Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its management, administrative or supervisory body members or representatives has received a final conviction within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, or the use of child labour or human trafficking. Where relevant, the bidder must provide conviction details and describe measures taken to restore its reliability.\n\nExclusion grounds may also include tax or social security arrears, bankruptcy or another insolvency proceeding, liquidation, assets being administered by a liquidator or court, suspended business activities, serious professional misconduct, agreements restricting competition, a conflict of interest, involvement in preparing the procurement, a material breach or early termination of a previous procurement contract, false information, or failure to provide required information or documents. The bidder must also confirm compliance with environmental, social and labour-law obligations.\n\nUnder Estonian law, the notice additionally addresses offences related to enabling an unlawfully staying foreign national to work, international sanctions, and convictions for tax offences. Tax and social security obligations must have been fulfilled, or a binding arrangement for their payment must have been concluded.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The supplied materials do not specify a minimum turnover, previous experience or other financial capacity requirement. The bidder must submit the European Single Procurement Document and confirm compliance with the tender documents. In a joint tender, an authorisation from the joint tenderers must be included. The price must be submitted according to the structure specified by the contracting authority, and conditional tenders are not permitted.\n\nThe bidder must provide at least a 12-month warranty, free maintenance and repair during the warranty period, and on-site maintenance and repair in Estonia after the warranty period. The bidder must also state, in days, the period within which warranty work will be carried out. At least one service engineer or technician who speaks and writes Estonian and has been trained to repair and maintain the offered equipment must be involved in contract performance; the training must be evidenced by a certificate or other document.\n\nThe bidder must confirm that the goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned regions, and that more than 10% of the contract value will not be performed by subcontractors or suppliers covered by the Russian sanctions restriction. Where relevant, equivalence must be explained and evidence of equivalence attached. The tender must identify any trade secrets and justify their protection, or state that it contains no trade secrets.