B. Criteria relating to the team delivering the service  -  Criterion A1 : Experience in the field of 1) routine detection and molecular typing of the bacteria  covered by these technical specifications as well as 2) organising EQAs on international level Evidence A1: 1) Annual records of the number of isolates characterised by WGS methods  covered by these technical specifications (minimum average per year: 20 isolates for Sal mo n e l a,  10 for STEC and 6 for L i s t e r i a) from the last three years. 2) At least two international EQA project  references consisting in a list of relevant services provided in the past three years (the sums,  dates and clients, public or private), accompanied by statements issued by the clients. -  Criterion A2 : Experience in working with EQA in English (C1 equivalent 2 ).  Evidence A2:  References for minimum two EQA projects delivered in English in the last three  years showing the necessary language coverage. -  Criterion A3:  Capacity to draft reports in English (C1 equivalent). Evidence A3 : One document of at least 10 pages (report, study, etc.) in English that the tenderer  has drafted and published or delivered to a client in the last two years. The team delivering the service should include, as a minimum, the profiles listed below. Evidence will consist in CVs of the team responsible to deliver the service. Each CV should indicate  the intended function in the delivery of the service. B1 - Project Manager : At least five years’ experience in project management, including  overseeing project delivery, quality control of delivered service, client orientation and conflict  resolution experience in project of a similar size (at least € 100 000) and coverage (at least 10  countries covered), with experience in management of team of at least five people. The project  manager must not have any scientific conflict of interest e.g. through private sector funding.  Evidence : CV and Annual declaration of interest (see section 4. Annexes)  B2 - Language quality check : at least two members of the team should have at least C1 level  in the Common European Framework for Reference for Languages 3  in English. Evidence : a language certificate or past relevant experience. B3 - Expert in molecular typing and running EQAs: . Relevant higher education degree or  equivalent professional experience and at least five years' professional experience in the field after  degree.  NB: The experts must not have any scientific conflict of interest e.g. through private sector funding. Evidence : CV and Annual declaration of interest (see section 4. Annexes).  2  Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (http://www.coe.int/lang-cefr)  3 See http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Cadre1_en.asp 24 