Modernization of Security Systems at the Baltic Power Plant

The contracting authority will exclude a bidder where any of the following grounds under section 95(1), points 1–5 of the Estonian Public Procurement Act applies to the bidder or to a relevant representative, management, supervisory or procuratorial person: - a conviction for participation in a criminal organization, breach of official duties, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing; - a conviction for unlawfully enabling an illegally staying foreign national to work or for violating the conditions of a foreign national’s employment in Estonia, including paying below the statutory minimum wage; - a conviction related to the unlawful use of child labour or human trafficking; - outstanding national taxes, duties or environmental charges, or outstanding tax or social security contributions under the law of the country of establishment; or - the conclusion of the contract would breach an international sanction or a sanction imposed by the Government of the Republic. The bidder must confirm that none of these exclusion grounds applies. The bidder must also disclose circumstances that could create a conflict of interest or distort competition, including participation in preparing the procurement or a relationship with the contracting authority that may have provided information or an advantage unavailable to other bidders. If such circumstances exist, the bidder must provide a free-form explanation identifying the person involved, the relationship and the information or other relevant facts. The contracting authority may take measures to prevent distortion of competition and will allow the bidder to explain and prove that competition has not been distorted.

The bidder must be entered in the commercial register of its country of establishment where required by national law. A bidder established in Estonia does not need to submit a separate copy of its commercial register record. The bidder and/or its subcontractor must have properly completed at least one comparable contract during the 36 months preceding the start of the procurement. The contract must have concerned the installation, reconstruction or modernization of security systems and included the installation or upgrading of at least one video surveillance, access control or perimeter security system. The bidder must submit the list of relevant contracts using Form 2, stating the contract name, a brief description, the performance period and the other contracting party. If the bidder relies on another undertaking’s experience, including a subcontractor’s reference, that undertaking must be identified as a subcontractor and must personally perform the contract or the relevant part for which its experience is relied upon. The bidder and/or its subcontractor must have qualified responsible specialists for performing the works. The required specialists are a security systems installation technician with at least a level 4 qualification, or equivalent or higher, and a person supervising electrical works with at least a class B certificate of competence, or equivalent or higher. The bidder must submit the list of responsible specialists using Form 3 and copies of documents proving their qualifications and competence. A foreign bidder without qualification documents issued under Estonian regulations must submit equivalent documents issued under the law of its country of establishment and undertake to obtain, within one month after contract signature, confirmation from the Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority concerning the qualification and competence of the responsible person. The bid must comply with all procurement documents, must not be conditional, and must be submitted only for the matters specified by the contracting authority. The price must be entered according to the required evaluation-sheet structure, and Form 1, the Bid Form, must be completed in full; rows may not be deleted. Any proposed equivalent solution must be explained and supported by evidence where necessary. Joint bidders must appoint an authorized representative and submit the relevant authorization. The bidder must identify and justify any trade secrets, while the bid price and other prohibited evaluation-related information may not be classified as trade secrets.