Compliance requirements
The tender documents include the standard exclusion grounds. A bidder must confirm that neither the company nor its managers, representatives or supervisory body members have been finally convicted in the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption or fraud. If an exclusion ground exists, the bidder may have to provide evidence of self-cleaning, and the documents mention that this is possible where the procurement is above the international threshold or the contracting authority has allowed it in the tender documents. The machine-readable notice does not provide the full list of exclusion grounds, so the official tender documents must be checked.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must be registered in the commercial register of its country of establishment, and the contracting authority may require proof of registration. To demonstrate technical and professional capacity, the bidder must provide at least 3 similar service contracts completed or ongoing during the last 3 years, with information on value, dates and clients. The bidder must submit the completed list of similar contracts from Annex 8. A cook with at least 2 years of experience in catering for a school or pre-school institution must be involved in contract performance; a CV and workplace details must be provided so that the experience can be checked. The bidder must also have the necessary equipment and technical resources, or the possibility to acquire or use them for performance of the contract. To show compliance, the bidder must submit a sample menu for two weeks, a service concept and confirmation that the bid complies with the tender documents.