Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The available documents do not specify financial or technical qualification requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents. The bidder must confirm that its tender complies with those documents. Where an equivalent solution or evidence is offered, the bidder must explain the equivalence and provide supporting evidence. References to standards, technical specifications, brands, types, origin, production methods or other listed items are understood to allow an equivalent. Other relevant evidence may be accepted for objective reasons if the bidder demonstrates compliance in a manner acceptable to the contracting authority, except where the law requires specific evidence for the product or service to be placed on the market.