Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its administrative, management or supervisory body members or representatives have been finally convicted within the last five years of participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, child labour or human trafficking. Exclusion may also apply because of tax or social security payment arrears, environmental, social or labour-law violations, bankruptcy or other insolvency proceedings, liquidation, an agreement with creditors, assets administered by a liquidator or court, suspended business activities, serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive agreements, a conflict of interest, involvement in preparing the procurement, a material breach or early termination of a previous public contract, or the submission of false information or failure to provide required documents. The threshold for tax and social security debt is EUR 0. The bidder must also confirm that no national exclusion grounds apply, including enabling unlawful employment, being subject to international sanctions or having been convicted of tax offences. Where an exclusion ground exists, the contracting authority may, where permitted, consider measures taken to restore the bidder’s reliability.