Compliance requirements
The machine-readable notice includes the usual exclusion grounds: participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud and other criminal-conviction-related grounds under the Public Procurement Act. The bidder or members of its management bodies must not have been finally convicted of these offences within the last five years if the disqualification period in the judgment is still in force. If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may submit evidence of self-cleaning measures to restore reliability. The exact exclusion grounds and any possible remediation must be checked in the tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must provide a Microsoft confirmation or screenshot proving that it is a Microsoft Frontier Distributor Designation-level distributor in Estonia, and a separate proof that it holds Microsoft Support Services Designation-level distributor status. The bidder must also confirm that it can provide Estonian-language technical support to the reseller. For bid compliance, the bidder must use a web-based central management solution that supports secure two-factor authentication or eIDAS, machine-to-machine integration, Microsoft licence ordering, reporting of the previous month’s SPLA usage, linking CSP licences to Azure tenants, and displaying an overview of purchased licences. The bidder must also provide a description of the platform’s functionality and be ready to demonstrate the LIVE solution at the contracting authority’s request within up to 1 hour. In addition, the bidder must confirm that the bid complies with the tender documents, that no conditional bid is submitted, that equivalence has been explained and supporting evidence attached where needed, and that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned areas. In the case of a joint bid, a power of attorney from the joint bidders must be attached. The exact requirements must be checked in the tender documents if needed.