16  2.6 AWARD CRITERIA  A) QUALITY AWARD CRITERIA The sum of all quality award criteria gives a maximum possible total of 100  points . B) PRICE AWARD CRITERION  Tenders will be evaluated against the below award criteria. The award criteria serve to  identify the  most economically advantageous offer . 1. METHODOLOGY PROPOSED FOR IMPLEMENTATION (70 points - minimum  threshold 60%)  • Convincing justification of the choice of proposed methodology; advantages and  disadvantages for objective 1; Logical and structured step by step explanation of  methodology; 25 points • Convincing justification of the choice of proposed methodology; advantages and  disadvantages for objective 2; Logical and structured step by step explanation of  methodology; 20 points • Convincing justification of the choice of proposed methodology; advantages and  disadvantages for objective 3; Logical and structured step by step explanation of  methodology; 25 points 2. PROJECT ORGANISATION, RISK MANAGEMENT & MEASURES TO GUARANTEE  QUALITY OF DELIVERABLES (30 points) • Clear and detailed information on distribution of the tasks among the project team;  in case of joint offer & subcontractors, clarity on who does what, when and why  (justify why the partner/subcontractor is proposed to do the particular task/work- package); risk management steps;  10 points • The internal team communication; and in case of joint offers & subcontractors also  the communication between joint offers partners and subcontractors;  5 points • The communication with EFSA (who, how, when);  5 points  • Role of team leader / leading partner in quality assurance;  5 points Special additional measures for quality assurance proposed for this particular  project;  5 points Tenderers must provide a detailed technical offer addressing all points in the technical  specifications and each of the quality award criteria. Repetition of mandatory requirements  in the technical specifications without providing detail in the technical offer will only result  in a very low score. Offers must score at least 60% for quality award criteria 1 (i.e. a minimum of 42 points  out of the 70 points available) and overall score at leave 70% of maximum possible total  points against the quality award criteria.  Tenders that do not reach this minimum quality threshold will be eliminated from  subsequent stages of the evaluation process.  Tenders which passed the quality threshold will be further assessed to ensure: 