Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that none of the exclusion grounds set out in Section 95(1) of the Public Procurement Act apply to it. The contracting authority may also exclude a bidder if a ground listed in Section 95(4) applies. 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). In addition, the bidder must confirm that it will not involve, for more than 10% of the contract value, subcontractors or suppliers who are citizens or residents of the Russian Federation or undertakings established in the Russian Federation, or persons linked to them, and that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned areas.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder, and in the case of a joint bid each joint bidder, must hold on the date of submission an operating licence for providing outpatient rheumatology services, and the licence must cover the locations where the service will be provided. The bidder must state the licence number or numbers in the bid form and confirm that the service will be provided in the premises on which the licence was issued. The bidder’s 2025 turnover from healthcare services must be at least EUR 77,899; the required turnover increases proportionally with the number of doctors and workload offered. The bidder must have provided outpatient rheumatology services at least 50 times during the 12 months preceding the date of the decision to launch the procurement. The bidder must also either have experience of providing e-consultations during the 12 calendar months preceding the month of the decision to launch the procurement, or be ready to provide e-consultations via the health information system by the bid deadline, where this is required by law for the relevant specialty. The bid must include the completed bid form, the doctors’ confirmation, the healthcare institution’s confirmation and any other documents required in the bid form; in the case of a joint bid, a joint bidder authorisation must also be attached.