Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor the members of its management body have been finally convicted within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud and the other exclusion grounds listed in the ESPD. If any exclusion ground applies, the bidder may submit evidence of self-cleaning measures, where permitted. The machine-readable notice did not show the full list of exclusion grounds in complete form; the exact list must be checked in the procurement documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must hold a valid community licence under Section 39(1) of the Public Transport Act, and this must be confirmed in the ESPD together with the licence number. The successful bidder must provide a copy of the licence on request. The bidder must also have a person responsible for transport who meets the requirements set out in Articles 4, 6, 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009; the ESPD must state that person’s name, professional certificate number and date of issue, and, if requested, a document proving competence. As regards technical and professional ability, the bidder or the group of joint bidders as a whole must have performed at least one passenger transport contract during the last three years, and the ESPD must provide the contract value, the client’s or route permit issuer’s contact details, the time and place of performance, and other data enabling identification of the contract. The tender must comply with all conditions set out in the procurement documents, and conditional tenders are not allowed. In the case of a joint tender, an authorised representative must be appointed and a joint bidders’ power of attorney must be attached. The tender price must be submitted in the required structure. In addition, compliance with EU Council sanctions must be confirmed: subcontractors, suppliers or relied-on entities linked to the Russian Federation may not account for more than 10% of the contract value, and the offered goods must not be the object of international sanctions or originate from sanctioned territories.