Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its administrative, management or supervisory body members, authorised signatories, or other persons with powers of representation or control have been finally convicted during the last five years of participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, or child labour or human trafficking offences. The bidder must also have no outstanding tax or social security payment obligations, subject to the exceptions permitted by law.
Grounds for exclusion may also include bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, assets managed by a liquidator or a court, suspended business activities, serious professional misconduct, agreements restricting competition, a conflict of interest, involvement in preparing the procurement that creates an undue advantage, material or repeated breach of a previous public contract, and the submission of false information, omission of material information, or failure to submit requested documents.
The bidder must separately confirm that it has not enabled an unlawfully staying foreign national to work or breached the conditions for employing a foreign national in Estonia, is not subject to an international sanction, and that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from a sanctioned region. The bidder may not use subcontractors or suppliers for more than 10% of the contract value if they are Russian citizens, residents or entities established in Russia, entities directly or indirectly more than 50% owned by such persons or entities, or representatives of such persons or entities.
The bidder must provide the required declarations in the European Single Procurement Document and, where necessary, supporting evidence. Where an exclusion ground exists, evidence of remedial measures restoring reliability may be submitted in cases permitted by the applicable rules.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
- For Lots 1, 2 and 3, the bidder must have achieved an aggregate net turnover of at least EUR 5,000,000 in the relevant field during the last three financial years completed before the start of the procurement. Turnover from the sale of network equipment and server solutions and from the sale of manufacturer support products is eligible; the bidder’s own installation and maintenance work is excluded unless it forms part of the manufacturer’s support products.
- During the 36 months preceding the start of the procurement, the bidder must have properly completed at least one network infrastructure support and maintenance contract with an uninterrupted duration of at least 12 months. The contract must have covered comprehensive support for sold or leased active network equipment or server solutions, including hardware replacement support, configuration, incident resolution, contractual response and fault-removal times, and coverage of at least 50 active devices or servers.
- The bidder must operate a quality management system certified to ISO 9001:2015 or an equivalent standard. The certification scope must include management of the sale and delivery of IT solutions and software and hardware consultancy. The certification process of the auditing body must comply with ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 or an equivalent standard. The bidder must confirm the certificate and the name of the certification body and, on request, provide a copy of the valid certificate.
- For all lots, the bidder must submit the required priced schedule, the information specified in the general requirements and standards sections, and the information for the selected lot. Documentation concerning the manufacturer’s support resale capability and the bidder team’s training must also be provided.
- For Lot 1, the bidder must additionally provide the manufacturer’s confirmation of participation in the Co-Delivery programme, an overview of team members holding access clearance or their confirmations that no grounds for refusal of access clearance exist, and the manufacturer’s information on the availability of manufacturer-developed training.
- For Lot 2, for devices 1–4 the bidder must confirm whether the procuring authority’s sample devices or equivalent devices are offered. Manufacturer data sheets or, where necessary, manual extracts must be attached, together with publicly verifiable technical references proving compliance with at least the minimum requirements specified by the procuring authority.
- For Lot 3, the bidder must provide manufacturer data sheets or other manufacturer evidence confirming the required server-solution features, together with a detailed price breakdown for versions 1–5 based on manufacturer product codes, including product codes required to achieve the required completeness.
- Joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative from among themselves and submit a power of attorney. The bid price must be submitted in the structure specified for the priced and evaluated items.