Compliance requirements
A tenderer will be excluded if it has tax arrears relating to state taxes, contributions or environmental charges, or overdue social security contributions under the law of its country of establishment. A tenderer established outside Estonia must submit a certificate from the relevant authority confirming the absence of tax debts.
A tenderer will be excluded if awarding the contract to it would breach an international sanction under the International Sanctions Act. The tenderer must provide a free-form confirmation that neither it nor any member of its administrative, management or supervisory body is subject to such a sanction. The contracting authority may request further information or evidence where there is reasonable doubt.
Participation is limited to tenderers established in Estonia, another EU Member State, another EEA contracting state, or a country that is a party to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement. The tenderer must provide a commercial register extract, certificate from the relevant authority or other suitable document confirming its country of establishment.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The tenderer’s average annual net turnover for the last three completed financial years must be at least EUR 6,800,000. If the tenderer has operated for a shorter period, the requirement applies to the completed financial years available. The tenderer must submit Form No. 1; for a joint tender, it is sufficient for one joint tenderer to meet the threshold.
During the 60 months before the tender deadline, the tenderer must have successfully completed at least three contracts for CO₂ recovery and liquefaction plants. Each plant must recover CO₂ from biogas or from an off-gas stream generated when biogas is upgraded to biomethane, and have a net liquid CO₂ production capacity of at least 500 kg/h. At least one reference must involve food-grade CO₂ production. A plant counts as completed once commissioned and accepted by the customer or in commercial operation. The tenderer must provide the information in Form No. 2. The contracting authority may verify references using public sources and contact the other contracting party; if information cannot be obtained from public sources without significant cost, the tenderer must provide further information or evidence within 5 working days of request. For a joint tender, one joint tenderer may meet this requirement.
The tenderer must nominate a project manager with at least five years of relevant project-management experience and experience as project manager or equivalent on at least one CO₂ recovery or liquefaction plant project. The named key personnel must collectively cover CO₂ purification and liquefaction process design; feed-gas qualification and food-grade CO₂ product quality; PED, ATEX, conformity assessment and electrical safety; and PLC/SCADA integration. One person may cover multiple areas if suitably competent and able to fulfil the responsibilities. Submit Form No. 3.
The tenderer must submit a technical proposal containing the process concept, preliminary mass and energy balance, process flow diagram, main equipment list, preliminary layout, principal technical and physical interfaces, and proposed feed-gas treatment concept. It must also address each material technical requirement, identifying the offered solution, value or method and referring to the relevant supporting section or document. Submit completed Annex 3 on guaranteed performance and performance-related contractual penalties, and Annex 4 on price and payment schedules. The tender must comply with the procurement documents; where equivalence is claimed, explain it and provide supporting evidence. Joint tenderers must appoint an authorized representative and submit a valid power of attorney (Form No. 5). No award criteria are specified in the provided documents.