21 been closed within the last 18 months.   All of the above-specified evidence of economic and financial capacity must be  provided with the tender.  Tenderers must comply with the following selection criteria in order to prove that they have  the necessary technical and professional capacity to perform the contract. 3.2.3. Technical and professional capacity Criteria A – evidence relating to tenderers  Tenderers (in case of a joint tender the combined capacity of all members of the group and identified  subcontractors) must comply with the criteria listed below: The project references indicated below consist of a list of relevant services provided (i.e. not ongoing but fully  completed) in the past five years, with the sums, dates and clients, public or private, accompanied by statements  issued by the clients. These statements should certify that the tenderer participated in the referenced project,  state the amount and duration and confirm that the contract was executed according to the contractual terms.  Criterion A1: The tenderer must prove experience in the field of building whole life carbon, including  embodied carbon, on the building project level as well as on the national level. It shall also prove experience in  the setting up and management of expert groups, in collection and generation of whole life carbon data on  building project level, in data processing and statistical analyses, drafting reports and preparing and managing  meetings effectively.  Evidence A1 : The tenderer must provide references for three projects delivered in these fields in the last five  years with a minimum value for each project of EUR 100,000. (One project may cover more than one of the  above fields).  Criterion A2 : The tenderer must prove capacity to work with data collection, generation and analysis across  countries or regions in Europe. Evidence A2:  The tenderer must provide references for three projects delivered in the last five years, covering  at least eight different countries in total. Criterion A3:  The tenderer must prove capacity to draft reports in English.  Evidence A3:  The tenderer must provide one document of at least 10 pages (report, study, etc.) in this language  that it has drafted and published or delivered to a client in the last two years. The verification will be carried out  on 5 pages of the document.  Criterion A4:  The tenderer must prove its capacity to work throughout the EU, i.e. in the Nordic countries, in  Western, Southern, Central and Eastern Europe . Evidence A4: The tenderer must provide references for three projects delivered in the last 5 years. The  combination of projects must cover the required geographical scope.