Compliance requirements
The machine-readable notice and selected tender documents include the standard exclusion grounds from the Estonian Public Procurement Act, including criminal organisation, corruption, fraud and other conviction-based grounds. The bidder or its management/representation persons must confirm whether any such ground applies. If an exclusion ground exists, the bidder may provide evidence of self-cleaning where allowed. The exact full list of exclusion grounds should be checked in the tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must meet the qualification criteria in the ESPD/tender documents. The notice states that the bidder’s net turnover for each of the last 3 financial years must be at least EUR 640,000. The bidder must also submit at least 1 contract for intermediation services in subscribing scientific journals in different formats (e-journals, paper journals and e-journal packages in one contract), completed within the 36 months before the start of the procurement, with a value of at least EUR 100,000 excluding VAT. The bidder must provide the required contract details and the tender documents also require descriptions of the journal ordering system and information system, the sample list pricing in Annex 2, the completed questionnaire in Annex 3, and the confirmations and authorisations required for participation. The exact compliance and documentary requirements should be checked in the official tender documents.