Compliance requirements
The bidder must declare that neither it nor its representatives or members of its management or supervisory bodies are subject to grounds for exclusion. These include convictions within the previous five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, and the use of child labour or human trafficking.
Other grounds may include failure to pay taxes or social security contributions; breaches of environmental, social or labour obligations; bankruptcy or other insolvency, liquidation, an agreement with creditors, administration of assets by a liquidator, or suspension of business; serious professional misconduct; agreements restricting competition; an unavoidable conflict of interest; an unremediable competitive advantage resulting from involvement in preparing the procurement; significant or repeated breach of a previous contract; and submitting false or misleading information, withholding information, failing to provide required documents, or improperly obtaining confidential information.
Exclusion may also apply to offences relating to enabling a foreign national to work without lawful grounds and to situations in which awarding the contract would breach an international or national sanction. The stated threshold for tax arrears is EUR 0; however, the Estonian tax authority does not issue a tax-debt certificate where the debt is below EUR 100 or payment has been rescheduled. In certain cases, the bidder may submit evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability where permitted by law or the procurement documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
During the 36 months preceding the start of the procurement, the bidder must have completed at least 3 printing service contracts. Contracts still in progress are also accepted if they meet the requirements. At least one contract must have a value of EUR 8,000 excluding VAT. This requirement applies to all 13 lots. The bidder must provide contract details in the ESPD, including the client’s contact details and contract value; for public contracts, the procurement reference number must also be provided. The contracting authority may request further explanations or evidence and may contact the named client.
The tender must use the contracting authority’s forms and required structure. For the selected lot, all highlighted rows and the product’s unit price excluding VAT must be completed in the price form; no other parts of the form may be altered. The bidder must confirm that the tender complies with the procurement documents and submit a digitally signed participation declaration with confirmations. If an equivalent solution is offered, its equivalence must be explained and supported with evidence. For a joint tender, a power of attorney must be submitted, an authorised representative appointed, and the joint bidders must accept joint and several liability. The bidder must confirm that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned regions. The bidder must also confirm that subcontractors or suppliers covered by the sanctions rules—including Russian nationals, residents or established entities, entities more than 50% owned by them, and their representatives or persons acting on their instructions—will not be engaged for more than 10% of the contract value. Conditional tenders are not permitted. The provided text does not specify detailed award criteria.