5.3.1.  Legal and regulatory capacity criteria and evidence  Minimum capacity level: Supporting document(s)/evidence requested:  The criterion is applied and the evidence pertains to:  7  The economic operators who will perform the services, for which the certificate is  requested.  The tenderer shall be authorised to provide the services being subject to this contract  at the place of performance of this contract. The relevant certificate must be valid on  the date of the deadline for the submission of tenders. Before the signature of the  contract, the validity of the certificate will be verified again. The  Certificate  of  Incorporation  and  Registration,  officially issued  by the  Incorporation and Registration with the Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property  Office in Barbados proving that the candidate is authorised to provide cleaning  services in Barbados, in respect of the national law.  The economic operators are required to have the following: Criterion 5.3.1.a) Authorisation to provide the services at the place of performance of  the contract.  dated by the legally authorised representative. The selection criteria are to be met respecting  the requirements defined here below. The successful tenderer will be requested to provide the documents mentioned as supporting  documents on selection criteria in the declaration on their honour and in this tender  specifications before the signature of the contract and within a deadline given by the  contracting authority.  If a tenderer is relying on the capacities of other entities (e.g. parent company, other company  in the same group, or third party) in order to achieve the required minimum level of the  capacity, its request to participate must contain a signed and dated statement by the  concerned entity which clearly confirms which relevant resources shall be placed at the  disposal of the tenderer for the performance of this contract. The contracting authority will  verify whether the entities on whose capacity the tenderer intends to rely fulfil the relevant  selection criteria. The tenderer may only rely on the technical and professional capacities of  other entities where the latter will perform the services or works for which these capacities  are required.  If an entity provides the whole or a very large part of the economic and financial capacity to  the tenderer, the contracting authority may demand that the said entity be jointly liable for the  performance of the contract in case of award. In order to do so, the contracting authority may  require that this entity signs the contract or that it provides a joint and several first-demand  guarantee, should that tenderer be awarded the contract. If this entity is required to sign the  contract, it has to have access to public procurement and shall not be in an exclusion situation  as indicated in point 5.1 and 5.2 of these tender specifications. 