Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither the company nor its administrative, management or supervisory body members or authorised representatives are subject to exclusion grounds. These include, among other things, final convictions for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering, terrorist financing, unlawful use of child labour or other forms of human trafficking. Compliance with tax and social security payment obligations is also checked; the stated threshold for tax debt is EUR 0.
The exclusion grounds also cover bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, agreements with creditors, suspended business activities, serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive agreements, conflicts of interest, prior involvement in preparing the procurement procedure, material breaches of previous public contracts, and the submission of false information or failure to provide required documents. They also include breaches related to enabling an unlawfully staying foreign national to work, violations of international sanctions, and convictions for tax offences. Where an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may provide information on measures taken to restore its reliability if this is permitted by the applicable law or tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
No specific requirement for net turnover, previous experience, team composition or professional certificates is stated for the bidder. The machine-readable notice did not include precise qualification requirements; any additional requirements must be checked in the tender documents.
The required Form 2 must be submitted with the tender. The bidder must confirm that the tender complies with the tender documents and, where applicable, explain equivalence and include evidence supporting it. References in the tender documents to standards, trademarks, origin, production methods, labels or other technical bases may be met by equivalent solutions, but the bidder must provide evidence acceptable to the contracting authority.
The bidder must confirm that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned regions. During contract performance, subcontractors or suppliers accounting for more than 10% of the contract value may not be Russian citizens, residents or entities established in the Russian Federation, entities more than 50% owned by such persons or entities, or representatives or instructed agents of such persons or entities. In a joint tender, a power of attorney for the joint tenderers must be submitted. The tender price and lot prices may not be classified as trade secrets.