Compliance requirements
The contracting authority will exclude a bidder if a mandatory exclusion ground under Section 95(1) of the Public Procurement Act applies. The contracting authority may also exclude a bidder if a ground under Section 95(4) applies. When submitting the bid, the bidder must confirm that no exclusion grounds apply. Before contract award, the contracting authority will verify, on the basis of evidence, at least the absence of the exclusion grounds listed in Section 95(1).
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must have a valid operating licence at the place where the service will be provided for outpatient ophthalmology services and for ophthalmology day surgery services. The licence number must be entered in the tender form, and the bidder must confirm that the service will be provided in the premises covered by the licence.
For 2025, the bidder’s net turnover from healthcare services must be at least EUR 179,904. The required turnover is calculated per one doctor working full-time in outpatient consultations and increases proportionally with the number of doctors and their workload stated in the bid.
The bidder must have performed at least 100 cataract operations in the 12 months before the date of the decision to launch the procurement. If the services were provided on a paid basis, copies of discharge summaries for those cataract operations must be attached, with the patient’s personal data masked.
At the place of service, the bidder must have a working microscope, phacoemulsifier and optical biometer available by the tender submission deadline. The bidder must provide the service locations and the serial numbers of the working devices, and attach copies of documents proving purchase, lease, rental, free use or other acquisition, as well as photos showing the unique serial number of each device.
The tender documents also require the completed tender form, doctors’ confirmation, healthcare institution confirmation and any other documents required in the tender form. If the bid is a joint bid, a joint bidders’ power of attorney must be attached. The machine-readable notice did not include any more precise requirements; they must be checked in the tender documents.