ILO Vendor Selection Procedure: Certification

The International Labour Organization, represented by the International Labour Office (ILO), expects its Vendors and their Personnel to support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights and to observe the highest ethical standards in any of their supply chains, throughout the selection process and the performance of the contract.

The Vendor hereby certifies that it is NOT in one or more of the following situations:

1. bankrupt or the subject of insolvency or winding-up proceedings, subject to administration by a liquidator or by a court, in an arrangement with creditors, or that its business activities are suspended or in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national law and regulations;
2. in breach of its obligations relating to the payment of taxes and social security benefits to the extent required by law or a regulatory body;
3. guilty of professional misconduct, by having violated applicable laws or regulations, or ethical standards of the profession to which it may belong, or by having engaged in any wrongful conduct which has an impact on its professional credibility where such conduct denotes wrongful intent or gross negligence, including, in particular, any of the following:

a. fraudulently or negligently misrepresenting information required for the verification of the absence of grounds for exclusion or the fulfilment of eligibility or selection criteria or in the implementation of the legal commitment;

b. entering into agreements with any other interested companies, competitor or potential competitor with a view to restricting competition with respect to the current selection process;

c. attempting to influence the decision-making process of the ILO, to obtain confidential information that may confer upon it undue advantages in the current selection process or to negligently provide misleading information that may have a material influence on the ILO decisions concerning exclusion, selection or award;

4. engaged in conduct or behaviour that constitute Proscribed Practices or Prohibited Conduct as defined in paragraph 12.3. of the Terms and Conditions applicable to ILO Contracts 1 with respect to the ILO, another entity of the United Nations System or multilateral development finance institutions;

5. participant, either active or passive, in a criminal organization or in money laundering;

6. the subject of any sanctions 2, nor identified as ineligible by any government, supranational organization (e.g., European Union), another entity of the United Nations System or multilateral development finance institution;

7. provided resources received under any contract with the ILO, another entity of the United Nations System or multilateral development finance institutions to individuals, groups, undertakings or entities associated with terrorism in particular those named on the United Nations Security Council Consolidated List, as may be amended;

8. employed children as defined in paragraph 12.2.5. of the Terms and Conditions applicable to ILO Contracts or committed offences concerning trafficking in human beings 3;

9. shown significant or persistent deficiencies in the performance of a substantive requirement under a prior contract with the ILO, which led to early termination of that prior contract, damages, etc.;

10. misrepresented information supplied that is required for the verification of the absence of grounds for exclusion or the fulfilment of the selection criteria, withheld such information or failed to submit the supporting documents requested in the current selection process;

1   https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_mas/—inter/documents/legaldocument/wcms_768752.pdf

2 See in particular the United Nations Security Council Consolidated List, available at https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/un-sc-consolidated-list.

3 As defined in Article 3(a) of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 55/25 of 15 November 2000, available at : https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/protocoltraffickinginpersons.aspx.

11. committed financial irregularity;

12. created a shell company or is a shell company for the purpose of responding to the current selection process; or

13. used information from current or former ILO officials, whose previous duties or access to inside information during their tenure could be perceived as a conflict of interest.

The Vendor understands that it may be excluded by the ILO from participation in the current selection process in the event of any misrepresentation in relation to the above certification and that the ILO will reserve the right to cancel or terminate with immediate effect and without compensation any proposal of or contract arising from this selection process.

The undersigned certifies/y to be duly authorized to sign this certification on behalf of the Vendor.