Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that none of the exclusion grounds listed in Section 95(1) points 1–3 and 5 of the Public Procurement Act apply, subject to the statutory exceptions. The bidder must not be bankrupt or in liquidation, no bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings may have been initiated against it, and its business must not be suspended. The bidder must also have no tax, fee or environmental charge arrears, and no tax or social security contribution arrears. In addition, the bidder must confirm that its employees’ average remuneration during the reference period was above 70% of the average remuneration in the relevant sector for the same period, and must provide a tax authority extract or an equivalent certificate from the competent foreign authority. The bidder must also confirm that it is not a related person to the technical consultant advising the beneficiary on the reconstruction of the apartment building. In a joint bid, the exclusion grounds are checked separately for each joint bidder.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must be registered in the Estonian Register of Economic Activities for construction activities covering general construction, indoor climate systems, and internal or adjoining water supply or sewerage systems. For electrical works, the bidder must also have the relevant registration for electrical installation construction and installation. Foreign bidders may prove equivalent competence with an equivalent document.
The bidder’s net turnover for the financial year preceding the start of the procurement procedure must be at least twice the estimated contract value, excluding VAT. In a joint bid, this requirement may be met by at least one joint bidder on its own; turnover may not be aggregated.
The bidder must have carried out at least one equivalent construction work within the 60 months before the procurement was announced, with a value of at least half of the estimated contract value excluding VAT. Equivalent work means construction of a building, extension of a building, or full-building reconstruction as the main contractor, including at least structural and external envelope works, heat-recovery ventilation, and heating system works. The bidder must provide the project name/building details, time and value, indicate whether it was new construction, extension or full reconstruction as main contractor, and confirm the included works. Proof may be an acceptance handover act or a reference to the building register notice/use permit number.
The bidder’s team must include a project manager with at least level 6 construction engineer or construction manager qualification, an object/site manager with at least level 5 construction work manager qualification, a ventilation and heating systems specialist with at least level 6 relevant qualification, a water supply and sewerage systems specialist with at least level 6 relevant qualification, and, for electrical works, a person with at least B-class competence. The named persons and their certificate numbers must be provided, and equivalent competence is accepted for foreign bidders.
The bidder must confirm acceptance of the tender documents, use the prescribed bid forms for Ääsi tn 6 and Ääsi tn 8, state whether the bid is joint, provide a power of attorney if the bid is submitted by an authorised representative, disclose any business secret if applicable, accept the equivalence rule, and provide written consent for any team members who are not the bidder’s employees. The machine-readable notice did not include all precise requirements; the official tender documents must be checked.