Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither the bidder, its management or supervisory board members, nor persons authorised to represent or control it have 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 offences involving child labour or human trafficking. The bidder must also have no outstanding taxes or social security contributions, except in legally permitted cases, such as where the debt has been deferred or covered by a binding arrangement. The bidder must confirm that it has not enabled an unlawfully staying foreign national to work or breached the conditions applicable to the employment of foreign nationals in Estonia. It must also confirm that entering into the contract would not breach an international or Estonian sanction. Where an exclusion ground applies, evidence of measures restoring the bidder’s reliability may be submitted in certain circumstances. The bidder must provide the required declarations through the European Single Procurement Document and, where necessary, supporting evidence.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The documents provided do not specify a concrete minimum turnover, previous experience or team qualification requirement. The bidder must submit a compliant tender, confirm acceptance of the conditions set out in the tender documents, and provide the tender price in the structure specified for the procurement. The tender must include a work schedule and activity plan describing how the objectives will be achieved, the timing of activities, any stages, the roles of the persons involved and any additional value-creating activities. A methodology and risk analysis must also be submitted, covering contract-performance risks, their likelihood and consequences, mitigation measures and responsible persons. Proof of liability insurance must be included. In a joint tender, a power of attorney for the joint tenderers must be submitted. The bidder must justify any information designated as a trade secret and confirm that it will not engage subcontractors or suppliers covered by the Russian-related sanctions for more than 10% of the contract value. The machine-readable notice did not include precise financial or experience requirements; their possible existence must be checked in the tender documents.