Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that it is not barred from submitting a bid under any restriction imposed by the contracting authority based on the bidder’s place of residence or establishment. The notice does not specify a particular geographic restriction. The bidder must also confirm that it will not engage a subcontractor that would have to be replaced under the applicable procurement rules.
The bidder must confirm that Russian nationals, residents or entities established in Russia, entities more than 50% directly or indirectly owned by them, and their representatives or entities acting on their instructions will not be involved as subcontractors or suppliers for more than 10% of the contract value. The offered goods must not be subject to international sanctions or originate from sanctioned regions. A bid that would result in a contract void under the applicable sanctions law will be rejected.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder’s net turnover in each of the two financial years completed before publication of the contract notice must be at least EUR 3,000,000. The bidder must provide turnover information for both years. If the contracting authority cannot obtain it from public registers, the bidder must, on request, provide an extract from the annual report or other evidence of turnover.
Within the 60 months before publication of the contract notice, the bidder must have properly completed, as the main contractor, at least one contract for preparing a principal design and at least one contract for construction of a similar special-purpose, non-residential building with a net area of at least 800 m². The design and construction experience may relate to different buildings. Examples include care homes, day centres, primary healthcare facilities and educational buildings. For each contract, provide the period to the nearest month, value excluding VAT, a brief description of the work, and the client’s name, telephone number and email address.
The construction project manager must hold at least a level 6 building engineer qualification specialising in building construction, with the elective competence of construction management, or a level 6 construction manager qualification specialising in general construction, or an equivalent qualification. For a specialist resident outside Estonia who does not hold the required Estonian professional or competence certificate, provide a copy of the professional licence issued in the country of residence or other evidence of the right to perform the relevant work there, together with an extract of the applicable legislation where available. Provide the specialist’s name and certificate number or the required evidence of equivalent qualification.
The bid must comply with the tender documents; conditional bids are not permitted. Prices must follow the prescribed structure, and the completed bill of quantities must be included without changing its format. Any proposed equivalent solution must be explained and supported by evidence. Joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative and include a power of attorney. The bidder must identify and justify any information claimed as a trade secret; prices and figures used for bid evaluation may not be classified as trade secrets.
The bidder must confirm that it will not engage a subcontractor that would have to be replaced under the applicable procurement rules. It must also confirm that Russian nationals, residents or entities established in Russia, entities more than 50% directly or indirectly owned by them, and their representatives or entities acting on their instructions will not be involved as subcontractors or suppliers for more than 10% of the contract value. The offered goods must not be subject to international sanctions or originate from sanctioned regions.
For furniture, all wood must come from legal sources. Evidence of origin, such as an FSC certificate or a FLEGT or CITES licence, must be provided upon delivery. The bidder must declare all substances on the REACH Candidate List present in the product or any component or material at concentrations exceeding 0.1% by mass, and provide evidence upon delivery confirming their presence or absence. Furniture must carry a warranty of at least 2 years from delivery, covering repairs and a replacement product during warranty repairs at no extra charge. Spare parts or functionally equivalent components must remain available for at least 2 years after delivery.