Self-clean­ing

What steps does self-clean­ing involve?

Com­pre­hen­sive clar­i­fi­ca­tion of the facts

The first step in self-clean­ing is the com­plete and trans­par­ent clar­i­fi­ca­tion of the under­ly­ing facts:

• Deter­mi­na­tion of the caus­es: Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of the vio­la­tions and the per­sons or process­es respon­si­ble.
• Analy­sis of mis­con­duct: Exam­i­na­tion of whether sys­temic weak­ness­es or indi­vid­ual vio­la­tions were the cause.

Ini­ti­a­tion of reme­di­al mea­sures

Once the facts have been clar­i­fied, con­crete mea­sures must be tak­en to restore the com­pa­ny’s reli­a­bil­i­ty:

• Per­son­nel con­se­quences: Sep­a­ra­tion of respon­si­ble per­sons, if nec­es­sary.
• Orga­ni­za­tion­al adjust­ments: Opti­miza­tion of inter­nal process­es and struc­tures.
• Com­pli­ance man­age­ment sys­tems: Estab­lish­ment or improve­ment of sys­tems to pre­vent future vio­la­tions.

Coop­er­a­tion with the author­i­ties

Active and coop­er­a­tive col­lab­o­ra­tion with the respon­si­ble author­i­ties is cru­cial for suc­cess­ful self-clean­ing:

• Dis­clo­sure of the facts: Trans­par­ent com­mu­ni­ca­tion with the award­ing author­i­ties or oth­er mon­i­tor­ing insti­tu­tions.
• Proof of cor­rec­tive mea­sures: Doc­u­men­ta­tion of the steps tak­en and sub­mis­sion of cor­re­spond­ing evi­dence.

Appli­ca­tion for restora­tion of reli­a­bil­i­ty

Once the mea­sures have been com­plet­ed, a for­mal appli­ca­tion for con­fir­ma­tion of the restora­tion of reli­a­bil­i­ty is sub­mit­ted to the rel­e­vant award­ing author­i­ty. This must clear­ly describe and doc­u­ment the steps tak­en.

Advan­tages of self-clean­ing

Self-clean­ing offers numer­ous advan­tages:

1. Regain­ing the abil­i­ty to par­tic­i­pate: The com­pa­ny can once again par­tic­i­pate in pro­cure­ment pro­ce­dures and win poten­tial­ly lucra­tive con­tracts.
2. Rep­u­ta­tion and build­ing trust: Respon­si­bil­i­ty and integri­ty are sig­naled through the imple­men­ta­tion of effec­tive mea­sures.
3. Long-term risk min­i­miza­tion: Improv­ing inter­nal process­es and com­pli­ance struc­tures pro­tects against future legal vio­la­tions.
4. Com­pet­i­tive advan­tage: Com­pa­nies that proac­tive­ly and effec­tive­ly imple­ment self-clean­ing mea­sures can set them­selves apart from the com­pe­ti­tion.

Our range of ser­vices

We offer com­pre­hen­sive sup­port for self-clean­ing:

• Analy­sis of the ini­tial legal sit­u­a­tion: Exam­i­na­tion of the exist­ing grounds for exclu­sion and devel­op­ment of an indi­vid­ual strat­e­gy.
• Imple­men­ta­tion of self-clean­ing: Assis­tance with clar­i­fi­ca­tion, devel­op­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of the nec­es­sary mea­sures.
• Com­mu­ni­ca­tion with the author­i­ties: Rep­re­sen­ta­tion vis-à-vis the respon­si­ble award­ing author­i­ties and sup­port in the appli­ca­tion process.
• Long-term com­pli­ance con­sult­ing: Devel­op­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of an effec­tive com­pli­ance sys­tem to avoid future risks.