Natural Gas Purchase

A bidder will be excluded if the company or a person with management, supervisory or representation authority has been convicted of participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism, money laundering or terrorist financing, or of enabling unlawful employment, breaching the employment conditions of a foreign national, illegal use of child labour or human trafficking. Exclusion also applies in the case of outstanding tax, payment or environmental charge liabilities, or where awarding the contract would breach an international or Estonian sanction. The contracting authority may exclude a bidder for serious or repeated breaches of previous public contracts, or for submitting false information or failing to provide required information or documents. The bidder must submit a declaration confirming that no exclusion grounds apply.

The bidder must have completed at least two natural gas sales contracts through a distribution network during the 36 months preceding the start of the procurement. The tender must include a list of these contracts, stating the completion period and information about the other contracting parties. The bidder must be competent to sell gas through transmission networks. A bidder established in Estonia must hold a valid economic activity notice in the gas sales field in the Register of Economic Activities; the contracting authority will verify this independently. A bidder established outside Estonia must submit evidence from the competent authority in its country of establishment confirming the relevant registration or licence. The tender must be submitted by the bidder’s legal or authorised representative. If the submitter is not a management board member registered on the registry card, a power of attorney must be included. The bidder must submit confirmations accepting the conditions set out in the procurement documents. The price offer must be submitted on the prescribed form as the seller’s price margin per 1 MWh and also on the register’s award-criteria form. The bidder must confirm that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from a sanctioned region. Trade secrets must be identified and justified in the tender; the tender price and item prices may not be designated as trade secrets.