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Checks cover final convictions within the past five years concerning the bidder, its administrative, management or supervisory body members, and persons authorised to represent, make decisions for or control it. The offences listed are participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, and the unlawful use of child labour or human trafficking. Compliance with tax and social security contribution obligations is also checked. The notice sets the tax-debt threshold at EUR 0; its accompanying information states that the tax authority does not issue a certificate where the tax debt is below EUR 100 or payment has been rescheduled. Grounds for exclusion also include a conviction for enabling a foreign national staying in the country without legal grounds to work, or for enabling a breach of the conditions for a foreign national’s employment in Estonia, and circumstances in which awarding the contract would violate an international sanction or a sanction imposed by the Government of the Republic of Estonia. Where provided for by law, the bidder may submit evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability.

The machine-readable notice did not specify precise qualification or suitability requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents. The bidder must confirm that its tender complies with the tender documents and submit completed Appendices 3 and 5. The total tender price must follow the instructions in Appendix 5 and the structure specified in the pricing form. Conditional and variant tenders are not permitted. For a joint tender, the joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative from among themselves and submit a power of attorney. The bidder must identify any information in its tender that it considers a trade secret and explain that designation. The tender price and figures relating to the award criteria may not be designated as trade secrets. No award criteria are specified.