Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm the mandatory exclusion grounds in the tender documents, including convictions for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption and fraud. If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may have to explain 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.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must be registered in the Agricultural and Food Board register "Notified and licensed food business operators". The bidder’s average annual net turnover in the part relevant to the subject matter of the contract for the last three completed financial years before the start of the procurement (2023, 2024 and 2025) must be at least EUR 300,000 per year. Within the last 36 months, the bidder must have properly performed at least 3 catering service contracts, each with a duration of at least 1 year, where the service was provided daily in an institution or organisation with regular catering for at least 200 people. The bidder’s head chef must have vocational education in cooking or catering at least at qualification level 5 or an equivalent qualification, at least 10 years of work experience as a cook, and at least 5 years of experience as a head chef or kitchen manager. The head chef must also have team leadership experience and the ability to organise the daily work of the kitchen. The bid must include Form I, Form IV, a service vision of up to 3 A4 pages, and a description of how service delivery will be organised, also up to 3 A4 pages. The bidder must also confirm that the bid follows the structure and requirements set out in the procurement documents and that it complies with them.