The acquisition of digital solutions development services and licenses related to Front Office and Back Office digital solutions, and training services

Economic operators submitting tenders must prove a form of registration under the law of the country of residence, which shows that they are legally constituted, that they are not in any of the situations of annulment of the constitution, and that they have the professional capacity to perform the activities covered by the contract.

For Romanian legal / natural persons, the certificate issued by the National Office of the Trade Register (ONRC) shall be presented, showing that the business area of the economic operator corresponds to the subject matter of the contract. The information contained in the document must be real / current at the time of presentation.

For foreign legal / natural persons equivalent documents issued in the country of residence shall be presented, in accordance with the law applicable in the country where the economic operator is established, accompanied by translation into Romanian. Method of fulfilment: the DUAE will be completed by the economic operators participating in the award procedure.

The supporting documents proving the fulfilment of those assumed by the DUAE shall be submitted, at the request of the Contracting Authority, by the tenderer ranked first in the intermediate ranking drawn up on completion of the evaluation of tenders. In the case of an association, the requirement shall be met by each associate for the part of the contract he will perform.

REQUIREMENTS 2: Information on the actual beneficiary In view of the financing of the project under the Centre Region Programme 2021- 2027, Priority 2 - A Digital Region, Intervention 2.1.1 "Digital Communities for a Smart Region - Digital Solutions', as well as the applicable obligations on the identification of beneficial recipients of funds / contractors, the tenderers participating in the procedure will provide information on the beneficiary / actual beneficiaries.

In this respect, all tenderers, including associations and subcontractors declared, as appropriate, shall submit, with the DUAE, a self-declaration concerning the beneficial owner / beneficial owners, which shall include at least the information available and necessary for their identification, in accordance with Article 3 (6) of Directive (EU) 2015 / 849 and the applicable national law.

The supporting documents relating to the actual beneficiary / beneficiaries will be requested from the highest bidder prior to the award of the contract in order to verify the declared information and fulfil the obligations applicable to projects financed by European funds. The highest ranking bidder shall submit supporting documents corresponding to the legal form and ownership / control structure, as appropriate:

1. For tenderers registered in Romania, a document / extract issued by the National Trade Register Office (ONRC) shall be submitted, resulting in the information on the beneficial owner / beneficial owner in accordance with the applicable legislation.
2. For tenderers with foreign legal entities in their ownership / control structure, the relevant documents issued by the competent authorities of the State of registration, resulting from the actual beneficiary / beneficiaries, will be presented. Where the information cannot be obtained through documents issued by the competent authorities of that State, it shall be provided by a declaration under the law of the legal representative, which shall contain at least the name, first name and date of birth of the beneficial owner / beneficial owner.
3. For foreign legal persons tenderers registered outside Romania, supporting documents, certificates or other documents issued by the competent authority of the State of registration shall be submitted, resulting in information on the beneficial owner / beneficial owner.

The documents will be presented together with the translation into Romanian by the authorized translator, under the conditions of the law, as appropriate.

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Information on the part of the contract that the economic operator may intend to subcontract. The contracting authority shall require the tenderer / candidate to specify in the tender the part (s) of the contract to be subcontracted and the identification data of the proposed subcontractors.

Nominated subcontractors shall not be found in the exclusion situations provided for in Articles 164, 165 and 167 in relation to proposed subcontractors.; The contracting authority shall not establish participation requirements for subcontractors proposed by the tenderer in the tender, but shall take into account the technical and professional capacity of subcontractors proposed for their part of the contract to be performed, if the documents submitted are relevant in this respect.

If the economic operator intends to subcontract part / parts of the contract, the DUAE shall also include the requested information regarding subcontractors. Method of delivery: It will be presented by all bidders with DUAE submission if appropriate and subcontracting agreement.

The supporting documents, which propose the fulfilment of the commitments / agreements, shall be submitted, at the request of the contracting authority, only by the highest bidder in the intermediate ranking drawn up upon completion of the evaluation of the tenders after the application of the award criterion.

Technical and/or professional capacity Requirement no. 1 – Similar experience The tenderer must demonstrate that, within the last 3 years calculated up to the deadline for the submission of tenders, it has supplied/rendered and successfully completed products and/or services similar to those subject to this procedure, under one or more contracts, with a cumulative value of at least RON 1,760,000 excluding VAT.

The 3-year period is calculated relative to the deadline for the submission of tenders, with the remark that the method of calculating the period will not be affected by any potential postponements of the deadline set out in the contract notice/invitation to tender published subsequently. Similar products and/or services mean products and/or services of the same or comparable nature to those subject to the procurement, similar in terms of complexity, result, and/or functionality pursued under the contract.

In this respect, contracts considered similar include, by way of example, those having as their object the supply of products/intangible assets and/or the provision of services related to the development, implementation, configuration, integration, installation, commissioning, or operationalization of integrated IT solutions, digital platforms, Front Office and/or Back Office IT systems, or IT solutions with comparable functionalities.

Similar experience may be demonstrated through one or more contracts, provided that the cumulative value of the similar products and/or services successfully completed during the reference period is at least RON 1,760,000 excluding VAT. Contracts concluded/signed/started prior to the reference period will also be taken into account, provided that the similar products and/or services presented to demonstrate the requirement were supplied/rendered and successfully completed within the reference period.

Contracts for which, as of the deadline for the submission of tenders, the presented similar products/services have not been supplied/rendered and accepted/approved, as applicable, under the contractual terms, will not be taken into account.

The list of main products/services supplied/rendered shall indicate at least: the contract title and scope, the beneficiary (contracting authority or private client), the value of similar products/services supplied/rendered, the performance period, the place of supply/provision, and information regarding the fulfillment of contractual obligations, namely the fact that the products/services were supplied/rendered in accordance with the professional standards in the field and were successfully completed.

Non-resident (foreign) economic operators shall submit supporting documents accompanied by a certified Romanian translation, in accordance with the law. Method of fulfillment The tenderer shall declare in the ESPD that it fulfills the technical and professional capacity requirement regarding similar experience by completing the information requested in the ESPD.

The supporting documents proving the fulfillment of the declarations made in the ESPD will be requested by the Contracting Authority, upon completion of the tender evaluation, from the tenderer ranked first in the intermediate ranking established following the application of the award criterion, in accordance with applicable legal provisions.

The tenderer ranked first shall demonstrate fulfillment of the requirement by submitting documents/certificates issued or countersigned by the beneficiary of the products/services, namely by the contracting authority or the private client, clearly showing the information necessary to verify the declared similar experience.

The category of supporting documents may include, but is not limited to, certificates/performance documents, acceptance minutes, commissioning minutes, recommendations, or other similar documents, provided that they are issued or countersigned by the beneficiary and provide the information necessary to demonstrate fulfillment of the require…