Communication-enabled hearing protectors (SAR)

The bidder must confirm that neither it nor members of its management bodies have been finally convicted within the last 5 years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud and the other exclusion grounds listed in the ESPD. If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may submit evidence of self-cleaning measures where permitted. The bidder must also confirm that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned areas, and that subcontractors or suppliers linked to the Russian Federation will not account for more than 10% of the contract value.

The machine-readable notice did not include precise selection, suitability or compliance criteria; these must be checked in the tender documents. One important compliance requirement is the sample: the bidder must submit one set of communication-enabled hearing protectors before the tender submission deadline, and the sample must comply with the technical specification and the required or equivalent standards. If the sample does not meet the requirements or is submitted late, the tender will be rejected.