Purchase of switchgear for Kunda substation (IK1753)

The tenderer must confirm that none of the mandatory exclusion grounds under Section 95(1) of the Public Procurement Act apply to it. These include convictions related to organised crime, corruption, fraud, terrorism, money laundering or terrorist financing; unlawful employment of foreign nationals; child labour or human trafficking; tax, social security or environmental tax arrears; and any situation where awarding the contract would breach an international or government sanction. The tenderer must also confirm that none of the voluntary exclusion grounds under Section 95(4) apply. These include breaches of environmental, social or labour law obligations, bankruptcy or liquidation, serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive conduct, conflicts of interest that cannot be avoided, prior involvement in preparing the procurement, serious or repeated breach of earlier public contracts, false information or failure to provide required documents, attempts to influence the contracting authority improperly, tax offences, or lack of the right to submit a tender. The notice also requires confirmation that the tenderer is not established in the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus, and that it does not use subcontractors or suppliers accounting for more than 10% of the contract value if they are Russian nationals, residents, entities established in Russia, entities more than 50% owned by such persons or entities, or representatives acting on their instructions. The offered goods must not be subject to international sanctions and must not originate from sanctioned regions.

The bidder’s net turnover for each of the last three completed financial years must be at least EUR 2,000,000. The bidder must submit extracts from the reports for the last three completed financial years showing the net turnover; for a legal entity registered in Estonia, this does not apply if the data are publicly available to the contracting authority from a register. If the financial year does not coincide with the calendar year, the turnover requirement applies to the last three completed financial years. At least six months must have passed since the end of the last completed financial year by the bid submission date.