Compliance requirements
The contracting authority will exclude a bidder if a ground for exclusion 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 tender, the bidder must confirm that no exclusion grounds apply. Before signing the contract, the contracting authority will verify the absence of the grounds under Section 95(1) on the basis of evidence.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder, including a joint bidder, must hold a valid operating licence at the place of service delivery on the date of submission of the tender for outpatient orthopaedic services. If the bidder also wants to provide orthopaedic day surgery services, the operating licence must also cover orthopaedic day surgery services and anaesthesiology as a day surgery service. If the bidder wants to provide inpatient orthopaedic services, including endoprosthesis operations, the operating licence must cover orthopaedic services and anaesthesiology services, including level I and level II intensive care, and the licence must state that the bidder is a specialised hospital or a local hospital.
The bidder’s 2025 net turnover from healthcare services must be at least EUR 97,941 per physician working full-time in outpatient care. If the bidder also wants to provide orthopaedic day surgery services, an additional EUR 58,363 is required. If the bidder also wants to provide inpatient orthopaedic services other than endoprosthesis operations, an additional EUR 803,186 is required. If the bidder also wants to perform endoprosthesis operations, an additional EUR 487,372 is required. The turnover requirement increases proportionally according to the number of physicians and workload stated in the tender.
During the 12 months before the decision to publish the tender, the bidder must have provided outpatient orthopaedic services at least 50 times. If the bidder also wants to provide orthopaedic day surgery services, it must have provided them at least 12 times. If the bidder also wants to provide inpatient orthopaedic services, it must have provided them at least 12 times. If the bidder wants to perform endoprosthesis operations, it must have performed them at least 12 times. For paid services, copies of discharge summaries with the patient’s personal data masked must be attached.
If e-consultation delivery is required by law for the specialty, the bidder must either have provided e-consultations during the 12 calendar months before the month of the tender notice decision or confirm that, by the deadline for submission of tenders, it is ready to provide e-consultations through the health information system.
The tender must include the completed tender form, the physicians’ confirmation, the healthcare institution’s confirmation and any other documents required in the tender form. In the case of a joint tender, a power of attorney for the joint bidders must be attached. The bidder must indicate and justify any business secrets. The bidder must also confirm that subcontractors and suppliers representing more than 10% of the contract value are not Russian citizens, residents or entities established in the Russian Federation, nor persons linked to them, and that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned areas.