Procurement of mobile phones and accessories

Grounds for exclusion may include final convictions within the past five years of the bidder or its representative for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, or the use of child labour or human trafficking. Other grounds include failure to pay taxes or social security contributions, bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, suspension of business, an arrangement with creditors or assets being administered by a liquidator. Further grounds may include serious professional misconduct, agreements distorting competition, an unavoidable conflict of interest, involvement in preparing the procurement in a way that distorts competition, a serious or repeated breach of a previous public contract, and providing false information, withholding information, failing to submit requested documents or improperly obtaining confidential information. Breaches of environmental, social or labour-law obligations, enabling a foreign national to work without legal grounds, a contract that would violate international sanctions, and conviction for a tax offence are also addressed. The threshold for tax and social security contribution arrears is EUR 0. However, the Estonian tax authority does not issue a tax-debt certificate where the total debt for taxes administered by the same authority, excluding interest not established by an administrative act, is below EUR 100 or payment has been deferred. If a ground for exclusion applies, the bidder may submit evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability where that possibility is provided for in the procurement or applies under the international threshold rules.

The bidder must confirm that its tender complies with the tender documents; conditional tenders are not permitted. The tender price must follow the structure specified in the tender documents. A sanctions-related requirement applies to both lots: the bidder must not involve subcontractors or suppliers accounting for more than 10% of the contract value if they are Russian citizens, residents or entities established in Russia; entities more than 50% directly or indirectly owned by such persons or entities; or representatives of, or entities acting on the instructions of, those persons or entities. The goods offered must not be subject to international sanctions or originate from a sanctioned region. For a joint tender, the joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative from among themselves and include an authorisation document. The bidder must identify and justify any information claimed as a trade secret; the tender price and figures reflecting compliance with award criteria may not be classified as trade secrets. The available documents do not specify detailed selection criteria or award criteria; product-specific requirements must be checked in the tender documents.