Compliance requirements
The bidder must declare whether it or any person authorised to represent, manage or control it has relevant convictions, including for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering, terrorist financing, or child labour and human trafficking. Exclusion grounds also cover unpaid taxes or social security contributions, insolvency or liquidation, breaches of environmental, social or labour obligations, serious professional misconduct, competition-distorting agreements, conflicts of interest, involvement in preparing the procurement where this creates an unavoidable competitive advantage, serious or repeated failures under previous contracts, false or withheld information, failure to provide requested documents, and attempts to obtain confidential information improperly. National grounds include enabling a person without legal grounds to work, being subject to international sanctions, tax-related offences, and any applicable restriction on participation based on the bidder’s place of establishment. The bidder must also confirm that the goods offered are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned regions. Tax-debt certificates may not be issued for debt below EUR 100 or where payment has been deferred; foreign bidders are assessed under the rules of their country of establishment. Where applicable, the bidder may provide evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder’s net turnover in the most recently completed financial year before the procurement began must be at least EUR 900,000. Joint bidders may combine their turnover. At the contracting authority’s request, the bidder must provide the annual report extract or other evidence of turnover, unless the information is publicly available in the Estonian commercial register. If relying on another entity’s financial capacity, the bidder must identify that entity in the procurement passport; the entity must accept joint and several liability for the contract part supported by its capacity and, upon request, provide the required consent and supporting evidence.
During the 60 months before the procurement began, the bidder must have properly completed at least one contract for construction works on a public road involving installation of at least 2,500 m² of the upper layer of an asphalt concrete pavement. The bidder must list the relevant works in the procurement passport. At the contracting authority’s request, it must provide the client’s confirmation of proper completion, the contract period and the area of upper-layer asphalt pavement installed. If relying on another entity’s technical capacity, that entity must participate directly in performing at least the part of the contract for which its capacity is relied upon, and the required consent and evidence must be provided upon request.
The bidder must confirm acceptance of the procurement conditions and complete the supplied cost schedule in full. It must not alter or delete the listed items, descriptions, parameters, units, quantities or other information provided by the contracting authority. Prices must be stated in euros to two decimal places, and the completed schedule must be submitted as an Excel file. For a joint bid, submit a signed authorisation appointing a representative and a separate procurement passport for each joint bidder. Provide the names and personal identification codes of authorised representatives not identifiable from the relevant register, or confirm that there are none.