Legal services

The bidder and its management body members must not have been finally convicted within the last five years of participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities, money laundering, or terrorist financing. If such a ground exists, the bidder may submit evidence of self-cleaning measures where permitted. The bidder must also confirm that it will not use subcontractors or suppliers accounting for more than 10% of the contract value if they are Russian citizens, residents, or entities established in the Russian Federation, or if they are owned or controlled by such persons or act on their instructions. It must also be confirmed that no subcontractor subject to replacement under Section 122(7) of the Public Procurement Act will be used.

The bidder must be a law office compliant with the Attorneys Act. The contracting authority checks compliance independently, and the bidder must provide registration details, reasons for inclusion in the required register, and electronic availability details if requested. The bid must include a draft client agreement, completed RHAD Annex I Form 1, and RHAD Annex II – technical specification/bid form. The bid must comply with all tender documents, and conditional bids are not allowed. If equivalence is relied on, it must be explained and evidence of equivalence must be attached. The bid price must be submitted according to the structure set out in the worksheet titled “Award criteria and evaluated indicators”.