Poland – Research services – KPN/26/2026 „Porosty torfowisk karkonoskich”

The Contracting Authority will apply the procedure referred to in Article 139(1) of the Public Procurement Law (i.e. the so-called reverse procedure). In the procedure, based on Article 139(1) of the Public Procurement Law, the Contracting Authority will first carry out an examination and evaluation of the submitted tenders, and then carry out the qualification of the Contractor whose tender was highest evaluated, in terms of the absence of grounds for exclusion, as referred to in Chapter VI of the SWZ, and the fulfilment of the conditions for participation in the procedure, described in Chapter VII of the SWZ. 2. The Contractor is obliged to submit with the Tender a declaration of non-exclusion and fulfilment of the conditions for participation in the procedure in the form of a single European procurement document (EPD). 3. The Contractor may use the EPD submitted in a separate procedure for the award of a contract, if he confirms that the information contained therein remains correct. 4. In the case of joint bidding for a contract by Contractors, each Contractor submits the EPD. These declarations confirm the absence of grounds for exclusion and the fulfilment of the conditions for participation in the procedure to the extent that each Contractor demonstrates the fulfilment of the conditions for participation in the procedure. 5. If the Contractor relies on the resources of other entities in order to demonstrate the fulfilment of the conditions for participation and in order to demonstrate the absence of grounds for exclusion in the procedure, he submits the EPD relating to those entities to the extent that he relies on their resources, the EPD should be completed to the extent that the Contractor uses the resources of another entity and the Contractor submits declarations and documents relating to the grounds for exclusion. 6. In the section “Part IV Qualification Criteria” of the EPD, the Contractor may limit himself to completing section alpha General declaration relating to all qualification criteria, in which case the Contractor does not complete any of the remaining sections (A-D) in Part IV of the EPD. 7. In order to confirm the absence of grounds for exclusion of the Contractor from the procedure and to confirm the fulfilment of the conditions for participation in the procedure, the Contracting Authority, within a specified period, not shorter than 10 days from the date of the invitation, will invite the Contractor whose tender was highest evaluated, to submit personal evidence, current on the date of their submission. Details in the SWZ. 8. The procedure for the award of a contract also excludes the Contractor in respect of whom the circumstances referred to in Article 5k of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31.07.2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine. 9. In response to the Contracting Authority's invitation, the Contractor is obliged to submit personal evidence, as referred to in §2(1)(1)-(2) and (6)-(7) of the MRPiT regulation of 23.12.2020 on personal evidence and other documents or declarations which the Contracting Authority may request from the Contractor in the context of the grounds for exclusion from the procedure indicated by the Contracting Authority in this notice. 10. If the Contractor has its registered office or place of residence outside the territory of the Republic of Poland, it is obliged to submit personal evidence, as referred to in §4 of the regulation referred to in point 9 above. 11. If the Contractor relies on the capacities or situation of entities providing resources, it is obliged to submit personal evidence relating to those entities in accordance with §5 of the regulation referred to in point 7 above. 12. The Contracting Authority does not envisage the possibility of awarding contracts, as referred to in Article 214(1)(7) of the Public Procurement Law. 13. The Contracting Authority envisages the possibility of invalidating the procedure for the award of a contract on the basis of Article 257 of the Public Procurement Law. 14. For the subject matter of the contract, the Contracting Authority did not conduct preliminary market consultations before initiating the procedure.