Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor the members of its management, administrative or supervisory bodies have been convicted within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences or offences related to terrorist activity, money laundering or terrorist financing, or any other exclusion grounds listed in the ESPD. If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may submit evidence of self-cleaning measures where permitted. The exact exclusion grounds and any remediation conditions must be checked in the tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must have provided payroll and tax advisory services in at least three different foreign countries within the last 36 months. Each service contract must have lasted at least 12 months. The ESPD must include at least the contract name, a short description, the foreign country, the client’s contact details, and the start and end dates. The bidder must also submit the RHAD Annex 5 form and the RHAD Annex 4 form, ‘List of foreign cooperation partners’. The tender must comply with all conditions set out in the procurement documents, and conditional tenders are not allowed. If the service is delivered on the bidder’s service platform, the requirements of RHAD Annex 1, point 3.5.5.7, must be met. The exact compliance and form requirements should be checked in the tender documents if needed.