Disposable tableware

The bidder must declare whether it or its relevant management, supervisory or representative persons have, within the previous five years or while a disqualification remains in force, been convicted of participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, child labour or human trafficking. The bidder must also declare whether it has breached tax or social-security payment obligations; is bankrupt, insolvent, being liquidated, subject to similar proceedings, or has suspended its business; or has entered into an arrangement with creditors. Other grounds include serious professional misconduct; breaches of environmental, social or labour-law obligations; agreements intended to distort competition; an unresolved conflict of interest; involvement in preparing this procurement that creates an unavoidable competitive advantage; serious or repeated failures under previous public contracts resulting in early termination, damages or comparable sanctions; and submitting false or misleading information, withholding required information or documents, or improperly seeking confidential information. The bidder must also declare whether it or relevant persons have been convicted of enabling unlawful employment of a foreign national, whether entering into the contract would breach an international or Estonian government sanction, and whether relevant persons have been convicted of tax offences. The tax-debt threshold is stated as zero, with the qualification that a tax authority does not issue a debt certificate where the debt is below EUR 100 or payment has been deferred. Where permitted, the bidder may provide evidence of measures taken to restore its reliability. The bidder must confirm that it will not involve, for more than 10% of the contract value, subcontractors or suppliers who are Russian nationals, residents or entities established in Russia; entities more than 50% owned by such persons or entities; or persons or entities acting on their behalf or under their direction. A tender that would make the resulting contract void under the applicable sanctions rules will be rejected.

The provided documents do not specify financial-capacity, experience or other separate qualification thresholds. The bidder must submit a compliant, unconditional tender and provide the completed price and product specification form, without changing its file format, together with a technical specification for the offered goods. The price form must identify each product, its manufacturer and its unit price excluding VAT; the tender must follow the required pricing structure, and the price in the product form will prevail if it differs from the price entered in the procurement system. Offered products must meet the requirements in the technical description, comply with EU requirements for single-use plastic products under Directive (EU) 2019/904, and comply with Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, except for the listed napkins, stickers, tying string, wooden coffee stirrers and toothpicks/mouth picks. Product certificates must describe the material and demonstrate compliance with specified temperature requirements where relevant. If the bidder offers an equivalent product or evidence, it must explain and substantiate the equivalence. The bidder must provide the requested information about the contract signatory and contract contact person, and the bidder’s registration and contact details. If a representative signs the contract, a power of attorney from the bidder’s legal representative must be included. Joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative and include the relevant power of attorney. The bidder must identify any trade secrets and explain that designation; tender prices and evaluation-related figures may not be designated as trade secrets.