3. EVALUATION AND AWARD  3.1. Exclusion criteria  As evidence of non-exclusion each tenderer (and identified subcontractors – as described  under 2.4.2 ‘Subcontracting’), must submit with the tender a Declaration on Honour$^{5}$ in the  Tenderers found to be in an exclusion situation will be rejected.  The objective of the exclusion criteria is to assess whether the tenderer is in any of the  exclusion situations listed in Article 136(1) of the Financial Regulation.  For the purposes of the evaluation related to exclusion and selection criteria  the Contracting  authority  may also refer to publicly available information, in particular evidence that it can  access on a national database free of charge.  The evaluation will be based on the information and evidence contained in the tenders and, if  applicable, on additional information and evidence provided at the request of the  Contracting  authority  during the procedure. If any of the declarations or information provided proves to be  false, the  Contracting authority  may impose administrative sanctions (exclusion or financial  penalties) on the entity providing the false declarations/information.  The  Contracting authority will evaluate the abovementioned elements in the order that it  considers to be the most appropriate. If the evaluation of one or more elements demonstrates  that there are grounds for rejection, the tender will be rejected and will not be subject to  further full evaluation. The unsuccessful tenderers will be informed of the grounds for  rejection without being given feedback on the non-assessed content of their tenders. Only  tenderer(s) for whom the verification of all elements did not reveal grounds for rejection can  be awarded the contract.  The evaluation of the tenders that comply with the submission conditions will consist of the  following elements:   Check if the tenderer has access to procurement (see  Section 2.2 );  Verification of administrative compliance (if the tender is drawn up in one of the  official EU languages and signed by duly authorised representative(-s) of the  tenderer);   Verification of non-exclusion of tenderers on the basis of the exclusion criteria;   Selection of tenderers on the basis of selection criteria;  Verification of compliance with the minimum requirements defined in the Tender  specifications;   Evaluation of tenders on the basis of the award criteria.  $^{5}$ The European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) may not be used yet in European Commission's calls for  tenders.  18