Exclusion criteria

REQUIREMENT tbr092-015, br41-002

The contracting body shall provide the exclusion grounds and selection criteria for its tendering process as structured information - via ESPD template or structured list of criteria set out in a call for tender.

REQUIREMENT tbr070-009

The ESPD request must contain information about the criteria that set the exclusion grounds as stated in directive 2014/24/EU Art. 57 and referred to in directive 2014/25/EU Art. 80 and/or according to national legislation. These should be retrieved from e-Certis.

As suggested in section "Criteria Data Structures" criteria may be grouped in several different categories. The figure below is intended to identify and list these categories for the Exclusion criteria (branches in text boxes), and specific subgroups within each category (leaves in text without boxes).

Each branch in this 'criteria classification' corresponds to one data structure that is identical for all the leaves under that branch.

Exclusion criteria clasification

Figure 49. Exclusion criteria clasification

Convictions

Information requirement

See formal requirements related to exclusion grounds in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0), and more specifically tbr070-009, tbr070-004, tbr070-013.

The label ''Convictions'' groups all the criteria with identical data structures classified as:

''participation in a criminal organisation'', ''corruption'', ''fraud'', ''terrorist offences linked to terrorist activities'', ''money laundering or terrorist financing'', ''child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings''.

Note about the ESPD Service

In an initial phase, the European Commission provided an ESPD service to support the ESPD’s uptake. As announced in 2018, on 2 May 2019, the Commission’s ESPD service has been turned off. To reap the full benefit of an electronic ESPD, the integration with national eProcurement services and national databases is necessary. This will enable data reusability, default form pre-filling and data interexchange among different databases. In turn, buyers and suppliers will benefit from the automatism, making the application of the ESPD much easier and decreasing the data errors rates.

Data structure

Convictions data structure

Figure 52. Data Structure for all 'Conviction' exclusion grounds

XML Example

The fragment of XML code below illustrates how a 'Convictions' criterion looks like in ESPD Request. See comments beneath the example.

'Participation in a criminal organisation' conviction

<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->

<!-- Criterion:Participation in a criminal organisation -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">005eb9ed-1347-4ca3-bb29-9bc0db64e1ab</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">crime-org</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Participation in a criminal organisation</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Has the economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein been the subject of a conviction by final judgment for participation in a criminal organisation, by a conviction rendered at the most five years ago or in which an exclusion period set out directly in the conviction continues to be applicable? As defined in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA of 24 October 2008 on the fight against organised crime (OJ L 300, 11.11.2008, p. 42).</cbc:Description>
                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ae5e864a-f3ba-489b-ba17-b87af8b10138</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a8d55a62-425a-4284-b450-b5b34622a4fa</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">4bd07682-ee14-4744-b7de-96c8c8adb6f3</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7c637c0c-7703-4389-ba52-02997a055bd7</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c31b6447-bf88-4172-901a-f9b105205391</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Your answer</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f5276600-a2b6-4ff6-a90e-b31fe19dae41</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a1534624-95cf-4519-bdaa-856d5acf59b6</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Date of conviction</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DATE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f36ee1fb-210b-4786-b351-e0194ba2df89</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Reason</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">05bd1155-a780-4eef-9526-09d90b1b5359</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Who has been convicted</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5969410e-0884-41c6-ae13-e7f4666b2e81</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Length of the period of exclusion</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">PERIOD</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5f9f09f7-f701-432c-9fdc-c22c124a74c9</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">108399ae-0332-4c14-bd3b-69d5035a2c53</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Have you taken measures to demonstrate your reliability (Self-Cleaning)?</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">74e6c7b4-757b-4b40-ada6-fad6a997c310</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f59271bd-8049-41cc-a4d7-06a4f0762d09</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Please describe them</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e33c4da3-fbd4-4b84-b716-def041300c12</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5b633586-4ef3-454b-ba76-74db49b1844d</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->
  1. Date of conviction. Mandatory format 'YYYY-MM-DD'

  2. The reason of convictions. A descriptive text.

  3. The natural person or legal entity convicted. A text.

  4. Length of the period of exclusion. A cac:Period will be used in the response by the economic operator. The EO may specify a starting date and an end-date or, alternatively, a text to commenting the length. See XML example in the ESPD Response section.

  5. If the answer is No the QUESTION 'Please describe them' should not be shown.

  6. Text box to describe the measures to demonstrate the economic operator’s reliability.

  7. A whole group related to one conviction can be repeated multiple times (or deleted).

  8. If answered as No the group of QUESTION(s) relating the online evidence should not be shown. Beware that the ESPD Response behaves totally differently as far as evidences are concerned. The data concerning the evidence in the ESPDRequest document is placed in the ESPD Response document in a component cac:Evidence in a different manner. See the section ESPD Response for more details on this. See also the XML examples.

  9. The URL where to access the evidence. Will be placed in an element of the object cac:Evidence. See chapter "6.8 Evidences".

  10. By specifying that the value of the expected data type is an evidence identifier (code EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER of the Code List ResponseDataType`) the Response will have to contain an evidence supplied in an element of the object cac:Evidence, at the end of the XML Instance. See chapter "6.8 Evidences".

  11. The issuer party of this evidence (e.g. a base registry). Will be placed in the element cac:Evidence/cac:DocumentReference/cac:Attachment/cac:IssuerParty. Some countries use verification codes associated to evidences. To specify these verification codes you can use the Evidence ID, as in the end the code identifies uniquely the Evidence in the issuer system (see this XML example, look for 'Verification code' inside the example, bullet number 6).

  12. National criterion defined by the MS in e-Certis (this example corresponds to Finland) related to the EU criterion on this conviction.

  13. An additional specification for this national criterion, in this case related to the evidence that will be required by this Member State.

  14. UUID supplied by e-Certis. See also the criterion spread-sheet.

  15. Exclusion criteria taxonomy code defined in the criterion spread-sheet.

  16. Compulsory name and description for the criterion as defined in e-Certis. See also ESPD-criterion spreadsheet. Beware that UBL-2.3 allows '0..n' description lines!

  17. This property is a caption, a mere 'label'. See Code List CriterionElementType for the complete list of possible options. Beware that when a property is of type CAPTION the cbc:ValueDataType must be set to NONE.

  18. As the property is a CAPTION no response is expected from the economic operator. See Code List 'ResponseDataType' for the complete list of possible options.

  19. Notice that in the ESPD Request the criterion properties never use its element cbc:Name.

  20. EU legislation data related to this criterion. Notice that all the textual fields have multiple cardinality and may specify the language (attribute languageID. This can be used to express the same content in different languages. No language specified defaults to en (English).

  21. The complete title as published in Eurlex or in a national official electronic bulletin board is expected for this field.

  22. A quick reference name to refer to the legislation is expected for this field.

  23. The jurisdiction level (or scope) covered by this legislation.

  24. One or more articles from this legislation where the criterion is defined and referred to. Beware that the cardinality of this field is multiple.

  25. Groups codified as ON* must be processed always (e.g. all its elements shown on a GUI or automatically parsed and saved, etc.).

  26. Pay attention to this type of QUESTION(s). It is intended to act as a decision point. If answered with yes (INDICATOR value = true) some additional questions will be asked to the economic operator. Thus the value of the code of the next sub-group (set to ONTRUE).

  27. This property is a QUESTION, therefore a specific type of value will be expected from the economic operator in the ESPD Response (an INDICATOR, i.e. a 'boolean' value true/false, in this case).

  28. The cbc:ValueDataType indicates the type of value that the buyer requires for this QUESTION. Therefore, in its answer (inside the ESPD Request document) the economic operator will have to use also an INDICATOR value (true/false). Otherwise the mechanism used to validate the ESPD Response should consider the XML instance as invalid (should be treated as a FATAL error).

  29. Data structures defined by GROW are re-usable. This is specially the case (but not uniquelly) of the structure 'Is this information available electronically?' Notice that the UUID that identifies this structure is always the same in all the criteria that include it. Similarly structures that are reused in different criteria do have the same UUID (as they are the same). Beware that the group of properties (URI, Reference/Code, Issuer) will only be shown if the answer is 'Yes', thus the sub-group code ONTRUE.

Note for the future: Cross-border/cross-sector codes

Some relevant trans-European initiatives like ECRIS, BRIS, EESSI, and other, have defined Code Lists and other reference data that could be used in e-Procurement, and specifically by the ESPD. This would enhance the cross-border and cross-sector semantic and technical interoperability. Thus, in the case of Convictions, a new requirement could be introduced in G1 (see figures above) asking for the ECRIS Code corresponding to the offence that will be specified in the Response in case the Economic Operator answered ''yes'' to the first Requirement. The ECRIS Codes can be consulted in the Annex to the COUNCIL DECISION 2009/316/JHA of 6 April 2009 on the establishment of the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) in application of Article 11 of Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA.

Contributions

Related information requirements

See formal requirements related to exclusion grounds in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0), and more specifically tbr070-009, tbr070-004, tbr070-013.

REQUIREMENT

The buyer needs to be able to specify national exclusion criteria linked to one EU criterion as well as criteria particular for the procurement procedure. The economic operator, in the ESPD Response document, will have to responde "Yes" or "No" to each national criterion thus confirming that it in breach of the Law.

See also the REQUIREMENT tbr070-015 about economic thresholds regarding unpaid taxes or social security obligations.

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

This other screen-capture below represents a possible mock-up, from the buyer perspective, for the edition of requirements in 'Contributions' criterion (Payment of Taxes).

Payment of Taxes

Figure 58. 'Payment of Taxes', REQUIREMENT edition (Buyer Perspective)

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

This other mock-up illustrates what the economic operator sees.

Beware that this mock-up is not showing the national criteria. For this mock-up it is presumed that by answering 'Yes' to the general EU criterion all the national criteria QUESTION 'Your answer' will be also set to 'Yes'.

Payment of Taxes

Figure 59. 'Payment of Taxes', (EO perspective)

Data structure

Contributions

Figure 60. 'Contributions' criterion data structure

XML Example

Payment of Taxes (PoT)

<!... header elements removed for brevity -->

<!-- Criterion:Payment of taxes -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b61bbeb7-690e-4a40-bc68-d6d4ecfaa3d4</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">tax-pay</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Payment of taxes</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Has the economic operator breached its obligations relating to the payment of taxes, both in the country in which it is established and in Member State of the contracting authority or contracting entity if other than the country of establishment?</cbc:Description>

                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">61f8dd3d-5ec6-4718-be92-4e58df6d0343</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">364f5ed8-2861-4eb3-bffc-b81732325ea8</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">cf127b09-2ca6-4365-bade-e8c90b8e8528</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">53c9aad8-dc80-48f8-85d9-755c2aab8e95</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">610f01af-b5c6-486b-9b5e-8ea35c80beeb</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Threshold</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedAmount currencyID="EUR">500000</cbc:ExpectedAmount>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f89b64e0-db7e-4ec9-9657-17755521b7ab</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Additional Information</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">REQUIREMENT</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                <!-- No answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer -->
                                <cbc:ExpectedDescription>[Additional information provided by the CA]</cbc:ExpectedDescription>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">098fd3cc-466e-4233-af1a-affe09471bce</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e51f555a-48ec-4f06-853c-a162dce98668</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f8499787-f9f8-4355-95e2-9784426f4d7b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">280e5b46-66b3-40c4-bb7a-0dcbbbea519b</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Country or member state concerned</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CODE_COUNTRY</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">cd469ace-ae87-4203-b182-10186f8d7d8b</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Amount concerned</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">AMOUNT</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7c2aec9f-4876-4c33-89e6-2ab6d6cf5d02</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">08a4c9e3-5d00-4058-977d-27886783ab75</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Has this breach of obligations been established by means other than a judicial or administrative decision?</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3cb7abf1-662a-4756-b61c-7bc716c1fafc</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e03fdd7b-ab5b-4413-9d4c-1841bff6ac4d</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Please describe which means were used</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fc57e473-d63e-4a04-b589-dcf81cab8052</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f6402f3e-3e4f-482f-abc3-d754815809cc</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Has the economic operator fulfilled its obligations by paying or entering into a binding arrangement with a view to paying the taxes contributions due, including, where applicable, any interest accrued or fines?</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6c3609e1-9add-4fa9-9409-62ce72ae4548</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">04b9b95c-13f4-4fd1-993f-5e0b3a766cdb</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Please describe them</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c882afa4-6971-4b00-8970-0c283eb122cc</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONFALSE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d2e558b1-53b0-42d6-bd8b-52ca95f86b1e</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>If this breach of obligations was established through a judicial or administrative decision, was this decision final and binding?</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">815422d6-f8a1-418a-8bf0-3524f7c8f721</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">228aa0c1-43a1-4c52-a8a6-587df8838d75</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Please indicate the date of conviction or decision</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DATE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">fd161583-cd57-4033-b387-60c76f878c26</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>In case of a conviction insofar as established directly therein, the length of the period of exclusion</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">PERIOD</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                  </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f99c2b68-bd5e-4cf8-b51a-ed906defe9e9</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d13ad29a-f24a-4e01-b716-7f61006d083f</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>
  1. The MS defined this national 'Payment of Taxes' criterion in e-Certis.

  2. Reference to the EU Legislation. This reusable structure is identical for all the exclusion criteria.

  3. For this ESPD Request Payment of Taxes criterion, the Member State defined in e-Certis a national REQUIREMENT consisting in the specification of the 'threshold amount of debt that an economic operator have with the national Tax Agency' (50 Euros in this example).

  4. Notice that type of property used is REQUIREMENT. This entails that: a cbc:ValueDataType will be present indicating the type of value the buyer uses for this REQUIREMENT (e.g. AMOUNT, INDICATOR, DESCRIPTION, etc.; see the Code List ResponseDataType, the values are the same for buyers REQUIREMENT(s) than for economic operator response values).

  5. Beware that No answer is expected here from the economic operator (do not get confused by the presence of the cbc:ValueDataType, as said it is used by both the Buyer and the EO.

  6. The value supplied by the buyer for this requirement (50 Euros, in this example). Notice that the currency is specified in the attibute currencyID of the cbc:Amount component.

  7. The MS also allows the buyer the possibility of adding multiple additional textual requirements (in this case the Buyer uses this to explain that ''Beware that the national Tax Agency won’t permit the existence of a debt, even if minimial, for two consecutive years'').

  8. Again, no answer is expected here from the economic operator, as this is a REQUIREMENT issued by the buyer. Hence the element 'cbc:ValueDataTypeCode' contains the type of value of the requirement issued by the buyer.

Environment, Social, Labour Law

See formal requirements related to exclusion grounds in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0), more specifically tbr070-009, tbr070-004, tbr070-013.

Category ''Social'' encompasses criteria with identical data structures, classified as:

''breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law'', ''breaching of obligations in the fields of social law'' and ''breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law''.

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

Environmental Law

Figure 61. 'Environmental Law' criterion mock-up - buyer perspective

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

Beware that this mock-up is not showing the national criteria. For this mock-up it is presumed that by answering 'Yes' to the general EU criterion all the national criteria QUESTION 'Your answer' will be also set to 'Yes'.

Environmental Law

Figure 62. 'Environmental Law' criterion mock-up - EO perspective

Data structure

Environmental Law

Figure 64. 'Environmental Law' criterion data structure

XML Example

'Environmental Law'

<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->

<!-- Criterion:Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a80ddb62-d25b-4e4e-ae22-3968460dc0a9</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">envir-law</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Has the economic operator, to its knowledge, breached its obligations in the fields of environmental law? As referred to for the purposes of this procurement in national law, in the ESPD, the relevant notice or the in the ESPD, the relevant notice or , in Article 18(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU or in the ESPD.</cbc:Description>

                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0be59e53-a54b-4d55-919f-27c43ddf0a7a</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">926641b9-c06b-400a-965b-bfebf0b37265</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c1201af-033e-46a4-8128-74ec1cc8dec0</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">976b5acb-c00f-46ca-8f83-5ce6abfdfe43</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">823a071e-8a30-4746-a49d-819beba42d2a</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Your answer</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">64a2102c-4af1-4ecb-97b3-0c41907ec0f6</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">2c555ed7-b410-42f5-8349-aeffdb71a5cc</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Have you taken measures to demonstrate your reliability (Self-Cleaning)?</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">74e6c7b4-757b-4b40-ada6-fad6a997c310</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">c0bc6c22-d74c-47c9-ad3e-9966aefcf7f0</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Please describe them</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">98c3450f-f8cd-466f-acfe-2c6dc940c6f0</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">eeeb0915-bff0-4b54-94e6-7974ef4d2090</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->

Business

See formal requirements related to exclusion grounds in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0), and more specifically tbr070-009, tbr070-004, tbr070-013.

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

Bankruptcy

Figure 65. 'Bankruptcy' criterion mock-up - buyer perspective

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

Beware that this mock-up is not showing the national criteria. For this mock-up it is presumed that by answering 'Yes' to the general EU criterion all the national criteria QUESTION 'Your answer' will be also set to 'Yes'.

Bankruptcy

Figure 66. 'Bankruptcy' criterion mock-up - economic operator perspective

Data structure

Bankruptcy

Figure 68. 'Bankruptcy' criterion data structure

XML Example

'Bankruptcy'

_<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->_

<!-- Criterion:Bankruptcy -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d3732c09-7d62-4edc-a172-241da6636e7c</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">bankruptcy</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Bankruptcy</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Is the economic operator bankrupt? This information needs not be given if exclusion of economic operators in this case has been made mandatory under the applicable national law without any possibility of derogation where the economic operator is nevertheless able to perform the contract.</cbc:Description>

                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">a5429140-3b97-4ea4-a394-f6925bcaa2c1</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e9726bad-0a49-4283-841d-02d5c9e17166</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8be235a5-28ce-4eb7-9346-5081e078e8a2</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d91c11a1-f19e-4b83-8ade-c4be2bf00555</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">ce25a3f9-9441-45f1-9119-305aa810226c</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Your answer</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">aeef523b-c8fc-4dba-9c34-03e34812567b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7bb7076c-25d6-4d01-a5a5-cb6ffce52519</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Please describe them</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">84897200-d392-49f4-a30a-24f0839e4b11</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Indicate reasons for being nevertheless to perform the contract</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">762b11f1-f868-45df-beaa-1558a3120ade</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5677d83e-aa4c-44e5-9882-4b4fe946905a</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

_<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->_

Misconduct

See formal requirements related to exclusion grounds in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0), and more specifically tbr070-009, tbr070-004, tbr070-013.

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

Professional misconduct

Figure 69. 'Professional misconduct' criterion mock-up - buyer perspective

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

Beware that this mock-up is not showing the national criteria. For this mock-up it is presumed that by answering 'Yes' to the general EU criterion all the national criteria QUESTION 'Your answer' will be also set to 'Yes'.

Professional misconduct

Figure 70. 'Professional misconduct' criterion mock-up - economic operator perspective

Data structure

Professional misconduct

Figure 72. 'Professional misconduct' criterion data structure

XML Example

'Professional Misconduct'

<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->

<!-- Criterion:Guilty of grave professional misconduct -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">514d3fde-1e3e-4dcd-b02a-9f984d5bbda3</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">prof-misconduct</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Guilty of grave professional misconduct</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Is the economic operator guilty of grave professional misconduct? Where applicable, see definitions in national law, the relevant notice or the procurement documents.</cbc:Description>

                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">96cd710b-436e-4ff5-a141-3aac6ee43789</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">0004587c-4eb3-417d-8fd6-97752da5d1ce</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">125db323-d942-4efe-a48b-7f114206dda3</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">67362ec7-cec3-4cb8-a38e-5d7a2a31e6d8</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">06009017-4cae-4938-8a38-604e565c1c7b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Your answer</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">2cbcf978-765c-40aa-996b-b1d082485cef</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8cb8ac3a-652a-4b96-8969-ccbbfad27198</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Please describe them</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5f9f09f7-f701-432c-9fdc-c22c124a74c9</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">535ffa7d-8639-49f5-99cb-dc49ed860624</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Have you taken measures to demonstrate your reliability</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">74e6c7b4-757b-4b40-ada6-fad6a997c310</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b8deb91b-af02-4f67-bab0-14db098838ad</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Please describe them</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">721b7270-c602-49fc-bb3f-f97128641300</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b2894bb0-0130-4aa6-a0f2-f411e127b78f</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->

Conflict of interest

See formal requirements related to exclusion grounds in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0), and more specifically tbr070-009, tbr070-004, tbr070-013.

We have divided the conflict of interest criteria in two groups, this first group is composed of two criteria with the same structure:

  • partic-confl: Conflict of interest due to ''direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure'';

  • prep-confl: Conflict of interest due to ''participation in the procurement procedure''.

The second group, named ''Early termination'', is explained in a different section. See section "Early termination).

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

Conflict of interest

Figure 73. 'Conflict of interest' criterion mock-up - buyer perspective

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

Beware that this mock-up is not showing the national criteria. For this mock-up it is presumed that by answering 'Yes' to the general EU criterion all the national criteria QUESTION 'Your answer' will be also set to 'Yes'.

Conflict of interest

Figure 74. 'Conflict of interest' criterion mock-up - economic operator perspective

Data structure

Conflict of interest

Figure 76. 'Conflict of interest' criterion data structure

XML Example

'Participation in the procurement procedure' conflict of interest

<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->

<!-- Criterion:Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">b1b5ac18-f393-4280-9659-1367943c1a2e</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">partic-confl</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Is the economic operator aware of any conflict of interest, as indicated in national law, the relevant notice or in the ESPD, the relevant notice or due to its participation in the procurement procedure?</cbc:Description>

                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">48e12b79-7f31-4f3d-a009-314307122380</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3530028b-4bb9-4631-9be7-3354a6addd15</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d1c5244c-4fec-4b38-9f35-b356bef1548a</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">67362ec7-cec3-4cb8-a38e-5d7a2a31e6d8</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f37bb3b5-caa9-4669-940e-c049720c23d9</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Your answer</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">73f0fe4c-4ed9-4343-8096-d898cf200146</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e582fd07-a464-4cdb-8b03-89980059f5e0</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Please describe them</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">63abbc31-22ee-4b47-ada8-96eb02de7e7b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3041829d-4042-43ad-a42a-303028280086</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->

Early termination

See formal requirements related to exclusion grounds in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0), more specifically tbr070-009, tbr070-004, tbr070-013.

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

Early termination

Figure 77. 'Early termination' criterion mock-up - buyer perspective

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

Beware that this mock-up is not showing the national criteria. For this mock-up it is presumed that by answering 'Yes' to the general EU criterion all the national criteria QUESTION 'Your answer' will be also set to 'Yes'.

Early termination

Figure 78. 'Early termination' criterion mock-up - economic operator perspective

Data structure

Early termination

Figure 80. 'Early termination' criterion data structure

XML Example

Early termination conflict of interest

<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->

<!-- Criterion:Early termination, damages or other comparable sanctions -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3293e92b-7f3e-42f1-bee6-a7641bb04251</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">sanction</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Early termination, damages or other comparable sanctions</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Has the economic operator experienced that a prior public contract, a prior contract with a contracting entity or a prior concession contract was terminated early, or that damages or other comparable sanctions were imposed in connection with that prior contract?</cbc:Description>

                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1887885e-9783-4563-a44f-9c3fec26f3c7</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">849a83f3-d4f8-4b67-8124-2c8133137b42</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">bc28f42c-999f-41ec-8280-751e9dfc672c</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">67362ec7-cec3-4cb8-a38e-5d7a2a31e6d8</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">70f55a26-19ca-4b3a-9ce4-d6e6394e08ea</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Your answer</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">73f0fe4c-4ed9-4343-8096-d898cf200146</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5934f108-1682-472e-be9c-8717c51bca3b</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Please describe them</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">5f9f09f7-f701-432c-9fdc-c22c124a74c9</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">55207fdf-803e-46ef-a096-1c8ea17911cd</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:Description>Have you taken measures to demonstrate your reliability (Self-Cleaning)?</cbc:Description>
                                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">74e6c7b4-757b-4b40-ada6-fad6a997c310</cbc:ID>
                                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                                  <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">1556d05c-84b8-4a23-91dc-6d0ddb09aa2b</cbc:ID>
                                                  <cbc:Description>Please describe them</cbc:Description>
                                                  <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                                  <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">DESCRIPTION</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">dcb433c0-8de4-40ad-b70e-1daaea91bcc8</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d7977bf6-67d2-4fb1-8d1e-bc19a3943fc3</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->

Misrepresentation

See formal requirements related to exclusion grounds in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0), and more specifically tbr070-009, tbr070-004, tbr070-013.

Mock-ups - buyer perspective

Misrepresentation

Figure 81. 'Misrepresentation' criterion mock-up - buyer perspective

Mock-ups - economic operator perspective

Beware that this mock-up is not showing the national criteria. For this mock-up it is presumed that by answering 'Yes' to the general EU criterion all the national criteria QUESTION 'Your answer' will be also set to 'Yes'.

Misrepresentation

Figure 82. 'Misrepresentation' criterion mock-up - economic operator perspective

The UBL specification allows always multiple lines of text for the component cbc:Description. This feature can be used to split long descriptions into multiple lines, specially when the description contains enumerations.

The data structure for the criterion "Guilty of misrepresentation […​]" below uses the feature to divide four possible cases into different lines. Software and transformation solutions can also use it to generate an XML instance where the enumeration is split in multiple cbc:Description lines. See screen-captures below representing the data structures of this criterion for the model.

Data structure

Misrepresentation

Figure 84. 'Misrepresentation' criterion data structure

XML Example

'Misrepresentation' conflict of interest

<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->

<!-- Criterion:Guilty of misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">696a75b2-6107-428f-8b74-82affb67e184</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">misrepresent</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Guilty of misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Can the economic operator confirm that:</cbc:Description>

                <cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">e6b21867-95b5-4549-8180-f4673219b179</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Name>[Name of the National Criterion]</cbc:Name>
                        <cbc:Description>[Description of the National Criterion ]</cbc:Description>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8c39b505-8abe-44fa-a3e0-f2d78b9d8224</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8661b1db-b160-4e56-ab0b-498a1d7996a3</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>[Additional information; e.g. no evidences online]</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">CAPTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">NONE</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">429d2255-0c9b-4e15-a3ba-76163c9b102f</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Your Answer</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:SubTenderingCriterion>
                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">6a590e19-8815-4b95-875b-1b58c1fc9476</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">f3a6836d-2de2-4cd1-81ca-fb06178d05c5</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">68d5af5e-ca71-47ab-afb7-d3299f12d8e6</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Your answer</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">7458d42a-e581-4640-9283-34ceb3ad4345</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ON*</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                        <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">3fdeb1ea-e207-43d1-b4a2-89cde7e1483e</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:Description>Is this information available electronically?</cbc:Description>
                                <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">INDICATOR</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                        </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        <cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">41dd2e9b-1bfd-44c7-93ee-56bd74a4334b</cbc:ID>
                                <cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode listID="property-group-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">ONTRUE</cbc:PropertyGroupTypeCode>
                                <cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">d1fa6189-b8f0-467d-b64d-ab740a4756c5</cbc:ID>
                                        <cbc:Description>Evidence Supplied</cbc:Description>
                                        <cbc:TypeCode listID="criterion-element-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">QUESTION</cbc:TypeCode>
                                        <cbc:ValueDataTypeCode listID="response-data-type" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="3.3.0">EVIDENCE_IDENTIFIER</cbc:ValueDataTypeCode>
                                </cac:TenderingCriterionProperty>
                        </cac:SubsidiaryTenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                </cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
        </cac:TenderingCriterion>

_<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->_

Purely national criteria

See formal requirements related to exclusion grounds in the BIS 41 - European Single Procurement Document (Version 2.0.0), and more specifically tbr070-009, tbr070-004, tbr070-013.

Other requirements related specifically to purely national criteria are:

REQUIREMENT

The Member State must be able to specify in e-Certis individual national criteria, and the economic operator must be able to answer to each individual purely national exclusion grounds criterion.

REQUIREMENT

For the purely national exclusion grounds that have evidences related in e-Certis, the required evidences should be displayed. When the criterion has no related evidences, the text "No evidence required for this criterion" should be displayed. Per each national criterion the EO needs to be able to provide one or more evidences.

The ESPD-EDM V2.1.1 Extended ESPD introduced and important feature: the MS can specify and save in the XML individual national criteria. The mock-ups, data structure and XML example below show how. In the ESPD-EDM, it is kept as the only version of the ESPD is the equivalent to the EXTENDED that was introduced in V2.1.1.

Mock-up - economic operator perspective

The figure below shows a fragment of a list of national criteria that a software application has captured from e-Certis. Per each criterion the economic operator has to specify whether it fulfills the Criterion or not and eventually provide references to online evidences.

Purely national criteria

Figure 88. 'Purely natural criteria' - economic operator perspective

Data structure

Purely national criteria

Figure 89. 'Purely national criteria' data structure

XML Example

'Purely national criteria'

<!-- ... the rest of elements in the QualificationApplicationRequest document omitted for brevity -->

<!-- Criterion:Purely national exclusion grounds -->
        <cac:TenderingCriterion>
                <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">63adb07d-db1b-4ef0-a14e-a99785cf8cf6</cbc:ID>
                <cbc:CriterionTypeCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/criterion" listAgencyID="OP" listVersionID="20230315-0">nati-ground</cbc:CriterionTypeCode>
                <cbc:Name>Purely national exclusion grounds</cbc:Name>
                <cbc:Description>Other exclusion grounds that may be foreseen in the national legislation of the contracting authority's or contracting entity's Member State. Has the economic operator breached its obligations relating to the purely national grounds of exclusion, which are specified in the relevant notice or in the procurement documents?</cbc:Description>

                <cac:Legislation>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">45d43642-e515-486f-b189-d0ed67f05037</cbc:ID>
                        <cbc:Title>[Legislation title]</cbc:Title>
                        <cbc:Description>[Legislation description]</cbc:Description>
                        <cbc:JurisdictionLevel>EU</cbc:JurisdictionLevel>
                        <cbc:Article>[Article, e.g. Article 2.I.a]</cbc:Article>
                        <cbc:URI>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/</cbc:URI>
                        <cac:Language>
                                <cbc:LocaleCode listID="http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language" listAgencyName="OP" listVersionID="20220928-0">ENG</cbc:LocaleCode>
                        </cac:Language>
                </cac:Legislation>
                <cac:TenderingCriterionPropertyGroup>
                        <cbc:ID schemeID="criterion" schemeAgencyID="OP" schemeVersionID="3.3.0">8d79d5f7-dc21-45e9-b188-e02008b854e0</cbc:ID>
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