Compliance requirements
The bidder, its representatives, or members of its management or supervisory bodies must not have been convicted of participation in a criminal organisation, breach of integrity obligations, corruption, fraud, terrorism, money laundering, terrorist financing, enabling the employment of an unlawfully staying foreign national, violating the employment conditions of a foreign national, illegal use of child labour, or trafficking in human beings. The bidder must not have outstanding state tax, payment, or environmental charge liabilities, or tax or social security payment debts under the law of its country of establishment. Contract award must not breach an international sanction or a sanction imposed by the Government of the Republic of Estonia. The contracting authority may also exclude a bidder because of a local tax debt. The bidder must confirm that none of the exclusion grounds under Section 95(1) and Section 95(4.1) of the Estonian Public Procurement Act apply.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
No qualification or suitability criteria are specified in the European Single Procurement Document. To meet the compliance requirements, the bidder must submit the required declarations and information about persons connected with the tender using the form in Annex 5. For the employee involved in contract performance, the bidder must submit a digitally signed confirmation of the employee’s willingness to participate in contract performance and a CV using the form in Annex 6; the detailed employee requirements are set out in the technical specification in Annex 3 and must be checked in the tender documents. The tender must comply with all tender-document conditions and must not be conditional. The tender price must be submitted in the structure specified in the price and evaluation sheet. Where necessary, equivalence must be explained and evidence of equivalence attached. The bidder and its subcontractors must not be established or domiciled in the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus. In a joint tender, a power of attorney for the joint bidders’ authorised representative must be submitted. The bidder must identify and justify any confidential business information; the tender price and prohibited numerical information relevant to evaluation may not be classified as confidential.