Purchase of food products for educational institutions in Järva municipality for 2027

The bidder may be excluded for specified convictions involving the bidder or its representatives, including participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, and child labour or human trafficking. The relevant conviction grounds generally cover the previous five years or any exclusion period still in force. Exclusion grounds also include failure to pay taxes or social security contributions; bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or comparable situations; an agreement with creditors; assets managed by a liquidator or court; suspended business activity; serious professional misconduct; agreements intended to distort competition; an unmanageable conflict of interest; involvement in preparing the procurement where this creates an irremediable competitive advantage; and significant or persistent failures under previous contracts, including early termination, damages or comparable sanctions. A bidder may also be excluded for false or misleading information, withholding required information or documents, improperly seeking confidential information, or breaching applicable environmental, social or labour obligations. National grounds include enabling a foreign national to work without a lawful basis or in breach of Estonian employment conditions, being subject to an international or Estonian government sanction that would make contract award unlawful, and relevant tax offences. The bidder must declare whether these grounds apply. Tax and social contribution arrears are grounds for exclusion; under Estonian rules, a tax arrear below EUR 100 or an agreed payment schedule is treated as specified in the notice. Where permitted, the bidder may provide evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability.

The bidder must hold a permit issued by the Agriculture and Food Board for handling food in the bidder’s field of activity. The contracting authority will verify the permit in the Board’s supervisory information system. This requirement applies to all 12 listed product lots. The bid must comply with the procurement documents and be unconditional. The price must be submitted in the prescribed structure. The bidder must submit the participation declaration using Form 3. If the bid is signed by someone other than the bidder’s legal representative, a power of attorney using Form 2 is required. Joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative and submit the joint bidders’ power of attorney and confirmation of joint and several liability using the prescribed form. Any claimed trade secret must be identified and justified; prices and other specified evaluation-related figures may not be treated as trade secrets. Where equivalence is offered, the bidder must explain it and provide supporting evidence. The bidder must confirm that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned regions. The bidder must also confirm that it will not involve, for more than 10% of the contract value, subcontractors or suppliers covered by the specified EU restrictions concerning Russian persons or entities. The bid must include the required confirmations concerning restricted subcontractors.