Compliance requirements
Mandatory exclusion grounds: the bidder must not have convictions for participation in a criminal organisation, breach of integrity duties, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing. The bidder must also not have convictions for enabling illegal employment of a foreign national staying in the country without legal basis, for violating the conditions of employment of a foreign national in Estonia, including paying less than the statutory wage rate, or for illegal use of child labour or human trafficking. In addition, the bidder must not have tax, fee or environmental charge arrears, or arrears of tax or social security contributions under the law of the country of establishment.
Voluntary exclusion grounds: the bidder may be excluded if it has seriously or repeatedly breached an earlier public contract so that the contract was terminated, rescinded, the price was reduced, damages were paid or a contractual penalty was imposed, or if it has submitted false information about compliance with qualification requirements or failed to submit required additional documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
During the 60 months before the start of the procurement, the bidder must have properly performed at least three contracts for electrical construction works similar to the subject of the contract, and at least one of them must have had a value of at least EUR 40,000 excluding VAT. The bidder must submit a list of the contracts showing the performance period, details of the other contracting parties (including the client representative’s contact details, phone number and email address), and, in public procurement cases, the reference numbers. The contracting authority may request evidence that the contracts were properly performed.
The bidder must have a worker with switching rights for work-related switching in the 0.22–20 kV electricity network. If only low-voltage works of 0.22–1 kV are being procured, at least low-voltage switching rights are sufficient; in other cases, both low-voltage and medium-voltage switching rights are required. The person with switching rights must be entered in Elektrilevi’s partner portal before the opening of tenders.
The bidder must also have a person appointed as responsible for the work operation, and that person must be entered in Elektrilevi’s partner portal before the opening of tenders.
The bidder must have a person managing electrical works who has valid A-competence and/or, within the meaning of the Vocational Education Act, a qualification corresponding to at least level 6, who holds the relevant certificate at the time of submitting the tender and who is added to Elektrilevi’s partner portal before the opening of tenders.
The tender must include a price table in the form set out in the procurement documents, and all unit price fields must be completed. In addition, the bidder must provide the names and contact details of the contract signatory and the contact person for contract performance matters; if the right of representation does not arise from the articles of association, a power of attorney must be included in the tender.