Article 42. Conditions for Suspension of a Participant from Participation in Procurement Procedures

The Procurement Commission or the operator of the electronic public procurement system shall suspend a participant from participation in procurement procedures if:

there is an entry about them in the Unified Register of Unscrupulous Performers;

they have an overdue debt on the payment of taxes and fees;

if insolvency procedures have been introduced against it;

participant does not meet the qualification, technical and commercial requirements of the procurement documentation;

participant directly or indirectly offers, gives or agrees to give to any current or former official or employee of a state customer or other government agency any form of reward, job offer or any other thing of value or service with the purpose of influencing the performance of any action, decision-making or application of any procurement procedure by the state customer in the public procurement process;

participant commits anti-competitive actions or, in violation of the legislation, has a conflict of interest, as well as when cases of affiliation are identified.

The decision of the procurement commission or the operator of the electronic public procurement system to suspend a participant from participation in the procurement procedures and its reasons shall be recorded in the report on the procurement procedures, and they shall be immediately reported to the relevant participant.