Employee health insurance procurement

A bidder may be excluded for relevant criminal convictions of the bidder or its management, supervisory or representative persons, including participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, child labour or human trafficking. Exclusion grounds also include breaches of tax or social security payment obligations; breaches of environmental, social or labour-law obligations; bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, creditor arrangements or comparable situations; suspended business activity; serious professional misconduct; agreements or conduct distorting competition; an unresolvable conflict of interest; or involvement in preparing the procurement that creates an unfair advantage that cannot otherwise be prevented. Grounds also include serious or repeated failures under previous public contracts resulting in early termination, damages, price reductions or penalties; false or misleading information, failure to provide required information or supporting documents, or improper attempts to influence the procurement or obtain confidential information; enabling the unlawful employment of a foreign national; entering into a contract in breach of international or Estonian sanctions; and relevant tax-related criminal convictions. For tax and social security debts, the notice states a threshold of EUR 0 and notes that, under Estonian rules, a tax-debt certificate is not issued where the debt is below EUR 100 or payment has been rescheduled. Where permitted by law or the procurement documents, a bidder may provide evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability.

The bidder must be a licensed insurance provider established in an EU Member State, an EEA contracting party or a country that is party to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement. It must be authorised to provide non-life insurance services in Estonia under the Insurance Activities Act. The contracting authority will verify this in the Financial Supervision Authority’s electronic database. The bidder must submit its price using the structure specified in the pricing schedule. Conditional tenders are not permitted, and submitting a tender confirms acceptance of the procurement documents. Joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative from among themselves and include the relevant power of attorney with the tender. The bidder must identify and justify any trade secrets, but may not classify the tender price or other specified evaluation-related numerical data as trade secrets. The bidder must confirm that it will not involve, in performing more than 10% of the contract value, subcontractors or suppliers who are Russian nationals, residents or entities established in Russia; are more than 50% directly or indirectly owned by such persons or entities; or act on their behalf or under their instructions. No specific financial turnover, prior experience or staffing thresholds are stated in the supplied documents.