The legal aspects of the European Single Procurement Document

Abstract

The European Single Procurement Document is a self-declaration of a business’s financial status, abilities, and suitability for public procurement procedures. It is used as prima facie evidence of the fulfilment of the conditions required in public procurement procedures across the European Union. According to the new public procurement directives, the ESPD shall be provided exclusively in electronic form. However, both electronic and paper versions of the ESPD may exist until 18 April 2018. It has led to a situation in which companies can prove that they fulfil the exclusion and selection criteria of a tender without a requirement to submit various documents at the beginning of a tender.