FME software licences and support services

The bidder must confirm that no exclusion grounds apply to the bidder or its representatives, management or supervisory board members. These grounds include final convictions within the last five years, or an ongoing exclusion period, for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, and the use of child labour or other forms of human trafficking. Compliance with tax and social security payment obligations is also checked; the tax debt description specifies a EUR 100 threshold and an exception for tax debts that are being paid under a deferred arrangement. Other possible exclusion grounds include bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, liquidation, suspended business activities, serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive agreements, conflicts of interest, an advantage obtained through involvement in preparing the procurement, material breaches of previous contracts, false information or failure to provide required information or documents, and breaches of environmental, social or labour law obligations. The notice also covers enabling an unlawfully present foreign national to work, being subject to international sanctions, and convictions for tax offences. Where applicable, a bidder may provide evidence of remedial measures restoring its reliability. First-tier subcontractors will be checked during contract performance and must submit a European Single Procurement Document.

The machine-readable notice did not contain precise qualification or financial capacity requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents. The bidder must submit a written tender including the prices of all required licences and one year of maintenance service. The tender must follow the structure set out in the sheet for evaluation criteria and rated factors and must include confirmation that it will remain valid for at least 90 days. Conditional tenders are not allowed. The bidder must confirm acceptance of all conditions set out in the tender documents.