Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor persons involved in its management, representation or supervision are subject to any exclusion grounds. These include convictions for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering, terrorist financing or human trafficking. The bidder must also have no outstanding taxes or social security contributions, serious breaches of environmental, social or labour law, bankruptcy, liquidation or other insolvency proceedings, suspended business activities, serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive agreements or unresolved conflicts of interest. Exclusion may also result from a serious breach of a previous public contract, the submission of false information, failure to provide required information or documents, or improper influence over the procurement procedure. The bidder must additionally confirm that entering into the contract would not breach international sanctions and that it has not enabled an unlawfully staying foreign national to work. Where applicable, evidence of measures restoring reliability may be submitted. The threshold for tax and social security debt is stated as EUR 0; however, the Estonian tax authority does not issue a tax debt certificate for a debt below EUR 100 or for a rescheduled tax debt.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The machine-readable notice does not set out specific turnover, previous experience, staffing or professional qualification requirements. The bidder must submit a tender complying with the procurement documents and confirm acceptance of all tender conditions; conditional tenders are not permitted. The required free-form tender document must be submitted with the tender. The service must be available in Estonia at least in Tallinn, Tartu and Pärnu. For service outside Estonia, the bidder must provide a list of countries where the service can be used, including Germany and the United Kingdom. Tenders may be submitted for up to two lots, and one bidder may be awarded contracts for up to two lots. In the case of a joint tender, a power of attorney for the joint tenderers must be submitted. The bidder must identify and justify any trade secrets; the tender price and numerical figures describing the tender in relation to the award criteria may not be classified as trade secrets. The bidder must also confirm that, in performing the contract, it will not use subcontractors or suppliers covered by the sanctions regime for more than 10% of the contract value, including Russian persons or entities and entities owned, controlled or instructed by them.