No  Qualitative award criteria  Weighting  (maximum points)  1.  Quality of the offered data source in terms of:  • content (type of data provided and number  of companies covered),  • geographical coverage (number of non- EU27 + UK countries covered) and  • data being up-to-date (update frequency). 48*  2.  Presentation, functionality and user  friendliness of the database  9*  3  Quality of the support services and training  3*  Maximum Total points  60  *The detailed weighting of each elements in the award criteria above can be found in Annex 8. Therefore, it is essential that the Questionnaire encompasses all the information needed to evaluate the quality  of their offer in light of the award criteria mentioned above. Tenders scoring less than 60 % in the overall points, or less than 50% in the  points awarded for a single criterion will be excluded from the rest of the  assessment procedure.  The assessment basis for the Award Criteria (AW):  The assessment basis for AW 1, AW2 and AW3 is the  Questionnaire  (see Annex 7) and  the  testing of the tenderer’s database , as follows:  a)  AW 1:  The Agency will assess the technical offer of the tenderer on the basis of the  answers provided in the Questionnaire. The assessment of the Agency will be  complemented with the testing of the database to verify the content and accuracy of the  information provided in the Questionnaire. b)  AW 2:  The Agency will assess the technical offer of the tenderer on the basis of the  answers provided in the Questionnaire. The assessment of Agency will be complemented  with the testing of the database to verify the presentation, functionality and user  friendliness of the database. c)  AW 3:  The Agency will assess the technical offer of the tenderer on the basis of the  answers provided in the Questionnaire on how the tenderer intends to organise those  services.  3.5. Award (ranking of tenders)  Tenders shall be ranked according to the best price-quality ratio in accordance with the  formula below:  Final Evaluation Total points = Total Quality Points + Total Price Points  18 In addition, tenderers must provide full access to the proposed live system (at  no cost for the Agency) for a limited number of maximum 3 persons and period  of minimum two weeks (i.e starting immediately after the opening session) to  allow the Agency to access the database and test and assess the technical offer.  Tenders not providing such access to test the database may be rejected. 