PART 3 TENDER SPECIFICATIONS for LOT 2  Each tenderer (and each member of a consortium) shall declare in the relevant field in Annex VII  (Administrative Identification form) whether it is a Small or Medium Size Enterprise (SME) in accordance  with Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC$^{5}$. As a general guideline, here is an excerpt from the Recommendation:  “ The category of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is made up of enterprises which  employ fewer than 250 persons and which have an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million, and/or  an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million. ”  The following criteria will be used to select the Tenderers for further evaluation. If the Tender is proposed  by a consortium, these criteria must be fulfilled by each partner (unless otherwise stated).  Documentary evidence of the Tenderers’ claims in respect of the below-mentioned criteria is required. The Tenderer must provide evidence of enrolment (declaration or certificates) in one of the professional  or trade registers related to the subject of this tender, in the country of its establishment.  Proof of financial and economic standing shall be furnished by the following documents and minimum  requirements: If the tenderer is not obliged to publish its accounts under the law of the state in which it is  established, a copy of audited accounts for the last two (2) financial years should be presented.  In case of a consortium/grouping, audited accounts for each consortium partner shall be  presented.  In case of a consortium/grouping, the annual average turnover for each of the partners shall be  presented. The sum of the annual average turnovers of each partner will be taken into account to  reach the annual average turnover. 5  Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, available at http://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:124:0036:0041:en:PDF  F-COD-20-T03:  LOT 2  - Provision of infrastructure for Operational Cooperation and exercises page 27 of 32  (c) If tenderers will call on the competences of another entity (for example, a parent company), a  written undertaking by the said entity certifying that it will make available to the tenderers the  resources required to implement the contract.  (b) A statement of the average turnover of the last two (2) financial years for which accounts have  been closed. The  minimum annual average turnover of the tenderer shall be  €120.000,00  (one hundred and twenty thousand euro) :  (a) Copy of the financial statements (balance sheets and profit and loss accounts) for the last two  (2) financial years for which accounts have been closed, where publication of the accounts is  required under the company law of the country in which the economic operator is established. In  case of a consortium, each consortium member shall present their financial statements.  3.2.2 FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CAPACITY  3.2.1 PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION  3.2 SELECTION CRITERIA 