Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its management or supervisory body members or representatives are subject to grounds for exclusion. These include final convictions within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences or terrorist activity, money laundering or terrorist financing, unlawful use of child labour, or human trafficking; any continuing exclusion period also applies.
Grounds for exclusion include breaches of obligations to pay taxes or social security contributions. The procurement passport states a threshold of EUR 0, but the tax authority does not issue a tax-debt certificate if the debt is below EUR 100 or payment has been deferred; for foreign bidders, the law of the country of establishment applies. Exclusion also applies to offences involving the employment of a foreign national staying in the country without a legal basis, and where concluding the contract would violate an international sanction or a sanction imposed by the Government of the Republic of Estonia. If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may provide evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability where that option is available or provided for in the tender documents.