• With a university degree (bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in the related field of biology,  epidemiology, statistics, data management, bioinformatics, medicine or equivalent, • With minimum 3 years’ experience in the fore mentioned fields  • The experts must not have any scientific conflict of interest.  • With minimum C1 level language proficiency in the Common European Framework for Reference  for Languages 35  in English  • A description of the approach proposed to be applied; means to be used to meet the objectives of the  services described in the terms of reference, including a description on how to ensure quality throughout  the project - (Criterion 1)  • A description of the scientific and technical methods proposed to deliver the services, including a  reflection on the status of the scientific evidence and public health state of play in relation to the  activities described in the lot and how these would be leveraged to deliver the services (Criterion 1)  • Assessment of the main issues, limitations, risks of the analyses to be carried out as well as the proposed  mitigation and/or risk-minimisation measures; (Criterion 2);  • Details on the allocation of time and human resources and the rationale behind the choice of this  allocation. It should also include a description of the involvement of the proposed key experts (roles and  responsibilities) to execute the planned activities, including in the case of consortium/subcontracting  description of the key contributions from each of the consortium members, subcontracting  arrangements foreseen (Criterion 3)  • A description of the coordination, planned interaction, support to national level and project management  plan with the countries performing the activities described in the relevant lot (Criterion 3)  • A description of the foreseen plan for the involvement of study sites/countries expertise (Criterion 3)  The contract will be awarded based on the most economically advantageous tender, according to the 'best  price-quality ratio' award method. The quality of the tender will be evaluated based on the following  3.3.2 Award criteria 35  See http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Cadre1_en.asp  38  Evidence : CV, a language certificate or past experience in English such as working in an English-speaking  environment, appropriate level of studies or English as mother tongue or other official proof and annual  declaration of interest (see section 4. Annexes)  The technical tender must cover all aspects and tasks required in the technical specifications of the lot and  provide all the information needed to apply the award criteria (see section 3.3.2 Award criteria). Tenders  deviating from the requirements or not covering all requirements may be rejected on the basis of non- compliance with the tender specifications and will not be evaluated. In particular, the tenderer should provide a separate technical proposal for each lot that they are tendering  for including, at least the following information:  3.3 Award  3.3.1 Technical tender 