Purchase of Vertica software licence and product support

A bidder must be excluded if it or a relevant member of its administrative, management or supervisory body, authorised representative or other person able to represent, decide for or control it has been convicted of participation in a criminal organisation, breach of integrity obligations or corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, facilitating unlawful employment or breaches of foreign workers’ employment conditions, unlawful child labour or human trafficking. Exclusion is also mandatory for outstanding state taxes, social security contributions or environmental charges under the applicable rules, and where awarding the contract would violate an international or Estonian government sanction. The contracting authority may also exclude bidders for breaches of environmental, social or labour obligations; insolvency, liquidation, suspended business or a comparable situation; serious professional misconduct; unpaid local taxes; anti-competitive conduct; an unmanageable conflict of interest or distortion of competition arising from involvement in preparing the procurement; significant or repeated failures under earlier public contracts; false or misleading information or attempts to influence the procurement or obtain confidential information; relevant tax offences; or lack of the legal right to submit a tender. The bidder must provide the prescribed confirmation that no exclusion grounds apply.

No specific financial-capacity, experience, staffing or other qualification criteria are stated in the provided document. The bidder must confirm that its tender complies with the procurement documents. For a joint tender, the partners must appoint an authorised representative from among themselves and include the original power of attorney in the tender. The bidder must identify any trade secrets in its tender and explain why the information qualifies; tender prices and other specified evaluation-related figures or indicators may not be treated as trade secrets. The bidder must confirm that awarding the contract would not violate applicable international or Estonian government sanctions, and that the proposed service does not include or use persons, goods or services subject to sanctions or originating from sanctioned regions. References to standards, technical specifications, brands, sources, processes, types, origins or production methods are understood to allow equivalent alternatives; where an equivalent is offered, the bidder must explain and provide evidence of equivalence.