Purchase of food products (Pallas Higher Art School)

A bidder may be excluded if it or a person authorised to represent, manage, or control it has, within the relevant period, a final conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, or child labour or human trafficking. Other grounds include breaches of tax or social security payment obligations; bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, suspended business activity or comparable proceedings; serious professional misconduct; agreements or conduct distorting competition; an unmanageable conflict of interest; involvement in preparing the procurement that creates an unpreventable competitive advantage; serious or repeated breaches of earlier contracts resulting in early termination, damages or comparable sanctions; false or withheld information, failure to provide requested supporting documents, or improper attempts to influence the procedure or obtain confidential information; and breaches of environmental, social or labour obligations. National grounds also cover enabling unlawful employment of foreign nationals, being subject to international sanctions, tax-related convictions, and restrictions on the bidder’s right to participate based on its place of establishment. Where the law and procurement documents allow, the bidder may present evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability.

The notice does not specify measurable bidder qualification requirements such as turnover, references, or professional certificates. The following offer and compliance requirements are stated: - Submit the completed food products table using the buyer’s prescribed form, filling in every mandatory field for all listed products. - Confirm that the offer complies with the procurement documents; conditional offers are not permitted. Submit the price in the structure specified in the pricing form. Where an equivalent product is offered, explain the equivalence and provide supporting evidence. - For a joint offer, appoint an authorised representative and include the joint bidders’ power of attorney. List the bidder’s authorised representatives who can act for, make decisions for, or control the bidder but are not visible in the commercial register, providing their names and personal identification codes. - Identify any information claimed as a trade secret and explain why, or state that the offer contains no trade secrets. The offer price and other specified evaluation-related figures may not be designated as trade secrets. - Confirm that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned regions. - Confirm that any subcontractors and suppliers engaged in contract performance are established in Estonia, another EU Member State, another EEA contracting state, or a country party to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. The notice does not state the award criteria.