Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither the bidder nor its management, administrative or supervisory board members, or persons authorised to represent it, have been finally convicted within the past five years of participating in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism, money laundering, terrorist financing, child labour or trafficking in human beings. The bidder must also have no outstanding tax or social security payment debts, except where permitted by law, and must not have breached environmental, social or labour law obligations.
The contracting authority will also consider bankruptcy or liquidation, agreements with creditors, assets being administered by a liquidator or court, suspended business activities, serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive agreements, conflicts of interest and prior involvement in preparing the procurement. Grounds for exclusion may also include serious breaches of previous public contracts, false statements, failure to provide required information or documents, improper influence over the contracting authority, or attempts to obtain confidential information.
The bidder must additionally confirm that there are no violations concerning the employment of unlawfully residing foreign nationals, no risk of breaching international or Estonian sanctions, no conviction for tax offences, and no local tax debt owed in the contracting authority’s locality. Where an exclusion ground exists, the bidder may describe remedial measures taken to restore its reliability and provide supporting evidence where applicable.