Purchase of a desktop X-ray diffractometer (XRD)

The bidder must confirm that the bidder, its management and supervisory body members, and persons authorised to represent or control it have not received a final conviction within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism, money laundering, terrorist financing, unlawful use of child labour or human trafficking-related offences. The bidder must also declare proper payment of taxes and social security contributions and confirm that it is not bankrupt, being liquidated, subject to insolvency proceedings or in a comparable situation, and that its business activities have not been suspended. Grounds for exclusion may also include an agreement with creditors, serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive agreements, a conflict of interest, material breach or early termination of previous public contracts, submission of false information, failure to provide information or attempts to improperly influence the contracting authority’s decision-making process. Compliance with environmental, social and labour law obligations is also checked, together with national exclusion grounds concerning, among other things, enabling an unlawfully staying foreign national to work, situations involving breaches of international sanctions and tax-related offences. Where an exclusion ground applies, evidence of remedial measures restoring the bidder’s reliability may be submitted where permitted.

The machine-readable notice does not state specific turnover, previous experience, staffing or other separate qualification requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents. The tender must include a technical description of the proposed equipment with all required technical data, the product name, specifications, data sheets and any other information necessary to verify compliance. The bidder must confirm that the tender complies with the procurement documents and, where necessary, provide an explanation and evidence of equivalence. Conditional tenders are not permitted. For a joint tender, a power of attorney for the joint bidders must be submitted. The bidder must identify any trade secrets in the tender and justify their classification; the tender price and numerical figures characterising the tender for evaluation purposes may not be classified as trade secrets. The bidder must also provide the names and personal identification codes or dates of birth of authorised persons who are not shown in the commercial register, or confirm that no such persons exist.