Common use of Bidder’s declaration Clause in Contracts

Bidder’s declaration. Statement of Integrity, Eligibility and Social and Environmental Responsibility 1. We recognise and accept that Agence française de développement ("AFD") only finances projects of the Contracting Authority subject to its own conditions which are set out in the Financing Agreement which it has entered into with the Contracting Authority. As a matter of consequence, no legal relationship exists between AFD and our company, our joint venture or our subcontractors. The Contracting Authority retains exclusive responsibility for the preparation and implementation of the contract procurement and its subsequent performance. 2. We hereby certify that neither we nor any other member of our joint venture or any of our subcontractors are in any of the following situations: 2.1) being bankrupt, wound up or ceasing our activities, having our activities administered by the courts, having entered into receivership, reorganisation or being in any analogous situation arising from any similar procedure; 2.2) having been convicted, within the past five years by decision of a court decision, which has the force of res judicata in the country where the project is implemented, of one of the acts mentioned in sections 6.1 to 6.4 below or of any other offense committed during the procurement or performance of a contract1; 2.3) being listed for financial sanctions by the United Nations, the European Union and/or France for the purposes of fight-against-terrorist financing or threat to international peace and security; 2.4) having committed serious professional misconduct within the past five years during the procurement or performance of a contract; 2.5) not having fulfilled our obligations regarding the payment of social security contributions or taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of either the country where we are established or the Contracting Authority's country; 2.6) having been convicted, within the past five years by a court decision, which has the force of res judicata, of one of the acts mentioned in sections 6.1 to 6.4 below or of any other offense committed during the procurement or performance of an AFD-financed contract; 2.7) being subject to an exclusion decision of the World Bank since 30 May 2012, and being listed on the website ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/debarr2; 2.8) having committed misrepresentation in documentation requested by the Beneficiary as part of the contract procurement procedure. 3. We hereby certify that neither we, nor any of the members of our joint venture or any of our subcontractors are in any of the following situations of conflict of interest: 1 In the event of such conviction, you may attach to this Statement of Integrity supporting information showing that this conviction is not relevant in the context of this AFD-financed contract.