Compliance requirements
A bidder may be excluded if the bidder or a relevant member of its management, supervisory or representative bodies has a final conviction within the last five years (or an exclusion period is still in force) for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, or child labour or human trafficking. Exclusion grounds also include unpaid taxes or social security contributions; insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, creditor arrangements or suspended business activity; serious professional misconduct; agreements intended to distort competition; an unmanageable conflict of interest; involvement in preparing the procurement that gives an unavoidable competitive advantage; serious or repeated breach of a previous contract resulting in early termination, damages or comparable sanctions; submitting false or misleading information, withholding required information or failing to provide requested supporting documents; and attempts to improperly influence the buyer or obtain confidential information. National grounds include enabling a foreign national to work without legal authorisation or in breach of applicable employment conditions, being subject to international sanctions that would make the contract unlawful, and relevant convictions for tax offences. The unpaid-tax exclusion ground does not apply where the debt is below EUR 100 or payment has been rescheduled, as described in the notice. Where permitted, the bidder may provide evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability; this possibility applies to procurements above the international threshold or where provided for in the tender documents.