62Furthermore, under Article 58 of Directive 2014/24, in order to participate in a procurement procedure, a tenderer is required to demonstrate that, at the time of submitting the tender, it meets the qualitative selection criteria set out in Article 58(1)(a) to (c) of that directive. In contrast, the tenderer can wait until it is awarded the contract before supplying proof that it fulfils the conditions of performance of the contract. The qualitative selection criteria enable the contracting authority to restrict the tendering procedure to economic operators whose technical and professional ability, grounded in recent experience, suggests that they will be able to perform the contract in question, obtaining the required authorisations or logistical services as necessary. Furthermore, to oblige tenderers to satisfy all the conditions of performance of the contract at the time of submission of their tenders would be to impose an excessive requirement – one which might therefore dissuade economic operators from participating in procurement procedures – and would thus infringe the principles of proportionality and transparency guaranteed by Article 18(1) of the directive.
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