Compliance requirements
The bidder must not have been finally convicted within the previous five years of participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, a terrorist act or terrorism-related offence, money laundering or terrorist financing, or the illegal employment of children or an offence related to human trafficking. The bidder must also not have breached tax or social security payment obligations, seriously breached environmental, social or labour-law obligations, be bankrupt or otherwise insolvent, have suspended business activities, seriously breached professional conduct rules, entered into an agreement restricting competition, have an unavoidable conflict of interest, or have an unjustified connection with the preparation of the procurement. Exclusion may also result from a serious breach of a previous public contract, the submission of false information or failure to provide required documents, attempts to influence the contracting authority’s decision-making, or attempts to obtain confidential information. The bidder must confirm that entering into the contract would not breach international or Estonian sanctions and that it will not employ a foreign national residing in Estonia without a legal basis. The stated threshold for tax and social security arrears is EUR 0; the tax authority does not issue a certificate where tax arrears are below EUR 100 or payment has been deferred. First-tier subcontractors will be checked during contract performance, and the bidder must confirm that it will not engage a subcontractor subject to exclusion. Where an exclusion ground applies, evidence of remedial measures may be submitted in certain circumstances.