Compliance requirements
The machine-readable notice included mandatory exclusion grounds. The bidder is excluded if it is bankrupt or in liquidation, if insolvency or liquidation proceedings have been opened, if business activity has been suspended, or if it is in a similar situation under the law of its country of establishment. The bidder is also excluded if it has tax, fee or environmental charge arrears, or arrears of tax or social security contributions, unless the debt has been deferred, paid, or will be paid or deferred within 10 calendar days after receiving the relevant notice. The bidder must also confirm that the exclusion grounds under section 95(1) points 1–3 and 5 of the Public Procurement Act do not apply, that its average wage in the reference period was not below 70% of the average wage in the relevant sector, and that it is not a related person to the technical consultant advising the contracting entity on the apartment building reconstruction. If the bidder is a joint tenderer, these checks apply to all joint tenderers where relevant. If the required evidence cannot be checked in public registers, the bidder may be asked to submit documents issued no more than two weeks before the tender deadline.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must be registered for the activity of construction with activity types covering general construction, indoor climate systems, and water supply or sewerage systems within the building or attached to it. For electrical works, the bidder must also have a registration for electrical works covering the construction, including installation, of an electrical installation. The registration requirement does not apply to a foreign bidder, but the bidder must provide an equivalent proof of competence where applicable. The bidder’s net turnover for the financial year preceding the submission of the tender must be at least equal to twice the estimated contract value excluding VAT. The bidder must provide details of at least one equivalent construction project carried out within the previous 60 months, with a value of at least half of the estimated contract value. An equivalent project must have been the construction, extension or full reconstruction of a building as the main contractor and must have included at least construction or reconstruction of the load-bearing and external envelope structures, construction or reconstruction of a heat-recovery mechanical ventilation system, or construction or reconstruction of a new heating system. The team must include a project manager, site manager, specialist in ventilation and heating systems, specialist in water supply and sewerage systems, and a person qualified to perform electrical works. The project manager must have at least a level 6 construction engineer qualification or a level 6 construction manager qualification; the site manager must have a level 5 construction foreman qualification; the ventilation and heating specialist must have the relevant engineer or construction manager qualification; the water supply and sewerage specialist must have the relevant engineer or construction manager qualification; and the person performing electrical works must have either a class B competence certificate or a level 6 electrical engineer qualification in consumer electrical installations. If the bidder relies on the capacities of other entities, signed commitments from those entities to participate in contract performance must be submitted. The bid price must be submitted in the required structure and the bid form must comply with the form set out in the tender documents. Conditional tenders are not allowed, and the bidder must confirm that the tender complies with all tender document requirements.