Purchase of natural gas for institutions managed by Harku Municipality for 2027

Exclusion may apply if the bidder or a member of its representative, management or supervisory body has been finally convicted within the last five years of participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, a terrorist offence, money laundering or terrorist financing, unlawful use of child labour, or human trafficking. Other grounds may include failure to pay taxes or social security contributions; bankruptcy or insolvency; liquidation; administration of assets by a liquidator or court; suspension of business activities; or an arrangement with creditors. Further grounds may include serious professional misconduct, agreements intended to distort competition, an unavoidable conflict of interest, involvement in preparing the procurement in a way that creates an unfair advantage, material or repeated breach of a previous public contract, and misrepresentation, failure to provide required information or documents, or improper efforts to obtain confidential information. Breaches of environmental, social and labour law obligations may also lead to exclusion. Additional grounds under Estonian law include enabling a foreign national to work in Estonia without a legal basis, breach of international sanctions, and conviction for a tax offence. The bidder must provide the relevant declarations in the European Single Procurement Document. If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may provide information on measures taken to restore its reliability where permitted by law and the procurement conditions. For tax debts, the Estonian tax authority does not issue a certificate where the debt in taxes administered by that authority, excluding interest not established by an administrative act, is below EUR 100 or payment of the debt has been deferred.

The bidder’s average annual net turnover in natural gas sales must be at least EUR 190,000 over the three financial years preceding the launch of the procurement (2023–2025). During the 36 months preceding publication of the contract notice in the register, the bidder must have completed at least three natural gas sales contracts as the seller, each with a volume of at least 220,000 m³. The bidder must provide details of the contracts, including their value, dates and customer information. By submitting a bid, the bidder confirms that it complies with the tender documents; conditional bids are not permitted. The bid must state the price per 1,000 m³ of natural gas excluding VAT, using the structure specified by the contracting authority. Where relevant, equivalence must be explained and supporting evidence provided. The bidder must submit the participation declaration with confirmations and contact details using the contracting authority’s form. For a joint bid, the bidders must submit a power of attorney in any form appointing a joint representative; the joint bidders are jointly and severally liable for performance of the contract. Information treated as a trade secret must be identified in the bid and the classification justified. The bid price and figures used for evaluation may not be classified as trade secrets. The natural gas offered must not be subject to international sanctions or originate from a sanctioned region. The provided documents do not specify a scoring formula for the award criteria.