Services for the development, testing and piloting of digital solutions, including training of staff involved in operating/administering the digital solutions

Economic operators must prove the form of registration in commercial registers and the subject matter of the business. The finding certificate issued by the Trade Register Office shall attest that the subject matter of the contract is corresponding in the approved CAEN code of the certificate. The information contained in the certificate shall conform to the reality on the date of submission of the document.

In the case of association, each operator will fulfil the requirement for the services it provides, for the part of the contract it has to perform. In addition, for the successful tenderer, data on the beneficial owner will be collected in accordance with Law No 129 / 2019 and Regulation (EU) 2021 / 241 by submitting an ONRC extract, a self-declaration for foreign legal entities or an extract from the Ministry of Justice for Associations and Foundations.

The tenderer must demonstrate that it has achieved an annual average turnover of at least 1,700,000,00 lei calculated over the last 3 financial years completed (2023, 2024 and 2025). Economic operators established or having started their business more recently will report the average over the period of activity. For amounts denominated in another currency, the equivalence in MDL shall be made at the average annual rate communicated by the National Bank of Romania for each year.

In the case of an association, the requirement will be deemed to be met cumulatively. The tenderer may invoke the support of a third party under Article 182 of Law No 98 / 2016 on the basis of a firm commitment to financial support. The bidder will fill in the DUAE turnover for each of the 3 years.

The supporting documents (annual financial statements - balance sheet, profit and loss account - or extracts thereof or other equivalent documents) shall be submitted only by the highest bidder at the request of the contracting authority.

The tenderer shall demonstrate that, in the last 3 years (calculated by the deadline set for the submission of tenders), he has provided similar services under at least one contract, but not more than three contracts, with a cumulative total value, excluding VAT, of at least 1.7000.000.00 lei. Similar services mean the development and / or implementation of an integrated IT system that has included at least one web portal and / or mobile application for external users (citizens, legal persons, beneficiaries).

For the values expressed in another currency, the equivalence in MDL shall be made at the average annual rate communicated by the National Bank of Romania for the year in which the services were provided. In the case of an association, the requirement will be deemed to be met cumulatively. The support of a third party under Article 182 of Law No 98 / 2016 shall be accepted only if the supporting third party effectively provides the services for which it grants the support.

The tenderer shall complete in the DUAE for each contract invoked: the object, the beneficiary, the period, the amount and the party actually provided. The supporting documents (relevant contracts or extracts, acceptance minutes, recommendations or certificates of good performance, resulting from the parties, object, duration, value and performance) shall be submitted only by the highest bidder at the request of the contracting authority.

The tenderer shall demonstrate that it applies a quality management system according to standard SR EN ISO 9001 or equivalent for an area corresponding to the subject matter of the contract (development and implementation of IT systems / software services), as well as an information security management system according to standard SR EN ISO / IEC 27001 or equivalent.

Pursuant to Article 200 of Law No 98 / 2016, the contracting authority shall accept equivalent certificates issued by bodies established in other Member States, as well as other evidence of equivalent measures, where the tenderer has not had access to the certificates or has not been able to obtain them within the relevant deadlines for reasons not attributable to it.

In the case of an association, the requirement must be met by the associate (s) who effectively provides the services for which the standards are relevant. Certificates (or equivalent evidence), valid on the date of presentation, shall be presented only by the highest bidder at the request of the contracting authority.