Lead designer service for the Estonian brand website design system

A bidder may be excluded if the bidder or a person in its management, supervisory or control bodies, or authorised to represent or control it, has a relevant final criminal conviction within the previous five years or remains subject to an exclusion period. The specified offences include participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, and child labour or human trafficking. The grounds also cover unpaid taxes or social security contributions, an unmanageable conflict of interest, and serious or repeated breaches of previous contracts resulting in early termination, damages, price reductions or penalties. A mandatory ground applies to convictions for enabling the unlawful employment of a foreign national. A contract may not be awarded where this would breach international or Estonian sanctions; the contracting authority may request supporting information if there is reasonable doubt. Where legally permitted, a bidder may submit evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability.

The submitted procurement passport does not specify concrete selection criteria or the requirements for the lead designer referred to in section 4.3. The bidder must ensure that the lead designer named in the tender performs the service and submit that designer’s CV using the form in Annex 3. The tender must also include a proposed solution in accordance with section 6 of Annex 1. The tender must comply with all procurement document conditions; conditional tenders are not permitted. For a joint tender, a power of attorney for the joint tenderers must be included. The bidder must identify any information in the tender claimed as a trade secret and explain the designation. The tender price, its component prices and numerical indicators relating to the evaluation criteria may not be designated as trade secrets. The detailed lead designer requirements and other conditions must be checked in the procurement documents.