Compliance requirements
The bidder must declare whether it, or a person in its management, supervisory or representative bodies, has a relevant final conviction within the previous five years or is still subject to an exclusion period. The offences include participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, and child labour or human trafficking.
Exclusion may also apply for unpaid taxes or social security contributions; breaches of environmental, social or labour obligations; bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, an analogous situation, an arrangement with creditors, assets managed by a liquidator or court, or suspended business activities; serious professional misconduct; agreements intended to distort competition; an unmanageable conflict of interest; involvement in preparing the procurement where an resulting competitive advantage cannot otherwise be remedied; serious or persistent failures under previous contracts resulting in early termination, damages or comparable sanctions; false or misleading information, failure to provide required information or documents, or improper attempts to obtain confidential information.
National grounds include enabling a foreign national to work without legal grounds or in breach of employment conditions, being subject to an international or Estonian government sanction, and relevant tax offences. The tax-debt information notes that a certificate is not issued for debt below EUR 100 (excluding interest not determined by an administrative act) or where payment has been deferred. First-tier subcontractors are checked during contract performance and must submit a European Single Procurement Document; second- and subsequent-tier subcontractors are not checked under the stated arrangements.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder’s average annual turnover must be at least EUR 1,000,000 over the stated period of 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2025. Turnover data must be provided in the European Single Procurement Document; if it is not available through a public database, the bidder must submit annual accounts for the relevant years or extracts from them.
Within the 60 months preceding the procurement, the bidder must have properly completed at least one contract for construction of either an illuminated 2,500 m² path for pedestrians and cyclists or road with an adjacent illuminated 2,500 m² pavement, or an illuminated 2,500 m² street. The referenced contract must have been completed during that period. The bidder must provide the contract details in the European Single Procurement Document and, if requested, evidence of proper performance, such as a client confirmation or works handover certificate. If relying on another entity’s capacity, the bidder must also provide that entity’s European Single Procurement Document.
The works must be managed by a competent site manager holding at least a Level 6 Road Engineer professional qualification, specialising in road construction and maintenance with the selected competence of construction management, or an equivalent qualification at EQF Level 6. The bidder must provide the site manager’s qualification details and include the required consent form for the competent person in its tender.
The tender must accept the conditions in the procurement documents and must not be conditional. Joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative and provide the power of attorney. The tender price must follow the specified pricing structure. Any claimed equivalence must be explained and supported by evidence. The bidder must confirm that it will not engage a subcontractor that would have to be replaced under the applicable rules, and that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned regions. The precise award criteria are not stated in the provided document text and should be checked in the official tender documents.