Regulation 57 (1-7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 sets out grounds on which a bidding organisation must be deemed ineligible to tender for, or be awarded, a public contract.
Within the past five years, has your organisation (or any member of your proposed consortium, if applicable), Directors or partner or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control been convicted of any of the following offences?
(a) conspiracy;
(b) corruption;
(c) bribery (common law offence);
(d) bribery within the meaning of section 1, 2 or 6 of the Bribery Act 2010, or section 113 of the Representation of the People Act 1983;
(e) fraud, including -i. cheating the Revenue; ii. conspiracy to defraud; iii. fraud or theft; iv. fraudulent trading; v. defrauding the Customs/HMRC; vi. an offence in connection with taxation in the European Union; vii. destroying, defacing or concealing of documents;viii. fraud within the meaning of section 2, 3 or 4 of the Fraud Act 2006; or ix. the possession of articles for use in frauds, or the making, adapting, supplying or offering to supply articles for use in;
(f) any offence listed-(i) in section 41 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008(ii) in Schedule 2 to that Act where the court has determined that there is a terrorist connection;
(g) any offence under sections 44 to 46 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 which relates to an offence covered by paragraph (f)
(h) money laundering;
(i) an offence in connection with the proceeds of criminal conduct;
(j) an offence under section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 2004;
(k) an offence under section 59A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003;
(l) an offence under section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009;
(m) an offence in connection with the proceeds of drug trafficking; or
(n) any other offence within the meaning of Article 57(1) of the Public Contracts Directive.