Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor the members of its management, administrative or supervisory bodies have been finally convicted within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud and the other exclusion grounds listed in the ESPD. If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may submit evidence of self-cleaning measures where permitted. The ESPD also includes questions on payment of taxes and social security contributions and on the possibility of electronic evidence.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The machine-readable notice did not include precise selection or suitability criteria; these must be checked in the tender documents. The compliance conditions do state that the tender must comply with the tender documents, conditional tenders are not allowed, equivalence must be explained where necessary and supporting evidence must be attached, and the tender price must be submitted in the prescribed structure. A tender may be submitted for up to 5 lots, and a contract may also be awarded to one bidder for up to 5 lots. In addition, the bidder must confirm that subcontractors or suppliers representing more than 10% of the contract value are not citizens, residents or undertakings established in the Russian Federation, or persons controlled by them.