This article shows you as a public buyer how to set requirements about the suppliers themselves, and how the ESPD relates to them.
Set the qualification requirements
On the Qualification requirements step you enter what the supplier must document to be qualified: finances, experience, capacity.
Add them with New requirement, or pull in ready-made ones with From the library. If you have a fixed set, take the whole thing with Apply template.
ℹ️ Note: Qualification requirements are about the supplier, not the bid. If something about the delivery itself is to be assessed, it belongs under award criteria or minimum requirements.
Exclusion grounds
Under Exclusion grounds you choose which circumstances mean a supplier cannot take part. Suppliers answer these in their self-declaration.
ESPD
The requirements you set here form the ESPD form suppliers fill in. You see the result under ESPD form on the summary step, and can view it as the supplier does with Preview ESPD.
💡 Tip: Look through the preview before you announce. It is the only way to catch a requirement that came out unclear, before suppliers have to answer it.
Next
See Award criteria for the next step.