Compliance requirements
The bidder, or a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body, a proxy holder, or another person with authority to represent, decide for, or control the bidder, must not have been finally convicted within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences or related terrorist activity, money laundering, or terrorist financing. If such a ground exists, the bidder may submit evidence of self-cleaning measures where allowed.
The bidder also confirms that it will not use a subcontractor in contract performance if that subcontractor would have to be replaced under Section 122(7) of the Public Procurement Act.
The machine-readable notice did not include any other precise exclusion grounds; these must be checked in the tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must be entered in the business register of its country of establishment. The contracting authority may require evidence of registration.
The bidder must have completed, as main contractor, at least one water engineering contract related to a harbour structure within the 60 months preceding the start of the procurement procedure. At least 1 similar contract is required, and the contract value must be at least EUR 50,000 excluding VAT. The work may have started earlier, but it must have been completed by the day the contract notice was published. The bidder must provide the description of the similar work, the client details and other required information.
The bidder must provide details of the person responsible for the construction works. That person must have qualifications equivalent to a certified hydraulic engineer, level 7, specialising in construction management.
The machine-readable notice did not include any other precise qualification or compliance requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents.