Joint procurement of audit services for Haapsalu city’s consolidated annual reports for 2026–2030

The exclusion grounds cover final convictions within the past five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, and child labour or human trafficking. They also include unpaid taxes or social security contributions; breaches of environmental, social or labour obligations; bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar situations; suspended business activity; serious professional misconduct; agreements intended to distort competition; conflicts of interest or involvement in preparing the procurement where the resulting advantage cannot otherwise be addressed; serious or repeated failures under previous contracts; false or misleading information, withholding required information or documents, and attempts to improperly influence the procurement or obtain confidential information. National grounds include enabling a person staying in Estonia unlawfully to work, international or Estonian government sanctions, and convictions for tax offences. For tax debts, the notice states a threshold of EUR 0 and notes that a tax debt below EUR 100, excluding interest not established by an administrative act, or a debt whose payment has been rescheduled, does not result in the tax authority issuing a debt certificate. Where permitted, the tenderer may provide evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability.

The tenderer must be entered in the commercial register and the register of audit firms, and hold a valid audit licence. Throughout the contract, the audit service must be supervised by at least one auditor holding the public-sector sworn auditor qualification whose professional activity has not been suspended or terminated. During 2023–2025, the responsible public-sector sworn auditor must have duly audited at least one local-government consolidation group. Details of this experience must be provided in the ESPD. The tenderer must confirm that its bid complies with the tender documents; conditional bids are not permitted. Prices must follow the buyer’s prescribed structure and cover all specified persons and financial years. Any trade secret must be identified in the bid and the reason for treating it as confidential must be explained. The bid price, individual prices, and numerical figures describing a services bid that relate to the evaluation criteria may not be designated as trade secrets.