Compliance requirements
The machine-readable notice includes the standard mandatory exclusion grounds from the ESPD, including participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud and other criminal-conviction grounds. The bidder must confirm whether any such ground applies to the company or its management/representation bodies and, if relevant, provide the conviction date, reason, person concerned, exclusion period and self-cleaning information. The notice also indicates that the bidder may need to prove reliability restoration and that electronic evidence may be available. The exact full list should be checked in the tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must submit the bid in accordance with the compliance requirements. In the case of a joint bid, an authorised representative must be named and a power of attorney from the joint bidders must be attached. The bid must confirm compliance with the conditions set out in the procurement documents, and conditional bids are not allowed. The bid price must be provided in the required structure. The project coordinator must have a good or very good command of English, at least at C1 or B2 level, both spoken and written. The coordinator must have, during the 60 months preceding the start of the procurement, experience in coordinating or managing at least three projects funded by cross-border or similar international cooperation programmes at lead-partner level, of which two must have been implemented. The bidder must submit the project coordinator’s CV in the required form so that the contracting authority can verify the experience. The bid must also include a sufficiently detailed description of risks, mitigation measures and responsible persons. Where relevant, equivalent-solution explanations and evidence must be attached, and the signatory of the contract and the contact person for contract performance must be stated. The machine-readable notice did not include any other precise qualification or compliance requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents. The machine-readable notice did not include any other precise qualification or compliance requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents. The machine-readable notice did not include any other precise qualification or compliance requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents.