Minibus capital lease

The bidder must declare that neither the company nor its management, supervisory or authorised representatives has been finally convicted within the last five years, or remains subject to an exclusion period, for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, child labour or other forms of human trafficking. The bidder must also confirm compliance with tax and social security payment obligations. National exclusion grounds concern enabling an unlawfully staying foreign national to work and being subject to an international or government sanction that would make contract award unlawful. Where applicable, the bidder must provide details of the conviction, exclusion period, remedial measures, relevant amounts and supporting evidence. The machine-readable notice does not provide any additional precise exclusion requirements; these must be checked in the official tender documents.

The machine-readable notice did not specify precise financial capacity, previous experience, staffing or other qualification requirements; these must be checked in the official tender documents. The tender must comply with all requirements set out in the tender documents and must be unconditional. If a consortium submits a tender, it must appoint an authorised representative and include a power of attorney for the consortium members. The bidder must identify any information claimed as a trade secret and provide reasons; the tender price and other legally excluded indicators may not be classified as trade secrets. If an equivalent solution or item of evidence is offered, the equivalence must be explained and supporting documents must be provided. For objective reasons, the contracting authority may accept other relevant evidence if the bidder demonstrates compliance in a manner acceptable to the authority.