Compliance requirements
The bidder must not be subject to the mandatory exclusion grounds set out in the procurement documents, including participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, money laundering or terrorist financing, and other statutory exclusion grounds. If an exclusion ground applies, the bidder may be allowed to prove self-cleaning measures where the law and tender documents permit it.
The notice also requires confirmations that the bidder has not been convicted for the relevant offences within the last five years, that any disqualification period has expired, and that the bidder is not using subcontractors who would have to be replaced under the Public Procurement Act. The bidder must also confirm compliance with EU sanctions rules: it may not involve subcontractors or suppliers exceeding 10% of the contract value if they are Russian nationals, residents, entities established in the Russian Federation, entities more than 50% owned by such persons or entities, or representatives acting on their instructions. Precise exclusion grounds and confirmations must be checked in the official tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must be registered in the commercial register of its country of establishment. If the bidder is not established in Estonia, it must provide a valid registration certificate from its home country.
The bidder’s average net turnover from construction works over the last three completed financial years must be at least EUR 10,000,000. If the bidder is established outside Estonia, it must submit extracts from its 2023–2025 annual accounts showing the net turnover from construction works for those years. If the bidder belongs to a group, consolidated turnover data are not accepted unless the bidder is the parent company itself or the parent company has given a signed confirmation that the bidder may rely on the group’s resources for performance of the contract.
The machine-readable notice also includes subcontractor control requirements during contract performance: for first-tier subcontractors, the average wage over the comparison period must be at least 70% of the average wage in the construction sector or the subcontractor’s own sector, if it participates in the same sector in performing the contract. The comparison period is 6 calendar months, ending with the penultimate calendar month before approval. The contractor must submit an Estonian Tax and Customs Board certificate and a subcontractor authorisation for approval. Precise document and form requirements must be checked in the tender documents.