New Procurement Regulation

On 31 December 2009, new regulation came into force affecting the types of document which may by requested in public procurements by a contracting authority.

The changes affect both contracting authorities and contractors and include:

• requiring Polish contractors whose Management Board members are domiciled abroad to submit documents confirming that they have no criminal record issued at their place of domicile (e.g. France, Sweden)
• requiring contractors who rely on the knowledge, experience or other resources of a business to submit documents relating to that business (e.g. confirming its lack of a criminal record or that it has no tax arrears)
• requiring contractors to submit documents evidencing payment of their insurance policy (previously not expressly required)