Compliance requirements
The bidder may be excluded under Section 95 of the Public Procurement Act if any statutory exclusion ground applies, for example tax arrears, failure to meet tax obligations, a final conviction of the bidder or a management board member for an economic or professional offence, a serious breach in a previous procurement, including material non-performance of a contract, or a conflict of interest or anti-competitive agreement. Estonian bidders confirm in the procurement system that no exclusion grounds apply; the contracting authority checks the absence of tax debt from public registers itself. For foreign bidders, the contracting authority may request a tax authority certificate from the bidder’s home country or an ESPD form before contract award.