Compliance requirements
The bidder must not be subject to mandatory exclusion grounds: relevant convictions of the bidder or of a person with powers of representation, decision-making or control for participation in a criminal organisation, breach of integrity obligations or corruption, fraud, terrorist offences or related conduct, money laundering or terrorist financing, offences involving illegal employment of foreign nationals or payment below the statutory minimum wage, or offences involving illegal child labour or human trafficking. The bidder must also have no outstanding national tax, duty or environmental charge debt, or tax or social security contribution debt under the law of its country of establishment.
The contracting authority may exclude a bidder for a substantial or repeated breach of an earlier public contract that resulted in termination, withdrawal, a price reduction, compensation or a contractual penalty, or for providing false information about compliance with qualification requirements or failing to provide requested information or documents. Businesses established in the Russian Federation or Belarus may not participate.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must have properly completed at least three contracts for electrical construction works similar to this procurement during the 60 months preceding the start of the procurement. At least one contract must have a value of EUR 80,000 or more, excluding VAT. Provide a list stating the performance period, the other contracting parties and their representatives’ contact details, including telephone number and email address, and the procurement reference numbers for public contracts. Evidence of proper completion must be provided on request, unless the contracting authority can obtain it from public or private databases without significant cost.
The bidder must have a worker with valid switching rights for work-related switching operations in the 0.22–20 kV electricity network, excluding regional and distribution substations, registered in Elektrilevi’s Partner Portal before bids are opened. For low-voltage works only (0.22–1 kV), low-voltage switching rights are required; otherwise, both low- and medium-voltage switching rights are required, including where low-voltage works require switching on the medium-voltage side (over 1–20 kV). Applications must follow instruction J387.
The bidder must have a person appointed as responsible for work operations, registered in Elektrilevi’s Partner Portal before the bid submission deadline. The application for this role must follow instructions J31 and J3284. The team must also include a person leading electrical works with valid A-level competence and/or a qualification of at least level 6 under the Occupations Act, holding the relevant evidence at the time of bid submission and registered in the Partner Portal before the deadline.
The bid must meet the tender documents without additional or conditional terms. Submit the price using the prescribed table and complete every unit-price field, taking account of the instructions for management-system document V178. Provide the name, position and contact details of the contract signatory or signatories and a contact person for contract matters; include a power of attorney if signing authority does not arise from the articles of association. Joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative and provide their power of attorney.
The contracting authority’s standard payment period, counted from receipt of the invoice, is 14 calendar days for contracts up to EUR 59,999; 35 days for contracts from EUR 60,000 to EUR 249,999; and 45 days for contracts of EUR 250,000 or more. Participation in the authority’s factoring programme means a 95-calendar-day payment period. The bidder must identify and justify any trade secrets; prices and other specified evaluation-related figures may not be designated as trade secrets. No award criterion is specified in the provided document text; check the official tender documents for the evaluation criteria.