Connection at the Harku 110 kV substation

A bidder will be excluded if the bidder or its representatives, management, administrative or supervisory board members, or controlling persons are subject to a relevant conviction or other exclusion ground under the Estonian Public Procurement Act. This includes participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, terrorist offences, fraud, money laundering or terrorist financing, illegal use of child labour and human-trafficking-related offences. Exclusion may also apply because of outstanding state taxes, fees or environmental charges, unpaid tax or social security contributions, convictions related to enabling an unlawfully staying foreign national to work or breaching the employment conditions applicable to a foreign national, or circumstances in which awarding the contract would violate an international or government sanction. The bidder must confirm that these grounds do not apply and must provide additional evidence when requested. When a foreign company, joint bidder, supporting entity or subcontractor is involved, the relevant exclusion grounds of those entities and their representatives must also be checked. The bidder must provide the names and personal identification codes of authorised representatives who are not visible to the contracting authority in the commercial register, or confirm that no such persons exist. During contract performance, the bidder may not use a subcontractor that would have to be replaced because of an exclusion ground. The offered goods must not be subject to international sanctions or originate from a sanctioned region.

The bidder’s total net turnover for the last three financial years completed before the start of the procurement must be at least EUR 3,000,000 excluding VAT, with at least EUR 1,000,000 in each year. A foreign company, or a bidder whose information cannot be verified through public data, must provide extracts from annual reports or other relevant evidence. Within the 60 months preceding publication of the contract notice, the bidder must have properly completed at least one contract for constructing a substation with a voltage of 110 kV or higher. The contract value must be at least EUR 500,000 excluding VAT, and at least EUR 500,000 must have been paid to the bidder under that contract. The bidder must provide the reference contract description, client name and contact details, contract period and value; additional documents or a client confirmation may be requested. If relying on another entity’s capacities, the bidder must submit a written statement signed by that entity’s authorised representative confirming the absence of exclusion grounds, consent to the reliance, the entity’s participation in contract performance, and joint liability of the bidder and the supporting entity. Joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative and are jointly and severally liable for contract performance. The tender must include an EUR 18,000 tender guarantee, either as a guarantee or as a deposited amount in the contracting authority’s account. The bidder must also submit the completed price table, technical data questionnaires, financing schedule and team CV. Proof of authorisation must be submitted if the person submitting the tender is not the bidder’s statutory representative. The tender must comply with the procurement documents, and the offered equipment must be new, unused and free from defects.