Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither the bidder nor the persons who may represent, decide for, or control the bidder have been convicted of the listed offences: participation in a criminal organisation, breach of integrity duties or corrupt acts, fraud, terrorist offences or related incitement/complicity/attempt, money laundering or terrorist financing, illegal employment of foreigners or enabling breaches of foreigner work conditions, or illegal use of child labour and human trafficking. The bidder must also confirm that it has no tax, fee or environmental charge arrears, and that signing the contract would not breach international sanctions or sanctions of the Government of the Republic of Estonia. If the bid is submitted with a foreign company, documents proving the absence of exclusion grounds for that company and its relevant representatives may have to be submitted. The machine-readable notice also mentions that additional documents may be requested if the authority cannot verify the information from public registers.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must meet the exclusion and qualification requirements set out in the tender documents. Financially, the bidder’s total net turnover for the last three completed financial years before the start of the procurement must be at least EUR 750,000 excluding VAT, with at least EUR 250,000 in each year. If the bidder relies on another entity or is a foreign company, supporting financial statements or other proof may have to be submitted on request. Technically and professionally, the bidder must have properly performed at least one reference contract within the 60 months before the start date of the procurement notice: either renovation of a 110 kV substation relay protection and automation with design, construction of a 110 kV substation with design, or renovation of a 110 kV substation with design. Each reference contract must have a value of at least EUR 250,000 excluding VAT, and at least EUR 250,000 must have been paid to the bidder under that contract. On request, additional proof of the reference contract may need to be submitted. The bidder must also submit the required team CV form and the completed technical questionnaires for the offered equipment, and the team members named in the CVs are expected to carry out the work under the contract.