Where relevant, contribution to increasing efficiency across the life cycle of defence products and technologies, including cost-effectiveness and the potential for synergies in the procurement and maintenance process, shall be taken into consideration in relation to the application of the criteria referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of the first paragraph.
I gcás inarb ábhartha, cuirfear san áireamh an rannchuidiú le méadú na héifeachtúlachta feadh shaolré na dtáirgí agus na dteicneolaíochtaí cosanta, lena n-áirítear costéifeachtacht agus an acmhainneacht do shineirgí sa phróiseas soláthair agus cothabhála maidir le cur i bhfeidhm na gcritéar dá dtagraítear i bpointí (a), (b) agus (c) den chéad mhír.