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The bidder must confirm that neither the bidder nor its representatives or members of its management or supervisory bodies have been finally convicted within the last five years of participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, illegal use of child labour or human trafficking-related offences. Compliance with tax and social security payment obligations is also checked; the tax debt threshold is EUR 0, subject to the tax authority’s rules concerning tax debts below EUR 100 or deferred tax debts. The bidder must not be bankrupt, undergoing liquidation, insolvency or a similar proceeding. Its assets must not be administered by a liquidator or a court, and its business activities must not be suspended. The exclusion grounds also cover serious professional misconduct, breaches of environmental, social or labour-law obligations, anti-competitive agreements, conflicts of interest, involvement in preparing the procurement, serious breaches of previous public contracts, and the submission of false information or failure to submit required documents. The bidder must confirm that participation does not breach international or Estonian sanctions. The bidder may not involve, for more than 10% of the contract value, subcontractors or suppliers who are Russian citizens, residents or entities established in Russia, entities more than 50% directly or indirectly owned by such persons or entities, or representatives or entities acting on their instructions. Where an exclusion ground applies, evidence of remedial measures restoring reliability may be submitted where permitted.

The bidder must have sales authorisation for the offered products in Estonia. Evidence must be provided in the form of an authorisation document or copy issued by the manufacturer or, where the manufacturer is outside the European Union, by the manufacturer’s authorised representative. Where authority has been delegated further, the corresponding additional authorisation documents must also be submitted. For each offered product, the bidder must submit a tender complying with the technical requirements in Annex 1 in Excel format, together with a detailed manufacturer-issued technical description, specifications and instructions for use. Other Estonian- or English-language materials demonstrating compliance with the properties required in Annex 1 must also be provided. If company-specific terminology is used, an explanatory document must be added. The products must comply with the descriptions in Annex 1, bear the CE marking and be lawfully placed on the market under Regulation (EU) 2017/745 or its transitional provisions. A declaration of conformity or copy and, where applicable, a certificate of conformity or copy must be submitted. If the document covers several products, the products offered in this procurement must be clearly identified. The bidder must submit the participation application using Annex 3, Form II. In the case of a joint tender, the power of attorney for the joint bidders and the confirmation of joint and several liability must be submitted using Annex 3, Form I. The tender must fully comply with the procurement documents, and conditional tenders are not permitted. The total tender price must be stated in euros excluding VAT using the contracting authority’s prescribed form. The price must include all costs related to delivery and unloading at Tartu University Hospital’s warehouse at Vinkli 4, Tartu, and the submitted unit prices are final. If an equivalent product or an equivalent solution to a referenced standard, marking or other technical solution is offered, the equivalence must be explained and supporting evidence submitted. The machine-readable notice did not specify separate turnover, previous experience or personnel qualification requirements.