Purchase of wood chips

The bidder must confirm that neither the company nor persons with management, supervisory or representative authority have been finally convicted within the last five years of participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, or the illegal use of child labour or trafficking-related offences. Breaches of tax and social security payment obligations, enabling illegally staying foreign nationals to work, and circumstances related to international sanctions are also checked. Where applicable, the bidder must provide details of the conviction or breach and describe measures taken to restore its reliability. The bidder must confirm that the goods offered are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from a sanctioned region. The bidder must also not engage subcontractors or suppliers connected with Russian persons or entities for more than 10% of the contract value under the conditions set out in the tender documents. The detailed verification and evidence requirements must be reviewed in the ESPD and the tender documents.

The machine-readable notice does not specify concrete turnover, previous experience, staffing or certification requirements; any such requirements must be checked in the tender documents. The bidder must submit the ESPD and confirm that the tender complies with all tender-document requirements. Conditional tenders are not permitted. The tender price must be submitted in the structure required by the procurement. In a joint tender, the joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative and include a power of attorney. The bidder must identify any trade secrets and justify their classification, or confirm that the tender contains no trade secrets; the tender price and other figures used for evaluation may not be classified as trade secrets. If the tender refers to a standard, label or other technical basis and the bidder offers an equivalent solution, the equivalence must be explained and supported by appropriate evidence.