Replacement of stairs at the waste-rock and oil-shale loading points of the Estonia mine

The bidder will be excluded if the bidder, or a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body, an authorised representative, or another person empowered to represent or control it, has been convicted of participation in a criminal organisation, breach of integrity obligations or a corrupt act, fraud, a terrorist offence or related participation or attempt, money laundering, or terrorist financing. Exclusion also applies to convictions for enabling the unlawful employment of a foreign national or breaching the conditions for a foreign national’s employment in Estonia, including paying less than the statutory minimum wage, and for unlawful use of child labour or human trafficking. A bidder with outstanding state tax, levy or environmental charge debts, or tax or social security contribution debts under the law of its country of establishment, will also be excluded. The contract will not be awarded where doing so would breach an international or Estonian Government sanction. The bidder must confirm that none of these grounds applies.

The bidder and/or its subcontractor must have completed at least one contract similar to the subject of the procurement during the 60 months preceding the start of the procurement. The bidder must provide a list of the relevant contracts, stating their value, dates and other contracting parties. If relying on a subcontractor’s references, the bidder must identify that subcontractor in the subcontractor table so that the contracting authority can check the applicable exclusion grounds. The bidder and/or its subcontractor must provide at least one qualified person for each of the following roles: - Construction manager with a level 6 Construction Manager professional qualification specialising in general construction, or equivalent. - Welding coordinator with an attestation compliant with standard EVS-EN ISO 14731:2019 or EVS-EN 1090-2:2018 (Welding Engineer, Welding Technologist or Welding Specialist), or equivalent. - Welder with an attestation compliant with standard EVS-EN ISO 9606-1:2017, or equivalent. The bidder must submit the prescribed lists of contracts and responsible persons, together with copies of documents proving the responsible persons’ qualifications and competence. A foreign bidder whose qualification documents were not issued under Estonian regulations must submit copies of documents issued under the laws of its country of establishment and undertake to provide confirmation from the Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority within one month after signing the contract. The bid must comply with all tender document requirements; conditional bids are not permitted. The bidder must disclose circumstances that may cause a conflict of interest or distort competition, including relevant involvement in preparing the procurement or links with the contracting authority. If such circumstances exist, the bidder must provide a free-form explanation identifying the person concerned, the nature of the connection and the information received or other relevant circumstances. The bidder must submit the completed Excel price form in the structure specified in the tender documents.