Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that neither it nor members of its management, administrative or supervisory bodies, prosecutors, or other authorised representatives have been finally convicted within the last 5 years for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, or any other exclusion grounds listed in the ESPD.
If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may submit evidence of self-cleaning measures where permitted. For some grounds, the contracting authority may also require explanations of the conviction date, reason, convicted person, and the duration of exclusion. The machine-readable notice did not include precise additional exclusion grounds; these must be checked in the tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must submit a tender with the required documents and confirm that the tender complies with the tender documents. The tender must be in Estonian and submitted electronically via eRHR; paper or email tenders are not accepted.
The bidder must have a trade notice or equivalent registration/licence for the activity “construction”, with the specific classification “general construction” or “road construction, road maintenance”. If the bidder or subcontractor is not registered in Estonia, a certificate from the competent authority in the country of establishment must be provided. If the bidder relies on a subcontractor, it must show that that person will perform the relevant part of the contract itself.
The bidder must appoint a project manager who, by the tender submission deadline, has at least 2 years? No — the notice specifies at least 2 landscape construction works management references completed within the last 5 years, each worth at least EUR 50,000 excluding VAT. The project manager must have worked as the contractor’s construction project manager. The tender must include the project manager’s CV and, if needed, consent to participate in contract performance. If the project manager is replaced, the replacement must have equivalent competence.
The bidder must also provide equivalence evidence if it offers items, products or solutions equivalent to those named in the tender documents. In a joint tender, a power of attorney must be included and the share and nature of each joint bidder’s part must be stated. The machine-readable notice did not include precise additional qualification or compliance requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents.