Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its management, supervisory or authorized representatives are subject to mandatory exclusion grounds, including final convictions 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 grounds also cover breaches of tax and social security payment obligations, environmental, social and labour law obligations, insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, suspension of business activities, serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive agreements, conflicts of interest, involvement in preparing the procurement, and serious or repeated breaches of previous public contracts. Exclusion may also result from false or misleading information, failure to submit required information or documents, attempts to obtain confidential information, employing unlawfully present foreign nationals, being subject to international sanctions, and certain tax-related offences or local tax debts. Where permitted, the bidder may provide evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability. The bidder must also be able to provide evidence of tax and social security payment compliance.