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The bidder must confirm that neither it nor its representatives subject to the relevant rules have a final conviction within the preceding five years, or a continuing exclusion period, for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, or child labour and other forms of human trafficking. Where permitted for this procurement, the bidder may describe measures taken to restore its reliability. Exclusion grounds also include unpaid taxes or social security contributions. The stated threshold is EUR 0; the notice explains that, under Estonian rules, a tax-debt certificate is not issued where the debt is below EUR 100 (excluding interest not determined by an administrative act) or payment has been rescheduled. The bidder must also not have enabled a foreign national without a lawful basis to work, or violated the applicable conditions for employing a foreign national. The bidder must confirm that it is not subject to international sanctions and that the bidder, its subcontractors and any relied-upon entities are not established or located in Russia or Belarus. The bidder also confirms that it will not use a subcontractor subject to a ground requiring replacement under the applicable rules.

The bidder must be entered in the commercial register of its country of establishment or an equivalent register. The bidder must have published at least two periodical publications during the 36 months preceding the start of the procurement. The bidder must provide information about those publications, including when they were produced and the other contracting parties. Where a joint bid is submitted, the joint bidders must appoint an authorised representative and include the relevant power of attorney with the bid. The bid must accept all procurement-document requirements; conditional bids are not permitted. The price must be submitted using the structure specified in the price schedule and the required price submission form. The bidder must identify and justify any information claimed as a trade secret; the bid price and other specified figures used for evaluation may not be treated as trade secrets.