Exclusion Grounds

Mandatory Exclusion Grounds

Discretionary Exclusion Grounds

Conviction by final judgement of any of the following criminal offences:

•Participation in a criminal organisation or serious organised crime,

•Bribery or Corruption,

•Fraud,

•Terrorism offences or offences linked to terrorist activities,

•Money laundering,

•Slavery, compulsory labour (including in respect of children) or human trafficking, or

•Offences in connection with the proceeds of drug trafficking

x

Breach of the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010

x

Breach of tax and social security obligations

•established by judicial or administrative decision having final and binding effect

x

Breach of tax and social security obligations

•established by any appropriate means

x

Breach of environmental, social and labour laws

x

Bidder:

•Subject to bankruptcy or insolvency or winding up proceedings,

•Has its assets been administered by a liquidator or court,

•Is in an arrangement with creditors,

•Has suspended its business activities, or

•Is in any analogous situation.

x

Grave professional misconduct, which renders the bidder’s integrity questionable

x

Where the organisation has sufficiently plausible indications that the bidder has entered into agreements with other bidders to distort competition

x

Conflict of interest which cannot be effectively remedied by other less intrusive measures

x

Distortion of competition from the prior involvement of the bidder in the preparation of the procurement exercise, that can’t be remedied by other less intrusive measures

x

Bidder has shown significant or persistent deficiencies in the performance of a substantive requirement under a previous public contract, which led to early termination of that contract, damages or other comparable sanctions

x

Bidder is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required for the verification of absence of grounds for exclusion or fulfilment of the selection criteria or has withheld this information or is not able to submit the ESPD supporting documents

x

Bidder has or has undertaken to unduly influence the decision making process of the organisation, to obtain confidential information that may confer undue advantages or to negligently provide misleading information that may have a material influence on decision concerning exclusion, selection and award

x