Promoting Entrepreneurship in South-East Estonia – Construction of the Priimetsa Industrial and Business Area

The bidder, its management, administrative or supervisory body members, and its representatives must not be subject to grounds for exclusion. These include final convictions within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences or related activities, money laundering or terrorist financing, unlawful child labour or human trafficking. Other grounds include breaches of environmental, social or labour law; bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or suspension of business; serious professional misconduct; agreements distorting competition; an unresolved conflict of interest; serious breaches of previous contracts; and misrepresentation, failure to provide required information or documents, or improper efforts to obtain confidential information. In certain cases, the bidder may provide evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability. Failure to pay taxes or social security contributions may also result in exclusion. For Estonian tax debt, the tax authority does not issue a debt certificate where the debt administered by that authority is under EUR 100 or its payment has been deferred. For a foreign bidder, the rules of its country of establishment apply. Further grounds include allowing a foreign national who is unlawfully present in the country to work, breaching the conditions for a foreign national to work in Estonia, violating an international or Estonian Government sanction, and a tax-related criminal conviction of the bidder or its legal representative. The bidder must confirm that it will not use a subcontractor during contract performance who would have to be replaced under the law. The bidder must also confirm that it is not established or resident in the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus.

The bidder’s arithmetic average annual turnover over the three most recent relevant financial years must be at least EUR 1,000,000. The reference period is 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025. If the financial year does not coincide with the calendar year, the three financial years completed by the time the procurement was announced will be used. The bid must include a properly completed bill of quantities, with prices provided in the structure specified in the procurement’s pricing schedule. The bid must comply with the tender documents and must not be conditional. If an equivalent solution is offered, the bidder must explain its equivalence and provide supporting evidence. Joint bidders must submit a power of attorney appointing their authorised representative. The bidder must provide the names and personal identification numbers of authorised persons, or confirm that it has no such persons. The bidder must identify any information in the bid claimed as a trade secret and explain that designation; the bid price and figures used for evaluation may not be designated as trade secrets. The precise award criteria were not included in the supplied document text; check the tender documents for details.