Compliance requirements
The bidder and its relevant management, supervisory and authorised representatives must confirm that none of the exclusion grounds apply. These grounds include final convictions within the last five years or continuing exclusion periods for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, child labour or other forms of human trafficking. They also cover breaches of tax and social-security payment obligations; the stated threshold for both is EUR 0, subject to the applicable rules on tax debts below EUR 100 or deferred payment.
Further grounds include breaches of environmental, social or labour-law obligations; bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar proceedings; administration of assets by a liquidator or court; suspended business activities; serious professional misconduct; agreements distorting competition; conflicts of interest; involvement in preparing the procurement that created an undue advantage; serious or persistent breaches of previous contracts resulting in early termination, damages or comparable sanctions; and false, incomplete or misleading information or failure to provide requested documents. The bidder must also confirm that the contract would not violate international or national sanctions, that it has not enabled an unlawfully staying foreign national to work, and that no other national exclusion ground applies. Where relevant, the bidder must describe the circumstances and any measures taken to restore its reliability.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder’s net turnover in the last financial year completed before the commencement of the procurement must be at least EUR 330,000. Joint bidders may add their turnover figures together. The bidder must state the turnover in the European Single Procurement Document and, upon request, provide an extract from the annual report or other evidence, unless the information is publicly available to the contracting authority from a register. If the bidder relies on another entity’s financial capacity, that entity must be identified in the procurement document and may be required to provide consent confirming the available financial resources and joint and several liability for the relevant part of the contract.
During the 60 months preceding the commencement of the procurement, the bidder must have properly completed at least one public road construction contract under which at least 20,000 m² of the upper asphalt-concrete pavement layer was installed. The bidder must list the contract and, upon request, provide confirmation from the client stating the contract period, the installed area and proper completion. If the bidder relies on another entity’s technical or professional capacity, that entity must be identified, submit the required procurement document, consent to the reliance and participate directly in contract performance at least to the extent of the capacity relied upon.
The bidder must submit a fully completed HD IV cost schedule as an Excel file. All payment-item prices must be entered, and the list of items, descriptions, parameters, units, quantities and other data provided by the contracting authority may not be changed or deleted. Cost totals must be stated in euros to two decimal places. The bidder must also confirm acceptance of all tender and procurement-document conditions, compliance with the subcontractor requirements, and provide the required information about authorised representatives. A joint bid requires a signed power of attorney for the authorised representative and a separate procurement document for each joint bidder.