Compliance requirements
A bidder must be excluded if the bidder or a person with management or representation powers has been convicted of participation in a criminal organisation, breach of integrity obligations, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing. The same applies to convictions for enabling illegal employment, allowing a foreign national to work in Estonia in breach of the applicable conditions, or offences involving the unlawful use of child labour or human trafficking. Tax, duty or environmental charge debts, or tax or social security contribution debts under the bidder’s country-of-establishment rules, are also grounds for mandatory exclusion.
The contracting authority may exclude a bidder that has seriously or repeatedly breached material terms of an earlier public contract, resulting in termination, a price reduction, compensation for damage or a contractual penalty. Exclusion may also follow from providing false information about compliance with the selection criteria or failing to provide required information or documents. The bidder must not be established or domiciled in the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
During the 60 months preceding the start of the procurement, the bidder must have properly completed at least three contracts for electrical construction works similar to the subject of this contract. At least one of those contracts must have had a value of at least EUR 40,000 excluding VAT. The bidder must provide a list of the contracts stating their performance periods, details of the other contracting parties (including the customer representative’s telephone number and email address) and, for public contracts, the procurement reference numbers. The contracting authority may request evidence of proper performance if it cannot obtain the information readily from databases.
The bidder’s team must include an employee with valid switching authorisations who is registered in Elektrilevi’s partner portal before the tender submission deadline. For works at 0.22–1 kV, at least low-voltage switching authorisations are required. In other cases, medium-voltage switching authorisations are also required, including where medium-voltage switching is needed to carry out low-voltage works. The team must also include a person appointed as responsible for the work operation and registered in the same portal before the submission deadline.
The team must include a person responsible for directing electrical works who holds a valid A-level competence and/or a qualification at level 6 or higher. The person must hold the relevant evidence when the tender is submitted and be registered in Elektrilevi’s partner portal before the submission deadline.
The tender must comply with the procurement documents; conditional tenders are not permitted. The bidder must submit the price table using the form in the procurement documents and complete every unit-price field. The bidder must provide the name, title and contact details of each contract signatory and the contact person for contract performance. If the signatory’s authority is not based on the articles of association, a power of attorney must be included. The bidder must identify any trade secrets in the tender and explain why they qualify as such. The information provided does not specify the award criteria; these should be checked in the procurement documents.
The payment period from receipt of the invoice is 14 calendar days for a contract worth up to EUR 59,999, 35 calendar days for a contract worth EUR 60,000–249,999, and 45 calendar days for a contract worth at least EUR 250,000. If the bidder joins the contracting authority’s factoring programme, the payment period is 95 calendar days.