Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its representatives are subject to exclusion grounds, including convictions for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, child labour or human trafficking. The bidder must also confirm that it has no outstanding tax or social security payment obligations, and is not bankrupt, insolvent, under liquidation, subject to comparable proceedings, managed by a liquidator or court, or operating under a suspension. Exclusion grounds also cover serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive agreements, conflicts of interest, involvement in preparing the procurement, serious or repeated breaches of previous contracts, false or omitted information, failure to provide requested documents, and attempts to obtain confidential information or improperly influence the contracting authority. National exclusion grounds include unlawful employment of foreign nationals, being subject to international sanctions, certain tax offences, local tax debt to the contracting authority’s municipality and restrictions based on the bidder’s place of establishment. The bidder must provide the required declarations and, where relevant, details and evidence concerning the circumstances and any measures taken to restore reliability.