Data center connections

The applicant must submit current proof (not older than three months) that the company is registered in the professional or commercial register in accordance with the legislation of the country of the Community or the Contracting State of the EEA Agreement in which it is established. In the case of participation as a candidate community, the proof shall be submitted by each member of the candidate community. The proof shall not be older than six months from the date of publication of the EU notice. As part of the qualifying loan, the proof must also be provided by the corresponding companies.

Subcontractors: Insofar as parts of the order are to be provided by subcontractors, the Forms 4.3 EU and 4.4 EU must be completed and the companies named. Furthermore, each subcontractor must provide the form 5.4 EU (third-party agreement for compliance with the minimum requirements according to the Brandenburg Public Procurement Act).

Eligibility loan: Applicants / bidders can refer to third companies for proof of economic and financial as well as technical and professional performance if the following requirements are observed. The third undertaking shall have the appropriate capability to adopt the relevant performance range.

The candidate or tenderer must demonstrate that the necessary resources of the third party are actually available to him for the performance area for which he uses his capacities and, where appropriate, provides references.

A candidate or tenderer may only make use of the capacities of other companies with regard to proof of the necessary professional capacity, such as evidence of training and qualifications pursuant to § 46 (3) no. 6 VgV or the relevant professional experience, if they provide the service for which these capacities are required.

The candidate or tenderer shall, by designating the third party undertaking and submitting the commitments provided for this purpose, ensure that, in the event of a contract, the third party undertaking’s resources for the tasks envisaged under the subcontracts or the resources required for the contract under the suitability loan are fully available to it. In the case of eligibility loans, it is mandatory to fill in Forms 4.3 EU and 4.4 EU and name the companies.

In order to assess the economic and financial capacity of the applicant, in particular, his information is used o General information - Company name - registered office of the company - Address of business premises - Entry in the professional or commercial register - Sales tax identification number - Indication of the size of the economic operator - Presentation of the company portfolio - Information on the structure of the company - Legal representative - Information on shareholders and amount of the shareholder's interest - Purpose of business of the company - Information on the nationality of the owner o Turnover of the applicant / bidder / subcontractor of the last three completed and accounted financial years - Total turnover in EUR net - Turnover in EUR net with services comparable to the advertised subject of services using Annex E1 Company presentation.

In the case of participation of a candidate/tenderer group, it is mandatory for all members to indicate which undertaking is authorised to make and accept declarations for the candidate/tenderer group with effect for and against the candidate/tenderer group or to conclude and implement the subsequent contract. Members of a candidate/tenderer group shall be jointly and severally liable to the contracting entity.

For the companies participating in a candidate/tenderer group, please indicate in Form 4.2 EU which share of the service they each assume. The application for participation / the offer of an applicant / tenderer community must be signed / signed by the authorized representative. In the case of participation as a candidate/tendering group, the attachment shall be submitted by each member of the candidate/tendering group. The same applies to the use of subcontractors.

Furthermore, the applicant / bidder must prove that he/she complies with the minimum requirements according to the Brandenburg Public Procurement Act. The applicant / bidder must provide the proof in the form of a self-declaration by means of the form 5.3 EU. In the case of participation as a candidate/tendering group, proof shall be provided by each member of the candidate/tendering group.

The applicant has the following information: - Existence of a company liability insurance / professional liability insurance cover at the time of the award of the contract and maintenance over the entire term of the contract in the amount of at least EUR 5 million for personal injury and material damage and at least EUR 2.5 million for pecuniary damage twice maximized for all insurance cases of an insurance year using the Annex E2 declaration on company liability insurance or professional liability insurance.

In order to demonstrate technical and professional capacity, the applicant shall be expected to obtain at least two appropriate references from the last three years which correspond by type and extent to the requirements set out in the interrogation table and which are as comparable as possible to the requirements set out in the specifications. The references submitted shall be weighted at 90 % as part of the proficiency test.

Minimum requirement: a total of at least 50 % (5 points) of possible scoring points (10 points) per reference range shall be achieved. Relevant is the average over all submitted references within a reference range. If this point value is not reached in one or both reference areas, the request to participate shall be excluded.

Capacity shall be determined on the basis of the assessment of the information provided on the references: a Exclusion criteria - Reference designation - Name of the company submitting the reference - Role of the company submitting the reference (e.g. "tenderer", "Member of the group of bidders"). - Name and address of the client - Name of the contact person at the client (minimum: name of the contact person at the applicant for contact at the reference client) - Phone number and/or e-mail address of the contact person at the client (minimum: telephone number and/or e-mail address of the contact person at the applicant for contact at the reference client) - Short description (per reference maximum 3 pages A4 on a separate sheet - text and graphic) of the reference and presentation of the comparability of the reference with the awarding project. b) Minimum criteria - Connections in Germany - Execution period (contract conclusion to project end) - Role of the applicant in the reference - Object of service - Point-to-point connections of the reference are encrypted on the applicant's network termination devices - IT security concept according to BSI IT-Grundschutz c) Evaluation criteria:

• If the reference comes from the area "public contracting authority" (25 %)
• At least one point-to-point connection of the reference is encrypted on the applicant's network termination devices on layer 1 (25 %)
• Number of point-to-point connections in the reference with fulfilment of the minimum technical requirements from 4.1 (25 %)
• In the reference, security-certified personnel (Ü1 or Ü2 according to SÜG) of the applicant have been used (25%) The applicant's information is used for the query of the references by means of the installation provided in the award documents. The details of the weighting, the assessment instructions and the B criteria are given in the relevant Appendix. The criteria will be used to select candidates to be invited to the second phase of the procedure.

The applicant shall provide the following information: - Certification for quality management according to ISO 9001 (attached as a copy) using the Appendix E1 company presentation.

The applicant shall provide the following information: - Certification for an information security management system according to ISO 27001 (attached as a copy) using the Appendix E1 company presentation.

The applicant shall provide the following information: - Certification for an environmental management system according to ISO 14001 or equivalent (attached as a copy or self-declaration) using the Annex E1 company presentation.

In order to assess the technical and professional capacity of the applicant / bidder in particular serve his/her information o Number of average employees of the last three completed financial years - average employees total - average employees who provide services related to the advertised subject matter, minimum requirement: 50 employees using the plant E1 company presentation.

In the case of participation of a candidate/tenderer group, it is mandatory for all members to indicate which undertaking is authorised to make and accept declarations for the candidate/tenderer group with effect for and against the candidate/tenderer group or to conclude and implement the subsequent contract. Members of a candidate/tenderer group shall be jointly and severally liable to the contracting entity.

For the companies participating in a candidate/tenderer group, please indicate in Form 4.2 EU which share of the service they each assume. The application for participation / the offer of an applicant / tenderer community must be signed / signed by the authorized representative. In the case of participation as a candidate/tendering group, the attachment shall be submitted by each member of the candidate/tendering group. The same applies to the use of subcontractors.

Furthermore, the applicant / bidder must prove that he/she complies with the minimum requirements according to the Brandenburg Public Procurement Act. The applicant / bidder must provide the proof in the form of a self-declaration by means of the form 5.3 EU. In the case of participation as a candidate/tendering group, proof shall be provided by each member of the candidate/tendering group.