Compliance requirements
The tender documents include mandatory exclusion grounds related to criminal organisation participation, corruption, fraud and other statutory grounds. The bidder or its management, supervisory or representative persons must not have final convictions within the last five years for the listed offences, unless the conviction no longer creates an exclusion obligation. If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may be able to provide evidence of self-cleaning, where allowed by law or by the tender documents. The exact exclusion grounds and any proof requirements should be checked in the tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must confirm that the bid complies with the tender documents and that conditional bids are not allowed. The bid price must be submitted in the required structure. If the bid is joint, a authorised representative must be appointed and a power of attorney from the joint bidders must be attached. For the design work, the bidder must involve at least two key specialists: 1) a designer with at least level 7 authorised architect qualification (EQF 7) or equivalent, and experience in the conservation and restoration design and supervision of massive natural stone walls on at least one project; 2) an archaeologist with at least a diploma-level archaeologist qualification or equivalent, and experience with fortress archaeology action plans or supervision on similar sites during the 60 months before the contract notice was published. The bidder must submit the required form data for these persons, confirm that they can be used until the end of the contract, and, if needed, provide copies of diplomas, licences or professional certificates, or equivalent proof. The contracting authority may also request client reference letters to verify experience. If the bidder relies on equivalent competence or a foreign certificate, this must be proven with an appropriate document. The exact exclusion grounds and all proof requirements should be checked in the tender documents. The machine-readable notice did not include any more precise qualification requirements; these must be checked in the official tender documents.