Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its management or supervisory body members have been finally convicted within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, or any other exclusion ground listed in the ESPD. If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may submit evidence of self-cleaning measures where permitted. The machine-readable notice did not include the full precise exclusion grounds; these must be checked in the tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The machine-readable notice did not include precise qualification, suitability or compliance requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents. The ESPD still requires the bidder to confirm whether it is bidding jointly with others, relying on the capacities of other entities, using subcontractors, and whether it can provide proof of payment of taxes and social security contributions. When submitting the tender, the bidder must also confirm compliance with the tender documents, explain equivalence where needed, and submit the tender price in the required structure.