Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its representatives or management and supervisory body members have been convicted by a final court judgment within the last five years of participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, or the unlawful use of child labour or other human trafficking offences. The bidder must also have no outstanding tax or social security payment obligations; the threshold stated in the notice is EUR 0. The bidder must not be bankrupt, in liquidation, subject to insolvency proceedings, in an arrangement with creditors or in another comparable situation, and its business activities must not be suspended. Grounds for exclusion may also include serious breaches of professional conduct rules or environmental, social or labour-law obligations, anti-competitive agreements, conflicts of interest, serious breaches of previous public contracts, false information, failure to provide required documents or improper influence over the procurement procedure. National grounds are also checked, including allowing an unlawfully staying foreign national to work, breaches of international sanctions and convictions for tax offences. The bidder must confirm that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned regions. The bidder must also confirm that, during contract performance, it will not use subcontractors or suppliers for more than 10% of the contract value if they are Russian citizens, residents or entities established in Russia, entities directly or indirectly more than 50% owned by such persons or entities, or persons acting under their control or instructions. The bidder must provide the required confirmations and, where an exclusion ground applies, the relevant explanations and evidence; the contracting authority may request additional evidence.