General Administrative and Submission Clauses 7.1.2.  Assessment of joint tenders  7.1.3.  Joint tender during the contract implementation  7.2.  Subcontracting general  In case of subcontracting the Tenderer shall clearly state in the section of the tender related to the  tenderer’s exclusion situation and capacity:  The Tenderer may subcontract part of the tasks specified in the `Terms of Reference` to other  economic operators, as long as the supplies and/or services and/or works are provided in  accordance with the `Terms of Reference`. The composition of the Group and the allocation of tasks among the members of the Group shall  not be altered without prior written information to EIB.  The Group Leader – duly authorised by the other members of the Group – will be entitled to sign  any contractual documents; it shall act as a single point of contact with EIB in connection with the  services to be provided under the contract; it shall co-ordinate the provision of the services by the  Group members to EIB; it shall guarantee a proper administration of the contract. Subject to the  provisions of the contract, the Bank shall make payments to the Group Leader only, and against  invoices submitted by the Group leader only.  All members of the Group shall be jointly and severally liable towards EIB for the performance of the  contract, they shall comply with the Terms and Conditions of the Contract and ensure the proper  execution of their respective share of the services. N.B.  The Bank will require that the Tenderer replaces a member of the Group which does not meet  a relevant selection criteria or in respect of which there are grounds for exclusion. Any proposed  replacement will be assessed under the same conditions. Should the composition of the Group  change at any point during the procurement procedure the offer may be rejected.  EIB will disregard any such statement contained in a Joint tender, and it reserves the right to reject  such tenders without further evaluation, on the grounds that they do not comply with the Procurement  Documents.  are incompatible with the principle of joint and several liability. Since all members of the Group are jointly and severally liable towards EIB for the performance of  the contract, statements included in the joint offer saying, for instance:  Joint tenders submitted by Groups will be assessed as follows:   The award criteria will be assessed in relation to the tender.   The selection criteria for the economic and financial capacity such as overall turnover or  turnover with respect to the specific tender will be assessed on a consolidated assessment  for all members of the Group together.   the exclusion criteria and the selection criteria for the legal capacity will be assessed in  relation to each member of the Group individually.   that each member of the Group will be responsible only for a specific part of the contract, or   that a separate contract should be signed with each member of the Group if the joint offer is  successful, The selection criteria for the technical and professional capacity will be assessed in relation  to the combined capacities of all members of the Group, as a whole.  Last updated: June 2020 Page 13 of 21 