Compliance requirements
A bidder is excluded if any of the grounds listed in Section 95(1) points 1–5 of the Public Procurement Act apply: participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering or terrorist financing; enabling work for a foreign national staying in the country illegally or violating the conditions for a foreign national’s work; illegal use of child labour or human trafficking; tax, fee or environmental charge arrears, or social security contribution arrears in the country of establishment; or a breach of an international sanction or a Government of the Republic sanction when concluding the contract. The bidder must confirm that none of these exclusion grounds apply to it.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must be registered in the business register or another equivalent register of its country of establishment, if required by the laws of that country. For bidders registered in Estonia, the contracting authority checks the data itself; a foreign bidder must submit a copy of a valid registration certificate.
The bidder and/or its subcontractor must have performed at least one contract similar to the subject of the tender within the 60 months before the start of the procurement, related to repair works for a building and/or premises. Form 2, “List of contracts”, must be submitted with information on the contract value, dates and the other contracting parties. If the bidder relies on a subcontractor, that subcontractor must also be entered in the subcontractor table so that the contracting authority can check exclusion grounds.
The bidder and/or its subcontractor must have qualified responsible persons for carrying out the works, including at least one construction manager with at least a Construction Manager, Level 6 professional certificate, or equivalent or better. The bidder must submit copies of documents proving the qualifications and competence of the responsible persons. A foreign bidder that does not have such documents issued in Estonia must submit copies of the documents issued under the laws of its country of establishment and a confirmation that, within one month after signing the contract, it will submit the confirmation issued by the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority.