Compliance requirements
The contracting authority must exclude a bidder if the bidder or a person authorised to represent, manage or control it has been convicted of participation in a criminal organisation, breach of integrity obligations, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences or related acts, money laundering or terrorist financing, or offences involving unlawful employment of foreign nationals or child labour and human trafficking. Exclusion also applies where the bidder has tax, social security contribution or environmental charge arrears, or where awarding the contract would breach an international or Estonian government sanction. The authority may also exclude a bidder for a serious or persistent breach of a previous public contract that resulted in termination, withdrawal, a price reduction, damages or a penalty, or for providing false information or failing to submit requested qualification information or documents.
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 annual accounts showing turnover, unless the information is publicly available to the contracting authority from a register for an Estonian-registered legal entity. If the financial year does not coincide with the calendar year, the requirement applies to the last three completed financial years; at least six months must have passed since the end of the latest completed financial year by the bid submission date.
Within the 60 months preceding the start of the procurement, the bidder must have properly completed at least three contracts for electrical construction works similar to this contract. At least one must have a value of EUR 80,000 or more, excluding VAT. The bidder must submit a list stating the performance period, the other contracting parties and their representatives' contact details, including telephone and email, and the procurement reference numbers where applicable. Evidence of proper completion must be provided on request unless the authority can obtain it from databases without significant cost.
The bidder must have an electrical works manager holding valid A-level competence and/or a qualification of at least level 6 under the Professions Act, with the relevant certificate, and the person must be registered in Elektrilevi's Partner Portal before bids are opened. A worker authorised to perform switching operations on the relevant 0.22–20 kV network must also be registered there before bids are opened. For low-voltage work only (0.22–1 kV), at least low-voltage switching rights are required; otherwise both low- and medium-voltage switching rights are required, including where low-voltage work requires switching on the medium-voltage side. The bidder must also have a person appointed as responsible for the work operation, registered in the Partner Portal before bids are opened.
The bid must comply with the procurement documents and may not contain conditions or additional terms. The bidder must complete every unit-price field in the required price schedule, follow the instructions in document V178, and include approximately 70 m² of landscaping restoration in the price. The bidder must provide the contract signatory's name, title and contact details, identify a contact person for contract matters, and include a power of attorney if signing authority does not arise from the articles of association. Joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative and submit their authorisation. Materials, equipment, goods and components used in the works must not be produced in or originate from Russia or Belarus; origin certificates may be requested. The bidder's registered or residential location must not be in Russia or Belarus. Standard payment periods are 14 calendar days for contracts up to EUR 59,999, 35 days for EUR 60,000–249,999 and 45 days for contracts of EUR 250,000 or more; participation in the contracting authority's factoring programme results in a 95-day payment period.