Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its representatives or members of its management or supervisory bodies have final convictions during the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism, money laundering or terrorist financing, or the use of child labour or other forms of human trafficking. The bidder must also have complied with its obligations to pay taxes and social security contributions.
The exclusion grounds also cover breaches of environmental, social and labour law obligations; bankruptcy; insolvency or liquidation proceedings; arrangements with creditors; other comparable insolvency situations; assets administered by a liquidator or court; suspended business activity; serious professional misconduct; agreements restricting competition; conflicts of interest; and inappropriate involvement in preparing the procurement. Grounds may also include a serious or repeated breach of a previous public contract resulting in termination, compensation or a contractual penalty, as well as false information, failure to provide required information or documents, or improper attempts to influence the contracting authority's decision-making.
National grounds additionally concern enabling an unlawfully residing foreign national to work, compliance with international or Estonian sanctions, and convictions for tax offences. Where an exclusion ground exists, the bidder may, where permitted by the tender documents and applicable law, submit evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability. The bidder must provide the required declarations in the European Single Procurement Document and any additional evidence requested by the contracting authority.