Europol Public Information 13  2.8. Minimum requirements  2.9. Award criteria  2.9.1. Quality award criteria  Invitation to Tender & Tender Specifications  Compliance of the tender with the minimum requirements contained in the present procurement  documents will be assessed. Offers deviating from the requirements or not covering all  requirements will be rejected on the basis of non-conformity with the tender specifications and  will not be evaluated.  By submitting a tender, a tenderer commits to perform the contract in full compliance with the  terms and conditions of the procurement documents for this call for tenders. Particular attention  is drawn to the minimum requirements specified in the Technical Specifications (Annex 2) and to  the fact that tenders must comply with applicable data protection, environmental, social and  labour law obligations established by Union law, national legislation, collective agreements or the  international environmental, social and labour conventions listed in Annex X to Directive  2014/24/EU.  The minimum requirements shall be observed throughout the entire duration of the contract.  Compliance with these requirements is mandatory and cannot be subject to any assumptions,  limitations, conditions, or reservations on the part of a tenderer. Tenders will be evaluated on the basis of the following award method, which serve to identify the  most economically advantageous tender:  best price-quality ratio method . The ranking formula to calculate the final score is specified in  Section 2.9.4 . The formula sets a  weighting between quality and price.  The Technical Tender shall be evaluated based on the following quality award criteria, producing  a  Total Quality Score  out of 100 points (Q):  No  Quality award criteria (Q)  Maximum Points  Minimum  passing  points  1  Creation of a new SNL  20  10  2  Expansion of an existing Data Centre  10  5  3  Expansion of an existing Remote Site  16  8  4  Range of goods and services offered  14  7  5  Statement of Work (SoW) for Maintenance  10  5  6  Service Level Agreement (SLA)  10  5  7  Security  10  5  8  Packaging,  Transport, Shipping, Storage and Insurance services  10  5  Total Quality Score  100 