Compliance requirements
A bidder will be excluded if the bidder or any person with management, supervisory or representation powers is subject to an exclusion ground under Section 95(1) of the Estonian Public Procurement Act. The bidder must confirm that there are no final convictions for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption or breach of integrity obligations, terrorism, fraud, money laundering or terrorist financing, illegal child labour or human trafficking.
The bidder must have no outstanding state tax, payment, environmental charge or social security contribution debt, and contract award must not breach an international or Government of Estonia sanction. The bidder must also not have enabled an unlawfully staying foreign national to work or breached the conditions for employing a foreign national in Estonia, including by paying less than the statutory remuneration.
If the bid involves a foreign entity, joint bidder, relied-upon entity or subcontractor, evidence confirming the absence of exclusion grounds for those entities and relevant representatives must be provided when requested. Additional evidence may be required where the information cannot be verified through public registers. The bidder must confirm that it will not use subcontractors or suppliers connected with Russian nationals, residents or entities established in Russia for more than 10% of the contract value, and that the offered goods are not sanctioned goods and do not originate from sanctioned regions. The bidder must also confirm that it will not use a subcontractor that would have to be replaced under the applicable procurement rules.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must have achieved total net turnover of at least EUR 3,000,000, excluding VAT, over the last three financial years completed before the start of the procurement, with at least EUR 1,000,000 in each year. Where necessary, extracts from annual accounts or other documents proving financial capacity must be submitted. Joint bidders may rely on each other’s figures; reliance on another entity requires a signed undertaking confirming its consent, participation in contract performance and joint responsibility.
During the 60 months preceding publication of the contract notice, the bidder must have properly performed at least one contract for installing a 110 kV or higher-voltage cable, including design, cable and cable-joint installation and commissioning of the cable line. The contract value and the amount paid under it must each be at least EUR 1,000,000 excluding VAT. The bidder must also have properly performed at least one contract during the same period for constructing a 110 kV or higher-voltage overhead line, including design; the contract value and amount paid must each be at least EUR 300,000 excluding VAT. One contract may satisfy both requirements if the cable and overhead-line works, their values and payments are separately identifiable. References must include the contract description, client contact details, contract period and value, with additional evidence, including client confirmation, provided if requested.
The bid must include a EUR 17,000 bid guarantee, a properly completed price schedule in euros excluding VAT, technical questionnaires, a technical description, team CVs with the required supporting documents, a cable-joint installer certificate and a financing schedule. The bidder must also provide ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certificates, or equivalent evidence, for the cable and cable-joint manufacturers, references for the manufacturers’ work in the same voltage class, independent laboratory type-test reports, a cable rated-current calculation and, where equivalence is claimed, documents proving equivalence. Required authorisations or evidence must be provided for the bid signatory, joint bids, foreign entities and persons authorised to represent or control the bidder.