Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its management, administrative or supervisory body members or representatives have received a final conviction within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, or offences involving child labour or human trafficking. The bidder must also not have outstanding tax or social security contributions, bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings, another insolvency situation, suspended business activities, a serious breach of professional conduct, agreements restricting competition, an unavoidable conflict of interest, or an improper advantage arising from involvement in preparing the procurement. Exclusion may also result from a serious breach of a previous public contract leading to early termination or compensation or similar sanctions, as well as submitting false information, failing to provide required information or documents, or obtaining confidential information. National grounds include enabling an unlawfully staying foreign national to work, the risk of breaching an international sanction, a local tax debt in the contracting authority’s country, and conviction for tax offences. Where permitted, the bidder may provide evidence of remedial measures restoring its reliability. During contract performance, first-tier and second- and subsequent-tier subcontractors will also be checked; subcontractors must submit a European Single Procurement Document.