E-ITS audit service procurement for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The tender documents include the standard exclusion grounds, especially criminal organisation participation, corruption and other mandatory grounds under the Public Procurement Act. If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may need to explain any self-cleaning measures and provide supporting evidence. The machine-readable notice did not include the full list of exclusion grounds, so the official tender documents must be checked.

The bidder must provide a description of the audit team and signed CVs of the lead auditor and the other team members. The lead auditor must have participated in at least three information security management system audits, including E-ITS or ISKE audits; the audit may still be ongoing, but it must have been completed no later than the expected contract award date. The lead auditor must have at least 4 years of work experience in IT auditing, IT management or information security. The lead auditor or at least one member of the audit team must hold a state secrets clearance at the CONFIDENTIAL level or higher, or meet the conditions for access to state secrets. If other auditors are involved, they must have at least 2 years of work experience in IT auditing, IT management or information security; technical experts must have at least 2 years of work experience in IT administration or information security. To confirm bid compliance, the bidder must also submit any other required documents, including certificates if requested. The machine-readable notice did not include all precise qualification or compliance requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents.