Printing services 2026–2028

The bidder must declare whether any exclusion grounds apply to it or to relevant members of its management or supervisory bodies and representatives. These include convictions within the previous five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, and child labour or human trafficking; unpaid taxes or social security contributions; breaches of environmental, social or labour law; bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, an arrangement with creditors, a similar situation or suspended business activity; serious professional misconduct; agreements intended to distort competition; conflicts of interest or involvement in preparing this procurement; serious or repeated failures under previous public contracts resulting in early termination, damages or comparable sanctions; false or misleading information, failure to provide required information or documents, or attempts to obtain confidential information or improperly influence the procurement; enabling the unlawful employment of a foreign national; being subject to international sanctions; and convictions for tax offences. The notice sets the tax and social contribution debt threshold at EUR 0, while noting that, under Estonian rules, a tax-debt certificate is not issued for debt below EUR 100 or where payment has been deferred. Where permitted, the bidder may provide evidence of remedial measures demonstrating restored reliability.

The machine-readable notice does not specify particular financial capacity, experience, staffing or professional qualification criteria; these must be checked in the official tender documents. For Lot 1, the bidder must submit the free-form document specified as Annex 3 to the procurement documents, concerning orders for fixed printed materials. For both lots, the bidder must confirm that its offer complies with the procurement documents; conditional offers are not permitted. If relying on equivalence where applicable, the bidder must explain it and provide supporting evidence. Joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative and include their power of attorney with the offer. The bidder must identify any information claimed as a trade secret and explain the basis for that designation; the offer price and applicable evaluation-related figures may not be designated as trade secrets.