Finding a provider of organised municipal waste collection services in Kohtla-Järve

The bidder must confirm that neither the bidder nor its management, administrative or supervisory body members, nor other persons with authority to represent, decide for or control the bidder, have been finally convicted within the last five years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences or offences related to terrorist activity, money laundering or terrorist financing, or any other exclusion grounds listed in the tender. If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may submit evidence of self-cleaning measures where this is permitted. The machine-readable notice did not set out all precise exclusion grounds; these must be checked in the tender documents.

The bidder must have the relevant environmental permit to provide waste collection services. The contracting authority checks this through the Environmental Permits System. The bidder’s total net turnover from non-hazardous waste collection over the last three completed financial years must be at least EUR 3,000,000. To prove this, the bidder must provide the turnover amount, the period and, where applicable, a reference to an electronically available proof. The bidder must have valid professional liability insurance for the entire contract period with an indemnity limit of at least EUR 50,000. If the insurance is not yet in place when the bid is submitted, a written consent from the insurer may be provided, but the insurance policy copy must be submitted before the contract is signed. A new policy copy must be submitted at least 5 working days before the previous policy expires. The bid must include the price table in the required structure. Conditional bids are not allowed. The bidder must submit a safety measures and incident response plan covering at least prevention, first response, mitigation and remediation in case of fire, leakage of environmentally hazardous substances and traffic accidents. The document must also name the responsible person and provide contact details. At least one of the road vehicles used to perform the contract must be environmentally friendly. The successful bidder must submit, no later than the date the concession contract enters into force, details of the environmentally friendly vehicles to be used, including make, model, year of manufacture, type approval and manufacturer documentation showing CO2 emissions or alternative fuel use so that compliance can be verified. In the case of a joint bid, an authorised representative and a power of attorney from the joint bidders must be provided. The machine-readable notice did not include all precise qualification or compliance requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents.