron-based validation solution see section 7. Validation.

Data Structure

The data structure for references caters for:

  1. The definition of multiple national criteria associated to the EU criterion specified in e-Certis;

  2. The creation of the Legislation component associated to the EU criterion;

  3. One group of REQUIREMENT(s) for the buyer to specify the general requirements for this criterion (e.g. Lots the references apply to, minimun number of references);

  4. Multiple groups (cardinality 1..n) of questions for the economic operator to answer; which in this case are multiple references to works about which the EO has to provide information and the lots the EO tenders to related to the references.

References

Figure 155.'References' criterion data structure

XML Example

'References for a works contract' criterion

<!--... header elements removed for brevity... -->

<!-- Criterion:For supply contracts: performance of deliveries of the specified type -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3a18a175-1863-4b1d-baef-588ce61960ca</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">supply-perform</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>For supply contracts: performance of deliveries of the specified type</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>For public supply contracts only: During the reference period, the economic operator has delivered the following principal deliveries of the type specified. Contracting authorities may require up to three years and allow experience dating from more than three years.</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b2a38518-42cb-48a3-a4b8-3cae396fbb24</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f770c131-6aeb-4a72-bbb5-2ea29592d707</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9c3887a4-a6d8-49e1-bc97-97b3fc8f1dff</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">381bea15-9460-49f7-a6d0-15d13059de29</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f29df27e-85ea-4da1-b9f5-c48b997a3b67</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Minimum number of references</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUANTITY_INTEGER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>3</cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">53c9aad8-dc80-48f8-85d9-755c2aab8e95</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6a9db029-0bdd-44dd-96dc-8f30b2203bf1</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description/>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d663aca5-5f3c-4980-b825-81e1bd7db381</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8d818131-465c-4c51-a6f3-4bd295549983</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Requirement</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                                <cbc:ExpectedDescription>The references provided need to refer to good supplied in more than one EU Member States.</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a44e24e9-f878-4651-9ead-e0b1387dae09</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">71a8b493-0a70-4823-a043-b5f245b89af5</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description/>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c8ec5c30-2c17-4936-abbb-392523d873e5</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">60084d4a-33ab-43c2-850b-cb975995da4f</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Reference description</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1ea03e22-d51d-4224-aaf7-c8e673f49dbf</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Total amount</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c11d9ccf-97e2-4ddd-8961-840794c4bc8b</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Activity of the economic operator</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">25c464f5-17e9-488e-9820-81213e20845c</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Specific amount</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d337a41c-2030-4126-b194-296ebffa6eeb</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Period (Start and End dates)</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">PERIOD</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">73b1b8e2-164e-4656-9791-1f76ba7e325e</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Confidential</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6afa7569-e4c4-4538-be89-84a82b2a301b</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3e72b656-00dc-4135-91e6-792bdc33debd</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Recipient name</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9576259a-f5bf-423f-9642-4fb4fda03ea3</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Contact person name</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">bc804c82-f03a-4f21-8e19-3788f809e1e0</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Contact email</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f8ca97d2-7053-47c8-811c-8d20f1620e62</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Contact telephone</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a2ed0e66-9056-42dc-9047-799f9806f241</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Is this information available online?</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4b18ffc5-fb9d-428c-aa25-823486de5269</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

The following elements can be read in the example:

  1. The description of the Criterion.

  2. The minimum number of references expected by the buyer (minimum one, in this example).

  3. Additional REQUIREMENT expressed by the buyer that apply for the affected Lots: Specific amount greater than a certain amount.

  4. Additional REQUIREMENT expressed by the buyer that apply for the affected Lots: Executed recently.

  5. The Lots for which the Reference makes sense. Notice that the response of the EO is consistent, as the procedure is divided into 2 Lots.

  6. The description of the work executed.

  7. The Total Amount of the Reference, including the amounts that were specific to (share of) other EOs participating in the execution of the work. Notice that the attribute currencyID is set to "EUR".

  8. The activity of this economic operator in this work.

  9. The amount specific to the contribution of this EO in this Reference. Notice that the specific and the total amounts are identical. The EO proabably executed the work alone, as a sole contractor.

  10. Duration of the execution of the work.

  11. The level of confidentiality of the information regarding this Reference. Confidential references provided by the EO cannot be made accessible by the buyer to third parties.

  12. The name of the recipient of the work.

  13. Name of the contact point, a person in this case.

  14. Contact e-mail of the recipient of the work.

Abilities

See formal requirements related to selection criteria in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0).

The ESPD, supplies data structures facilitating a greater semantic interoperability:

  • One data structure to define two ability criteria related to technicians:

    • Technicians or technical bodies for quality control (qual-cont-tech)

    • For works contracts: technicians or technical bodies to carry out the work (work-tech)

  • One data structure to define a miscellania of five criteria that can share the same data structure:

    • Technical facilities and measures for ensuring quality (qual-facil)

    • Study and research facilities (research-fac)

    • Supply chain management (chain-manage)

    • Environmental management measures (envir-measure)

    • Tools, plant or technical equipment (tech-equip)

  • One data structure to define abilities related to the education and professional qualifications of the contractor or service provider:

    • Educational and professional qualifications (qualification)

And one more data structure to define the allowance of checks: * Special requierements check (spec-req-check)

  • One data structure to define two abilities related to the contractor’s staff:

    • Number of managerial staff (manage-staff)

    • Average annual manpower (year-manpower)

Abilities (I) - Persons

Note that in this version of ESPD there are not weights to keep the model as simple as possible.

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

Abilities (I)

Figure 165. 'Abilities (I)' buyer REQUIREMENT edition mock-up

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

As you see from the mock-up below the economic operator can add and remove technicians and bodies associated to one CA’s REQUIREMENT. In this case the REQUIREMENT specified by the buyer is the type of technical assistance the EO’s teams must provide.

Abilities (I)

Figure 166. 'Abilities (I)' EO mock-up

Data Structure

(The figure below is defined in the the tab ''SC-Abilities_1 (Persons)'' of the ESPD-criterion spread-sheet).

Abilities (I)(Persons)

Figure 169. 'Abilities (I)(Persons)' criterion data structure

XML Example

The XML example below shows the REQUIREMENT(s) and QUESTION(s).

<!-- Criterion:Technicians or technical bodies for quality control -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3aaca389-4a7b-406b-a4b9-080845d127e7</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">qual-cont-tech</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Technicians or technical bodies for quality control</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>It can call upon the following technicians or technical bodies, especially those responsible for quality control. For technicians or technical bodies not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking but on whose capacities the economic operator relies as set out under Part II, Section C, separate ESPD forms must be filled in.</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5b38f9d4-d1b5-4f36-b63b-833de7099cc0</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a87e1684-0612-48d6-9b38-a98e264a8d62</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e49b982a-549b-4830-abf8-df9986a924f9</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1e73d705-9dc1-43f1-9b5c-2d0deac7bc5f</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b2c35259-1991-43df-99e4-71f3517e66a8</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f156d97a-9700-4ad9-8d21-e3ac57102278</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0fe56fac-ad7e-4eb6-ba99-3eb3c19387c9</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Requirement</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                        <cbc:ExpectedDescription>Technical User Support Group</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d0771d9b-8190-4eef-84dd-4e0fa4e333e4</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">422cb36d-bbad-4140-9b60-c5e949752c7a</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">47d18d32-940c-43dd-8331-347991f3e370</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fb74c664-ad0f-448f-acde-3e856cf8e6ed</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
										</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">609cc954-64be-4b4f-800a-f17589deb936</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1e673510-a513-4294-80cd-718286205ca6</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description/>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">52ffcf91-3598-438f-8c3d-faf97da02602</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7b896077-8997-4c4c-92f8-dd1a02fafe8f</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>First name</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">25d62956-ec36-4d48-b7cb-3abfddb10033</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Last name</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5d48d39d-adc1-40ba-8eb7-8a2223d238c0</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Profession</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">49d2f8d7-4108-4b97-9763-7d38ae86d2b0</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Experience</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d6aa0ae2-09d1-429a-b415-0b3beccfad57</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Other information</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6ba019e7-3d0a-4556-90a5-1e2975a9775b</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>How long with EO</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUANTITY_YEAR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9026e403-3eb6-4705-a9e9-e21a1efc867d</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c5ed5aba-2cf0-498a-9c01-6a497520feca</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Is this information available online?</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0a166f0a-0c5f-42b0-81e9-0fc9fa598a48</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">bb8e1767-c951-43ea-b307-6665e59eb414</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Evidence supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">45a67f48-d146-4faf-8239-dd6977dffe29</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">13c87b8b-9c5c-48c7-a6c9-02556c693400</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description/>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">52ffcf91-3598-438f-8c3d-faf97da02602</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">97002d8c-a92e-4a4e-a9ea-765e41de8923</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Name</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e0a6c75d-1188-459a-9584-4c558e9cf9aa</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Experience area</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">985ebee5-f6d7-470d-a6ee-1c4d855d4494</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Other information</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9026e403-3eb6-4705-a9e9-e21a1efc867d</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">225c7eff-319d-48af-b716-0cc56eac5f93</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Is this information available online?</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0a166f0a-0c5f-42b0-81e9-0fc9fa598a48</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f67b87ad-e832-48d3-bc69-347ac0d8ff1b</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

Abilities (II) - Facilities

Data Structure

(The figure below is defined in the the tab ''SC_Abilities_2 (Facilities,…​)'' of the ESPD-criterion spread-sheet).

Abilities (II) (Facilities, …​.)

Figure 170. 'Abilities (II) (Facilities, …​.)' criterion data structure

XML Example

Criterion "Technical facilities and measures for ensuring quality" (ESPD-Request)

<!-- Header elements removed for brevity -->

<!--This criterion illustrates how to prepare a selection criterion about ''abilities'', more specifically the criterion ''Technical facilities and measures for ensuring quality''.-->

<!-- Criterion:Technical facilities and measures for ensuring quality -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4bf996d9-439c-40c6-9ab9-980a48cb55a1</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">qual-facil</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Technical facilities and measures for ensuring quality</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>It uses the following technical facilities and measures for ensuring quality and its study and research facilities are as follows:</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0710de58-4a89-4101-a178-912e44b075c5</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">72f660ff-8fc2-49e3-875e-d5b981d869de</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">bbd08f12-e686-4695-bfef-85ebf731f424</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1e73d705-9dc1-43f1-9b5c-2d0deac7bc5f</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">dde661c3-007f-4931-b830-541a3086f864</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f156d97a-9700-4ad9-8d21-e3ac57102278</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3015f927-7654-48a2-8e8c-686d4d4c8e4f</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Requirement</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                        <cbc:ExpectedDescription>[Requirement text]</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d4611288-307a-452c-803f-4668ab69e045</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c93e53e7-5557-470c-99e6-f2ee9cf5cb41</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3f406bba-d2d1-41f5-b37d-7cf1f2d0a734</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">07a334f3-e4e5-47ba-b7a8-182cb0fec6e8</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
										</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">488ca189-bcdb-4bf4-80c7-3ad507fd89fb</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">cb4afaf5-4c8c-407d-811b-d5c1894efa94</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Please describe them</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">cf928f06-c558-49e5-bee0-a9be3ac77edb</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9698606c-b31e-444f-b9a5-e863343dd500</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!-- Rest of elements removed for brevity -->

Abilities (III) - Education

Data Structure

(The figure below is defined in the the tab ''SC_Abilities_3 (Education)'' of the ESPD-criterion spread-sheet).

Abilities (III) (Education)' criterion data structure

Figure 171. 'Abilities (III) (Education)' criterion data structure

Use of the EC’s ESCO Taxonomy for Skills, Competences and Occupations (and Qualifications)

Notice that in the Data Structure above there is the field ''If possible please indicate the ESCO identifier for this qualification'', and that the expected type of data is 'URL'.

ESCO is a multilingual classification that identifies and categorises skills, competences, qualifications and occupations relevant for the EU labour market and education. It is being developed (maintained) by the European Commission since 2010. The taxonomy can be downloaded from this link.

The reason why the expected type of data is a URL is because in ESCO taxonomy each concept is identified with a URI (A Uniform Resource Identifier, and URI can be used as locators, i.e. URL are URIs).

ESCO is legally supported by the REGULATION (EU) 2016/589 of 13 April 2016 (the EURES Regulation) and two Implementing Decisions:

  • Commission Implementing Decision No 2018/1020 establishes the list of skills, competences and occupations of the European classification (ESCO) to be used for the operation of the EURES common IT platform as provided for in Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2016/589 and lays down the procedures to update and review this list.

  • Commission Implementing Decision No 2018/1021 lays down the technical standards and formats necessary for the operation of the automated matching through the common IT platform using the European classification (ESCO) and the interoperability between national systems and the European classification.

XML Example

Criterion "Educational and professional qualifications" ESPD-Request)

<!-- This criterion illustrates how to prepare a selection criterion about ''abilities'', more specifically the criterion ''Educational and professional qualifications'' -->

<!-- The rest of criteria above and below this criterion have been removed for brevity. -->

<!-- Criterion:Educational and professional qualifications -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">07301031-2270-41af-8e7e-66fe0c777107</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">qualification</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Educational and professional qualifications</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>The following educational and professional qualifications are held by the service provider or the contractor itself, and/or (depending on the requirements set out in the relevant notice or the in the ESPD, the relevant notice or by its managerial staff.</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">de86ae93-3693-4271-bb7f-903b68785dba</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d627cbd0-857d-4e71-bfe2-37aa3a192690</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f7205b02-54b1-4df8-86ae-33c1797a7025</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d2cadc29-07e0-46b2-a74a-a0dc4bd2e5c2</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">bce9cda1-9041-4d7d-91ca-3ebe907583bd</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1be6421a-0360-449e-ae7c-ce7fad73c2c2</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">81272bf3-615d-4327-be36-39777540f67a</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Requirement</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                        <cbc:ExpectedDescription/>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b899ae90-d94b-41c0-a1ea-e4754dd769e3</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b7f2eeab-5185-4da6-a332-3879aa291d5c</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">bca69988-1b3a-4359-84e0-f5f5046ff591</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">33949ea8-4a29-484f-8c1a-d35ef7a8b77c</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
										</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5df40500-a9b7-4c15-8325-a9762224a3c9</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">87466874-a4f7-4593-a910-5d45bfdcc92c</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description/>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5476ec64-de1e-45d2-aaf1-a40a463ab7a9</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a1fcac6e-cfcf-4562-86a8-7947221a0690</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>First name</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ee554b00-8adf-4d44-8b8a-867374b48e3a</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Last name</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a80fc83a-97e9-4044-82f1-1612a64481f4</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Please describe the educational or professional qualification</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">12bb0e91-ea89-4938-8a45-c6a758c06abf</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>If possible please indicate the ESCO identifier for this qualification</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">URL</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c9ff2a1d-493c-4e21-a361-b9e659459ed9</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>If possible please describe the ESCO qualification</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">34169879-f479-4b8f-b449-d7696631805b</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Qualification name</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">766a57ce-3e96-4fda-a03a-135b97310326</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Qualification number</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUAL_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3227540b-9d5f-4625-92cc-2d0979f0c020</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Qualification issuing date</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DATE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">65f0d094-f627-4bc0-8ee5-35c8781e9ab8</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Qualification issuing body</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9026e403-3eb6-4705-a9e9-e21a1efc867d</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">758c9614-b909-4e7e-b41a-75d8a7341982</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Is this information available online?</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0a166f0a-0c5f-42b0-81e9-0fc9fa598a48</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4fed6953-5ee8-4ac7-b963-9475cbf48738</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

Abilities (IV) - Checks

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

The buyer has selected the 'allowance of checks' (in ESPD-criterion will be shown as "Special requierements check", spec-req-check) option in a ESPD Request builder software application GUI. This software application will create a criterion of this in the ESPD Request XML instance with zero, one or more REQUIREMENT(s) by the EO.

The buyer (CA) can specify none, one or several REQUIREMENT(s). In this case a REQUIREMENT is a descriptive text provided by the buyer where the criterion is better explained or where certain conditions relating to the criterion. In this example the buyer is specifying which type of premises it wants to check and for which reasons.

Checks

Figure 172. Special requierements check buyer REQUIREMENT edition mock-up

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

The EO should see as many boxes (groups) of REQUIREMENT + QUESTION as REQUIREMENT(s) specified by the CA. In this case the economic operator (EO) sees one REQUIREMENT associated to one QUESTION. The expected answer is Yes or No.

Special requierements check' EO mock-up

Figure 173. 'Special requierements check' EO mock-up

Data Structure

The data structure below shows how this criterion is organised. Notice the following:

  1. The Member State can associate one or more national criteria to this EU criterion (element sub-criterion, cardinality 0..n).

  2. The criterion can be associated to one or more pieces of legislation (this spread-sheet does not focus on the edition of the legislation element; the transformation style-sheet will generate dummy values for this element).

  3. At least one REQUIREMENT group will always be created. If the buyer specified more than one REQUIREMENT(s), more groups of REQUIREMENT + QUESTION would be added to the ESPD Request XML instance.

  4. If not specific REQUIREMENT is issued by the CA, the REQUIREMENT group should equally be created and the REQUIREMENT value should be replaced with a literal (e.g. 'No specific requirements').

(Some columns have been hidden to enhance the readability of the image).

(The figure below is defined in the the tab 'SC_Abilities_4 (Checks)' of the ESPD-criterion spread-sheet).

Abilities (IV) (Checks)

Figure 174. 'Abilities (IV) (Checks)' criterion data structure

XML Example

Allowance of checks criterion /Special requierements check

<!-- header elements removed for brevity -->

<!-- Criterion:Special requierements check -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c8809aa1-29b6-4f27-ae2f-27e612e394db</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">spec-req-check</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Special requierements check</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>For complex products or services to be supplied or, exceptionally, for products or services which are required for a special purpose: The economic operator will allow checks to be conducted on the production capacities or the technical capacity of the economic operator and, where necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and on the quality control measures? The check is to be performed by the contracting authority or, in case the latter consents to this, on its behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established.</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">008b9830-d292-46e4-8af2-284aa5c7f5ff</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">52a23c13-140b-4671-be70-65bd8e259291</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">dfc636dc-a817-43a7-8323-07680aba508e</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">10822ddd-9ba6-42d5-9339-de0845aeafc9</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7a446738-40b8-4d81-8f3c-d0dfa1241c71</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Requirement</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedDescription>The EO will allow the CA to visit the premises where the development is performed(upon pre-agreed calendar) in order to check the security measures undertaken by the EO.</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8f0509c0-b088-42a6-9128-13e46a1903cd</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a4973c79-051c-4b63-be27-5d46a6c09908</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f8dd0715-e1d8-4c6d-bbe4-f1ab25b9bcb1</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">abe5d8e2-a3a0-4a39-a550-bb64d514e552</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
								</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a3410620-8ed3-47f9-ab90-b5b1aeeff6a5</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">261caf7d-dd8f-4991-96ef-60297b9a4eb7</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Do you allow checks?</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ee58f80a-dc0f-4288-88c1-e746264ca667</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available online?</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">adc13707-9729-4dfb-a026-bf276b0a75db</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!-- rest of elements removed for brevity -->

Abilities (V) - Staff

Data Structure

(The figure below is defined in the the tab ''SC_Abilities_5 (Staff)'' of the ESPD-criterion spread-sheet).

Abilities (V) (Staff)

Figure 175. 'Abilities (V) (Staff)' criterion data structure

XML Example

Criterion SC-Abilities (Staff) ESPD-Request

<!-- Header elements removed for brevity. -->

<!--This criterion illustrates how to prepare a selection criterion about ''abilities'', more specifically the criterion ''Number of managerial staff''-->

<!-- The rest of criteria above and below this criterion have been removed for brevity. -->

<!-- Criterion:Number of managerial staff -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6346959b-e097-4ea1-89cd-d1b4c131ea4d</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">manage-staff</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Number of managerial staff</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>The economic operator's number of managerial staff for the last three years were as follows:</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">259b2cb7-b98b-4305-baae-1f6c521f0994</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">97b10c6b-d62c-4a68-b95a-1783a8a93c1d</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">98a87a09-39a3-429f-8ef8-a8b29339fa6e</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7f7949a8-dbe6-496c-a9f6-6f05b8648bad</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">15988699-0661-42dd-870d-47556c76bd52</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Minum number of years</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUANTITY_YEAR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>3</cbc:ExpectedValueNumeric>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6745965c-a3f7-4a72-8462-e87869b56e94</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Additional information</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedDescription>[Additional information]</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">32fc4b5e-0e6f-4d67-94c4-9877cb835dd6</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">eb2491ad-18e7-4c79-b596-20d939e822fd</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4b706b48-86de-480d-8459-6db8e71ea690</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d0509138-112c-437a-ae82-5a390944c01c</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
								</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">96defecc-7d32-4957-82e9-aad5f3c5b736</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5dc1ccd9-29c5-4038-a8f0-62db758842ba</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Year</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUANTITY_YEAR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c88be4ba-b53c-4874-a4a8-d9e38e432a79</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Number</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUANTITY_YEAR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">839f57de-d717-4c41-a9da-ac7cb2e1d9b0</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available online?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d476d19c-de20-4177-a926-77fdfa7d6daf</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

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Subcontracting proportion

See formal requirements related to selection criteria in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0).

There is only one criterion with a simple data structure, classified as:

  • suncont-port

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

The buyer selects the criterion to be included in the ESPD Request:

Subcontracting proportion

Figure 176. 'Subcontracting proportion' buyer mock-up

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

The economic operator has to provide a descriptive response in a free-text field:

Subcontracting proportion

Figure 177. 'Subcontracting proportion' EO mock-up

Data Structure

(Some columns have been hidden to enhance the readability of the image).

Subcontracting proportion' criterion data structure

Figure 179. 'Subcontracting proportion' criterion data structure

XML Example

'Subcontracting proportion' criterion

<!-- header elements removed for brevity -->

<!-- Criterion:Subcontracting proportion -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">612a1625-118d-4ea4-a6db-413184e7c0a8</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">suncont-port</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Subcontracting proportion</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>The economic operator intends possibly to subcontract the following proportion (i.e. percentage) of the contract. Please note that if the economic operator has decided to subcontract a part of the contract and relies on the subcontractor's capacities to perform that part, then please fill in a separate ESPD for such subcontractors, see Part II, Section C above.</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4843ec84-031c-4abd-a78c-671c4dad4400</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c9142feb-8776-4962-9a0e-aa963a6425b5</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0599bfbe-dba5-4b4d-a78a-ceeaf0787ce5</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e14dcaea-8363-477d-8654-5c8ddbc5cb5d</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fff67658-7990-4173-a28a-9b51c3bb2cc2</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1800c69a-6d26-4261-ad57-5eb5a38e1ef2</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">19e18f28-ce30-4dea-8f57-80073e0e0135</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">575f7550-8a2d-4bad-b9d8-be07ab570076</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">be87a31c-9e0a-44e1-b4cb-5a96e15f8f89</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Please specify</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3a3152ea-eb4f-475d-ba13-5939e1fbb77b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">29c61f5a-eb77-4c85-bd8d-24f150f32195</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

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Samples and certificates

See formal requirements related to selection criteria in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0).

There are two criteria that share the same data structure, classified as:

  • wo-autent

  • w-autent

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

The buyer selects the criteria that have to be included in the ESPD Request, e.g.:

Samples and certificates

Figure 180. 'Samples and certificates' buyer mock-up

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

The economic operator only has to answer Yes or No. The GUI does not react in any way either the EO clicks one or the other (which is not the case for other criteria, see for example the behaviour of the criteria about 'quality assurance' below in further sections).

Samples and certificates

Figure 181. 'Samples and certificates' EO mock-up

Data Structure

(Some columns have been hidden to enhance the readability of the image).

Samples and certificates criteria data structure

Figure 183. 'Samples and certificates' criteria data structure

XML Example

'Samples and certificates' criterion

<!-- header elements removed for brevity -->

<!-- Criterion:For supply contracts: samples, descriptions or photographs without certification of authenticity -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">bdf0601d-2480-4250-b870-658d0ee95be6</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">wo-autent</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>For supply contracts: samples, descriptions or photographs without certification of authenticity</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>For public supply contracts: The economic operator will supply the required samples, descriptions or photographs of the products to be supplied, which do not need to be accompanied by certifications of authenticity.</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e615882b-5327-40a5-9e95-46f8bc47d593</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fc811b82-bd59-4959-a62d-24cce243e180</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e51cbd1c-1bae-49cb-b854-c86d59a70824</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">60c3ee45-5930-4666-b68d-67ce1dfd1dea</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6b001a15-76a3-43df-bff5-4a95db63ed8b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0"/>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5b0ee75b-c238-445b-a696-c82550f58369</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Name>Name of the entity</cbc:Name>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Name]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7a6aa002-d216-4a71-b72a-b991b9667a68</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Name>ID of the entity</cbc:Name>
                                        <cbc:Description>[ID]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
						</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">cb73544d-e8bb-4cc6-819b-b8e04f1e240e</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">9ee3d7cc-adb1-48e0-9f65-190567a05d14</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Your answer?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3ca57783-159f-47cb-b9d0-a0ec24ea270b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8f46b28f-7e77-4a1a-9c3e-6e7acb0da069</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

Quality assurance

See formal requirements related to selection criteria in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0).

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

In ESPD the buyer can specify a REQUIREMENT. In this example it provides the name of the ISO it expects the economic operator to be conformant to.

Quality Assurance schemes and environmental management standards

Figure 187. 'Quality Assurance schemes and environmental management standards' buyer mock-up

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

Notice that, as for the ESPD the economic operator (EO) has to answer Yes or No. In the case the EO answers No the box with the text "If not, please explain why and specify which other means …​" is shown. This box is not shown for the Yes answer. This behaviour can be controlled with the ONFALSE code of the sub-group of QUESTION(s) (see data structure and XML example below, too).

When the EO answers Yes it will be asked whether online evidences are available online or not. This is controlled by the code ONTRUE assigned to the sub-group of QUESTION(s) about the evidence (see data structure and XML example).

Quality Assurance schemes and environmental management standards' EO mock-up

Figure 188.'Quality Assurance schemes and environmental management standards' EO mock-up

Data Structure

Notice the following:

  1. In principle the buyer has to provide at least one REQUIREMENT. But it might decide not to provide any requirement at all. In this case do not to alter the data structure (e.g. not to remove the REQUIREMENT_GROUP) and to provide a text for REQUIREMENT such as, for example, 'No specific requirements'.

  2. The ONFALSE code for the sub-group containing the sentence thats starts with 'If not, please explain why…​' means: if the answer to the previous question was No then this sub-group must be shown/processed.

  3. If ONTRUE (answer to previous QUESTION = Yes) then the question about the online evidences is shown/processed.

(Some columns have been hidden to enhance the readability of the image).

Quality Assurance schemes and environmental management standards

Figure 189. 'Quality Assurance schemes and environmental management standards' criteria data structure

XML Example

'Certificates by quality control institutes' criterion

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<!-- Criterion:For supply contracts: certificates by quality control institutes -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a7669d7d-9297-43e1-9d10-691a1660187c</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">qa-certif-inst</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>For supply contracts: certificates by quality control institutes</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Can the economic operator provide the required certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to the technical specifications or standards, which are set out in the relevant notice or the in the ESPD, the relevant notice or ?</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d1b09540-bd2a-4962-bbcd-bb3e33c64694</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">2d776e97-ef4d-4220-83b6-a70332f242a2</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d6a38bde-89a1-4bc1-8124-b77cf7e1bf4b</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">612d99eb-ea3b-4275-ac06-0db05e039c8c</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">2bad2db0-bca7-42e3-b01b-19aa3afaded7</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Requirement</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the contracting authority. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the contracting authority -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedDescription>ISO 9001</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0e50931d-4d39-4f1d-9fdc-b2cf16c0807a</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">634f10ad-7656-4800-af83-5e82bcb9f242</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Does the EO fulfil the criteria by itself?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe557ed0-2387-478f-a9be-d0f3457c088e</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1daa45dc-2247-4d4c-a726-8a887fff42ca</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>In the case of no - Relied upon or not</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e296a1cc-83d3-48ac-b4e4-7e7d0ae0af25</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4cae2348-e917-4257-ad76-93d02736aaf5</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Name of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">facb663a-5f85-4c8e-8c84-dd2ae27b91b8</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>ID of the entity</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ECONOMIC_OPERATOR_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
								</cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4887c3d7-05fc-4e3e-b066-f338910f0c4c</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f88b78fd-b7b1-48e4-9a41-7a5fcc67bcc0</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your answer?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">83f2f79e-0455-4918-89ff-d7829e8bf758</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e469b83b-43f4-4109-9567-788505cbb2fe</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>If not, please explain why and state which other means of proof can be provided:</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">43ae65f6-4734-4065-bc33-27a7d49110ea</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available online?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4b207cf8-3852-4ac8-9762-9f22ca0d4fd9</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

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Other aspects of participation and selection

Reduction of candidates

In restricted procedures, competitive procedures with negotiation, competitive dialogue procedures and innovation partnerships, buyers may limit the number of candidates meeting the selection criteria that they will invite to tender or to conduct a dialogue.

To cover this possibility, the ESPD Regulation introduces a section named "Reduction of the number of qualified candidates" with one criterion that reads as follows:

"The economic operator declares that it meets the objective and non-discriminatory criteria or rules to be applied in order to limit the number of candidates in the following way:".

This ESPD-EDM specification provides a specific data structure that allows the buyer to specify these objective and non-discriminatory criteria and for the economic operator to declare that it meets them.

However, in this version of the ESPD-EDM he behaviour of this criterion is linked to eForms instantiation of the aim of using the reduction of candidates. Meaning that if in eForms CN this is not stated, it will not be part of the ESPD-Request nor Response.

Data structure

The figure below shows the data elements required to the economic operator for this criterion in the ESPD-Request:

Reduction of candidates

Figure 190. 'Reduction of candidates' data structure

XML example (ESPD-Request)

The XML snippet below shows how an instance of this criterion looks like in the ESPD-Request.

Reduction of Candidates - (QUESTION(s) in the ESPD-Request)

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<!-- Criterion:Reduction of the number of qualified candidates -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">51c39ba9-0444-4967-afe9-36f753b30175</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">staff-red</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Reduction of the number of qualified candidates</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>The economic operator declares that It meets the objective and non discriminatory criteria or rules to be applied in order to limit the number of candidates in the following way:</cbc:Description>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00000</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="Criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">LOT-00001</cbc:ID>
                </cac:ProcurementProjectLotReference>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ecc69670-f428-4446-908f-689568ca0d0d</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">de82e45f-a0f6-43a6-9761-bfae3385fd1d</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Your answer?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f13754df-7e15-4155-aaa6-7ca6407baa47</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ffc141f8-5ffe-4492-9066-7ff5dd633583</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Please describe them</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">01a08984-328f-4bc8-88d9-56634e66ca3c</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fe61b9a7-9e60-45eb-98c9-cd7102a86013</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

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