Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term
beroepen op
De geselecteerde Kandidaten die een Eerste Offerte voor de Opdracht indienen (hierna, “Inschrijvers”), moeten gedurende de verdere plaatsingsprocedure aan de gestelde eisen blijven voldoen.
Eenzelfde verplichting geldt ten aanzien van de eventuele andere entiteiten op wier draagkracht de geselecteerde Kandidaat zich in de selectiefase heeft **beroepen** teneinde aan de eisen inzake economische en financiële draagkracht en/of technische en beroepsbekwaamheid te voldoen.
De Aanbestedende Entiteit behoudt zich het recht voor de selectie van een reeds geselecteerde Kandidaat of Inschrijver te herzien, in welk stadium van de plaatsingsprocedure ook.
Hi all,
I'm struggling to find the correct translation for "beroepen op" in this context. I am leaning more towards "refer to" or something like "rely" or "fall back on".
Thanks in advance!
| 5 +5 | rely on |
Michael Beijer
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| 4 | invoke |
Brent Sørensen
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| 4 | rely upon |
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Proposed translations
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rely on
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Note added at 6 mins (2020-07-28 17:21:53 GMT)
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as in:
zich beroepen op draagkracht =
to rely on the capacities of / capacity
see e.g.:
"(3) Where an economic operator wants to rely on the capacities of other entities, it shall prove to the contracting authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary, for example by producing a commitment by those entities to that effect."
(https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/regulation/63/m... )
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invoke
In this passage, the op belongs to “op wier” (on whose) and not to beroepen.
The verb here is "zich beroepen” which could be translated as to invoke.
Invoke collocates well with capacities.
The following passage is taken from this document:
https://www.devex.com/funding/r?report=tender-149482&filter[...
Candidates who invoke the capacities of other entities in respect of subcontracting must indicate in their request to participate the proportion of the contract which will be subcontracted
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Kitty Brussaard
: 'Invoke' is out of context here. In this specific context (i.e. reliance on capacities of other entities when bidding), 'rely on' is the most commonly used EN equivalent. Note also that 'zich beroepen op' IS a prepositional (and reflexive) verb in Dutch.
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rely upon
Thus the phrase should be translated as follows:
op wier draagkracht de geselecteerde Kandidaat zich in de selectiefase heeft beroepen = upon the capabilities of which the selected Candidate has relied, in the selection phase.
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