Ordering of hardback printed publications

The bidder must confirm that the company, its management or supervisory body members, and its authorized representatives have not received final convictions during the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, or the unlawful use of child labour or other forms of human trafficking. The checks also cover the payment of taxes and social security contributions and compliance with environmental, social and labour-law obligations. The exclusion grounds also include bankruptcy, liquidation or another insolvency situation, agreements with creditors, suspended business activities, serious professional misconduct, agreements restricting competition, conflicts of interest, involvement in the preparation of the procurement giving an undue advantage, substantial breaches of previous contracts, and the submission of false information or failure to provide required documents. The bidder must also confirm compliance with national exclusion grounds concerning the employment of unlawfully staying foreign nationals, international sanctions and tax offences. The bidder’s registered or habitual place of residence must not be in the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus. The bidder must confirm that it will not use subcontractors or suppliers accounting for more than 10% of the contract value if they are Russian nationals, residents or entities established in Russia, entities more than 50% directly or indirectly owned by them, or persons acting on their behalf or under their instructions. Where applicable, the bidder must provide the names and personal identification numbers or dates of birth of authorized persons. If an exclusion ground applies, evidence of remedial measures may be submitted where applicable.

The machine-readable notice did not include precise requirements concerning financial capacity, previous experience, turnover, staffing or professional qualifications; these must be checked in the tender documents. The bidder must provide a technical description of the proposed printed products containing all information required in the tender documents and submit the properly completed document titled “Compliance and evaluation table for hardback printed publications”. The bid must comply with all tender-document requirements, be unconditional and, where necessary, include explanations and supporting evidence for equivalence. The bid must identify any business secrets and explain why they qualify as such, or state that it contains no business secrets. The bid price and other numerical figures used for evaluation may not be designated as business secrets. In the case of a joint bid, a power of attorney from the joint bidders must be included.