Compliance requirements
A bidder must not have mandatory exclusion grounds, including relevant convictions of the bidder or its authorised representatives for organised crime, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering, unlawful employment of foreign nationals, illegal child labour or human trafficking. The bidder must not have tax, payment or environmental-fee debts, and contract award must not breach international or national sanctions. The contracting authority may also exclude a bidder for serious or persistent failures under previous public contracts, or for providing false information or failing to submit requested qualification evidence. Participation is prohibited for undertakings established or resident in the Russian Federation or Belarus. Materials, equipment, goods and components originating from those countries may not be installed or used; certificates of origin may be requested.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder’s net turnover must have been at least EUR 300,000 in each of the last three completed financial years. The bidder must provide extracts from the financial statements for those years, unless the information is publicly available to the contracting authority through a register. At least three similar electrical construction contracts must have been properly completed during the 60 months preceding the start of the procurement, including at least one contract worth at least EUR 80,000 excluding VAT. A list of the contracts must state the performance period, the client representative’s contact details and, for public contracts, the reference numbers; evidence of proper performance must be provided upon request. The bidder must have an electrical works manager with valid A-level competence and/or a qualification corresponding to at least level 6 under the Professions Act, with supporting evidence and registration in Elektrilevi’s partner portal before bids are opened. The bidder must also have a person with switching rights for the required 0.22–20 kV network operations, registered in the partner portal, and a person responsible for the work operation, also registered there. The bid must include the completed price table with all unit-price fields filled in, comply with all procurement-document conditions without additional or conditional terms, and include signatory and contact-person details; a power of attorney is required where signing authority is not based on the articles of association. The bidder must identify and justify any trade secrets. Standard payment periods are 14, 35 or 45 calendar days depending on the contract value, while participation in the contracting authority’s factoring programme results in a 95-day payment period.