Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither the company nor its management, supervisory or representative persons has a relevant final conviction within the last five years, or an ongoing exclusion period, for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, or the use of child labour and other forms of human trafficking. The notice also covers unpaid taxes or social security contributions; the stated threshold is EUR 0, while the tax authority may not issue a tax-debt certificate where the debt is below EUR 100 or payment has been deferred. Other grounds include breaches of environmental, social or labour law, bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, liquidation, creditor arrangements, administration of assets by a liquidator or court, suspended business activity, serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive agreements, conflicts of interest, involvement in preparing the procurement, serious or repeated failures under earlier public contracts, misleading or missing information, failure to provide requested documents, and attempts to obtain confidential information or improperly influence the contracting authority. National grounds also cover unlawful employment of foreign nationals, international sanctions and certain tax offences. First-tier subcontractors will be checked during contract performance; subcontractors are not required to submit a separate ESPD. The bidder must also confirm that it will not use a subcontractor who would have to be replaced under the applicable rules.