Purchase of an Eddy-covariance (EC) measurement system

The bidder and relevant members of its administrative, management or supervisory bodies, or persons authorised to represent, make decisions for or control it, may be excluded for final convictions within the previous five years, or while an exclusion period remains in force, for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, and child labour or human trafficking. Where permitted, the bidder may provide evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability. Exclusion grounds also include breaches of tax or social-security contribution obligations; bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, suspended business activity, arrangements with creditors or a comparable situation; serious professional misconduct; competition-distorting agreements; an unmanageable conflict of interest; involvement in preparing the procurement that creates an unremediable competitive advantage; and significant or persistent failures under previous contracts resulting in early termination, damages, price reduction or comparable sanctions. Grounds further include false or misleading information, failure to provide required information or documents, and attempts to improperly influence the procurement or obtain confidential information. Breaches of environmental, social or labour-law obligations may also be grounds for exclusion. National grounds include enabling a foreign national to work without a legal basis or in breach of the applicable employment conditions, entering into a contract in breach of international or national sanctions, and—at the contracting authority’s discretion—conviction for tax offences. The notice describes a zero-euro threshold for tax and social-security debts; under the stated national rules, a tax-debt certificate is not issued where the debt, excluding interest not established by an administrative act, is below EUR 100 or payment has been rescheduled. Foreign bidders are assessed under the rules of their country of establishment.

No specific financial-capacity, turnover, or prior-experience thresholds are stated in the provided documents. The bidder must submit a technical description of the proposed product covering all requirements in the procurement documents, together with the product name, specifications, product sheets and/or other information needed to verify compliance. Detailed technical requirements must be checked in the procurement documents. The bidder must confirm that the offer complies with the procurement documents, is unconditional, and explains and evidences equivalence where applicable. The bidder must declare any information claimed as a trade secret and explain why; price and other specified evaluation-related figures may not be designated as trade secrets. Joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative and include their power of attorney with the offer. The bidder must confirm that the goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned regions, and that the bidder is not established or resident in Russia or Belarus. For procurements at or above the international threshold, the bidder must also confirm that subcontractors and suppliers covered by the Russia-related restriction do not account for more than 10% of the contract value. The bidder must provide the names and personal identification numbers or dates of birth of authorised persons not identifiable from the relevant commercial register extract, or confirm that there are no such persons.