Codelists and Fields
This section provides further details on some fields and codelists only. It is not foreseen to be exhaustive and gives information necessary for clarification.
Technical codelists
This section refers to codelists not published on EU vocabularies. Most of them are for validation purposes and required by the implemented technical solution.
Exclusion grounds codelist
This codelist covers all possible codes for exclusion grounds.
The list is the one defined for the ESPD.
The codes are reported in the table below; the ones in bold are highly recommended. From the EU legislation perspective, these are mandatory, however derogations are possible (cf. [R1] – art. 57). To identify precisely which value to use, the contracting authority shall also consider local legislation.
| Code | Value |
|---|---|
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONVICTIONS.PARTICIPATION_IN_CRIMINAL_ORGANISATION |
Participation in a criminal organisation |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONVICTIONS.CORRUPTION |
Corruption |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONVICTIONS.FRAUD |
Fraud |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONVICTIONS.TERRORIST_OFFENCES |
Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONVICTIONS.MONEY_LAUNDERING |
Money laundering or terrorist financing |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONVICTIONS.CHILD_LABOUR-HUMAN_TRAFFICKING |
Child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONTRIBUTIONS.PAYMENT_OF_TAXES |
Payment of taxes |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONTRIBUTIONS.PAYMENT_OF_SOCIAL_SECURITY |
Payment of social security contributions |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.SOCIAL.ENVIRONMENTAL_LAW |
Breaching of obligations in the fields of environmental law |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.SOCIAL.SOCIAL_LAW |
Breaching of obligations in the fields of social law |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.SOCIAL.LABOUR_LAW |
Breaching of obligations in the fields of labour law |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.BUSINESS.BANKRUPTCY |
Bankruptcy |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.BUSINESS.INSOLVENCY |
Insolvency |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.BUSINESS.CREDITORS_ARRANGEMENT |
Arrangement with creditors |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.BUSINESS.BANKRUPTCY_ANALOGOUS |
Analogous situation like bankruptcy under national law |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.BUSINESS.LIQUIDATOR_ADMINISTERED |
Assets being administered by liquidator |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.BUSINESS.ACTIVITIES_SUSPENDED |
Business activities are suspended |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.MISCONDUCT.MC_PROFESSIONAL |
Guilty of grave professional misconduct |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.MISCONDUCT.MARKET_DISTORTION |
Agreements with other economic operators aimed at distorting competition |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONFLICT_OF_INTEREST.PROCEDURE_PARTICIPATION |
Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONFLICT_OF_INTEREST.PROCEDURE_PREPARATION |
Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONFLICT_OF_INTEREST.EARLY_TERMINATION |
Early termination, damages or other comparable sanctions |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.CONFLICT_OF_INTEREST.MISINTERPRETATION |
Guilty of misinterpretation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure |
CRITERION.EXCLUSION.NATIONAL.OTHER |
Purely national exclusion grounds |
References
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[R1] Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC, Text with EEA relevance, Official Journal of The European Union, OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, pp. 65 - 242, Available at http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/24/oj, accessed February 11th, 2020.