The applicant must submit a completed European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) to apply for prequalification for this tender procedure. The ESPD for this tender can be found in the prequalification material via EU-supply.
To complete the ESPD:
— save the XML file into your own computer,
— open the link
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/espd/welcome,
— choose the preferred language,
— choose “I am an economic operator”,
— choose “Import ESPD”,
— upload the XML file of the ESPD,
— choose the country of your companies origin,
— fill out and complete the ESPD with the information required in this contract notice,
— when finished filling out the ESPD, print the version as a pdf and save it on your computer,
— upload the pdf version to “My response” in EU-Supply as your/a part of your request for prequalification.
Please note the following:
— an applicant participating on its own, but relying on the capacities of one or more other entities (e.g. a parent or sister company or a subcontractor), must ensure that the application includes the applicants own ESPD together with a separate ESPD from each of the entities it relies on with a completed part II: “Information concerning the economic operator”, and, part III: “Exclusion grounds” of the ESPD as well as the relevant information regarding part IV: “Selection criteria” and part V: “Reduction of the number of qualified candidates”.
The ESPD from each of the entities should be duly filled and signed by the entities concerned.
Further, where an applicant wants to rely on the capacities of other entities, it shall prove to the contracting authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary, for example, by producing a commitment by those entities to that effect, which must be submitted as part of the final documentation.
— where groups of economic operators, including temporary associations, participate together in the procurement procedure, a complete separate ESPD for each the participating economic operators must be submitted.
Further, the final documentation must include a signed declaration by all parties of the group of economic operators (joint venture, consortium or other) stating that all economic operators assume joint and several liabilities towards the Contracting Authority for the performance of the contract as a whole.