Compliance requirements
The bidder is excluded if it is bankrupt, in liquidation, subject to bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings, has suspended business activity, or is in a similar situation under the law of its country of establishment.
The bidder is also excluded if it has unpaid state tax, fee, environmental charge, tax debt, or social security contribution debt, unless the debt has been deferred, paid, or is being paid within 10 calendar days after notice of the exclusion ground.
The notice also requires confirmation that the bidder has no exclusion grounds under section 95(1) points 1–3 and 5 of the Public Procurement Act, as applicable, and that the bidder’s average employee wage during the reference period was not below 70% of the average wage in the relevant sector. If the bidder has no employees, this wage requirement does not apply.
The bidder must also confirm that it is not a related person to the technical consultant advising the apartment building reconstruction, and if the contracting authority cannot verify the absence of exclusion grounds from public registers, the bidder must submit supporting evidence within 10 calendar days.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must be registered in the business register for construction activities covering general construction, indoor climate systems, and building water supply or sewerage systems. For electrical works, the bidder must also have a business activity notice for electrical works covering construction and installation of electrical installations. Foreign bidders may prove equivalent competence with an equivalent document.
The bidder’s net turnover for the financial year before submitting the tender must be at least equal to twice the estimated contract value, excluding VAT. The exact amount must be entered in euros.
By submitting the tender, the bidder must be able to provide a first-demand guarantee letter from a credit institution, financial institution or insurance company in the amount of 5% of the construction contract value excluding VAT. If the contract is signed before the guarantee is provided, the guarantee must be submitted within 10 calendar days after signing. A cash deposit to the beneficiary’s account or notary account is also accepted if the beneficiary remains the entitled party throughout the construction period.
The bidder must have completed at least one comparable construction contract within the 60 months before the start of the procurement, with a value of at least half of the estimated contract value. Comparable work means construction, extension or full-building reconstruction as the main contractor, including at least load-bearing and external envelope works, ventilation with heat recovery, and construction or reconstruction of a heating system. The bidder must provide the project name, building details, execution period, value, and proof such as a handover certificate or a reference to the building register use notice or use permit.
The bidder’s team must include a project manager, site manager, ventilation and heating specialist, water supply and sewerage specialist, and, where electrical works are performed, a person with at least B-class competence certificate or an electrical engineer qualification at level 6. If the bidder relies on another person’s qualifications, signed confirmations from those persons must be provided.