Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor the members of its management, governing or supervisory bodies have been finally convicted within the last 5 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 all precise exclusion grounds; they must be checked in the tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must have at least 4 consecutive months of experience in providing school-line transport services within the last 5 years, based on at least one properly performed contract. The experience must relate to a service matching the contracting authority’s specified characteristics, and the client must not have terminated the contract due to the bidder’s material breach. Under the compliance requirements, the bidder must confirm that the tender complies with the procurement documents, conditional tenders are not allowed, the tender price must be submitted in the required structure, and equivalent solutions must be supported by evidence where needed. The bidder must also confirm that the goods offered are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned areas. The machine-readable notice did not include all precise qualification or compliance requirements; they must be checked in the tender documents.