Is a Sanction Applied to a Tenderer Where the Social Security Debt Is Paid Before the Tender Hour?
29 August 2026

May a tenderer be excluded from the tender where the social security debt is paid on the day of the tender but before the tender hour? Within the framework of a decision of the 13th Chamber of the Council of State, the article addresses the time of payment of the social security debt, the EKAP check, exclusion of the tender from the evaluation, and forfeiture of the bid bond.