Cohesity data management solution licences, product support and consultancy

The tenderer must confirm that neither it nor its representatives or controlling persons are subject to exclusion grounds arising from relevant criminal convictions, including participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering, terrorism financing, child labour or human trafficking. The grounds also cover tax or social security arrears, breaches of environmental, social or labour obligations, insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, suspended business activity, arrangements with creditors, serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive agreements, conflicts of interest, involvement in preparing the procedure, serious or repeated failures under previous public contracts, and false or missing information or failure to provide requested evidence. The tenderer must also address the national exclusion grounds concerning unlawful employment of foreign nationals, international sanctions and convictions for tax offences. Where an exclusion ground applies, the tenderer may provide evidence of remedial measures restoring its reliability where permitted by the applicable rules or tender documents. The contracting authority may reject a tender that would result in a contract prohibited by sanctions legislation.

The tenderer must hold, in Estonia, a manufacturer-granted right to sell the licences covered by the contract and to provide product support and other services for them in accordance with the technical specification. This right must be evidenced by a document copy or a link to the manufacturer’s or cooperation partner’s website. If the right is based on a cooperation partner, the tenderer must provide both confirmation or a website reference showing that the manufacturer granted the cooperation partner the relevant representation right and confirmation or a website reference showing the cooperation partner’s cooperation with the tenderer. The tender must comply with the procurement documents; conditional tenders are not permitted. The tender must remain valid for 4 months from submission. Where an equivalent solution is offered, the tenderer must explain the equivalence and provide supporting evidence where necessary. If awarded the contract, the tenderer must provide the company, signatory and contract-performance contact details, and must provide the required details of subcontractors when performance begins. The machine-readable notice does not specify a minimum turnover, previous experience, staffing level or other financial-capacity threshold.