Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its management, representative or supervisory persons have relevant convictions for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism, money laundering, terrorist financing, illegal child labour or human trafficking. The bidder must also have no tax or social security debt, environmental, social or labour-law violations, bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings, serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive agreements, unresolved conflict of interest or serious breaches of previous contracts. The checks also cover false statements, failure to provide required information or documents, improper influence of the procurement procedure, enabling an unlawfully resident foreign national to work, applicable sanctions and convictions for tax offences. Where relevant, the bidder must describe measures taken to restore its reliability and provide supporting evidence.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must have completed at least 2 contracts of a similar type and the same scale during the last 3 years. The bidder must provide the contracting authority and contract name, together with the information or evidence required in the tender documents, to demonstrate this experience. The machine-readable notice did not include precise financial capacity, turnover, team or professional qualification requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents. The tender must comply with all conditions set out in the tender documents, and conditional tenders are not permitted. The tender price must be submitted in the prescribed structure. In the case of a joint tender, a power of attorney appointing an authorised representative must be included. The bidder must identify and justify any trade secrets; the tender price and prohibited evaluation-related indicators may not be designated as trade secrets.