Compliance requirements
The bidder may be excluded if it, or a person in its management, supervisory body or with authority to represent or control it, has been convicted within the last five years—or remains subject to an exclusion period—for 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; enabling a foreign national to work in Estonia without a lawful basis or in breach of employment conditions, including payment below the statutory wage rate; and entering into a contract that would violate an international or Estonian government-imposed sanction. Where permitted, the bidder may submit evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability. For tax debts, the notice explains that a certificate is not issued where the total debt administered by the same tax authority, excluding interest not established by an administrative act, is below EUR 100, or where payment has been rescheduled.