Regulation 229. Further documents

(1) A contracting authority may ask tenderers and candidates at any moment during the procedure to submit all or part of the supporting documents where this is necessary to ensure the proper conduct of the procedure.

(2) Before awarding the contract, the contracting authority shall, except in respect of contracts based on framework agreements where such contracts are concluded in accordance with regulations 172 and 173, require the tenderer to which it has decided to award the contract to submit up-to-date supporting documents in accordance with regulations 230, 231 and 232 as applicable and, where appropriate, regulation 235. The contracting authority may invite economic operators to supplement or clarify the certificates received pursuant to regulations 230 to 234.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulations (1) and (2), economic operators shall not be required to submit supporting documents or other documentary evidence where and in so far as the contracting authority has the possibility of obtaining the certificates or the relevant information directly by accessing a national database in any Member State that is available free of charge, such as a national procurement register, a virtual company dossier, an electronic document storage system or a pre-qualification system.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulations (1) and (2), economic operators shall not be required to submit supporting documents where the contracting authority, having awarded the contract or concluded the framework agreement, already possesses these documents.