Operating lease of passenger cars for Saarde Rural Municipality

The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its representatives or members of its management or supervisory bodies has received a final conviction within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering, terrorist financing, the use of child labour or human trafficking-related offences. The bidder must also not have outstanding tax or social security payment obligations, except where permitted by law, or be bankrupt, in liquidation, subject to insolvency proceedings, covered by an agreement with creditors or in a similar situation. The exclusion grounds also cover breaches of environmental, social and labour law, serious professional misconduct, agreements restricting competition, conflicts of interest, prior involvement in preparing the procurement procedure, early termination of previous contracts or sanctions resulting from material breaches, and the submission of false information or failure to provide required documents. The contracting authority also checks whether the bidder has enabled the employment of a foreign national without a lawful basis, is subject to international sanctions, or has been convicted of certain tax offences. Where permitted under the applicable rules, the bidder may provide evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability.

The machine-readable notice did not include precise qualification or financial capacity requirements, a turnover threshold, previous experience requirements, or team and competence requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents. The bidder must submit a compliant tender for the 60-month operating lease, without an initial payment, of two new M1-category hatchback passenger cars and one new M1-category estate passenger car. The tender must comply with all tender document requirements, and conditional tenders are not permitted. The tender price must be submitted in the structure specified for the award criteria and assessable indicators. In a joint tender, a power of attorney for the joint tenderers must be included, appointing an authorised representative.