Compliance requirements
The contracting authority will exclude a bidder if the bidder, or a relevant member of its administrative, management or supervisory body, proxy holder or other authorised representative, has been convicted of participation in a criminal organisation, breach of integrity duties, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences or related incitement, aiding or attempt, money laundering or terrorist financing.
A bidder may also be excluded if the same persons have been convicted of enabling work for an illegally staying foreign national or violating the conditions for employing a foreign national in Estonia, including paying less than the statutory wage rate, or of illegal use of child labour or human trafficking.
A bidder is also excluded if it has tax, environmental charge, social security or similar arrears, or if contract award would breach an international sanction or a sanction of the Government of the Republic.
The contracting authority may exclude a bidder for serious or repeated breach of an earlier public contract, or if the bidder has submitted false information about the absence of exclusion grounds or compliance with qualification requirements, or has failed to submit required additional documents.