Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The tenderer must meet the financial and technical qualification requirements set out in the tender documents. Specifically, the tenderer’s annual net turnover from its economic activities must have been at least EUR 288,000 in each of the last three completed financial years. The turnover requirement must be met by the legal entity submitting the tender itself; turnover of group companies cannot be counted. Annual reports or profit and loss statements that are not yet filed or are not available in the Estonian Commercial Register must be attached. If a document is in a foreign language, at least the part showing net turnover and the reporting period must be translated into Estonian or English.
The tenderer must also have properly performed at least two contracts in the 36 months before the tender deadline that involved the supply of similar equipment. A similar contract means supply of an aseptic filling or packaging machine used in the food industry and, in addition to supply, at least installation of the equipment or on-site commissioning. The tenderer may rely on the experience of a company belonging to the same group, but group membership alone or general sales experience is not enough. For each reference contract, the tenderer must provide the customer’s name and country, a short description of the contract, the part performed by the tenderer, the completion date and the customer contact details. If group-company experience is used, the tenderer must also submit proof of the group relationship, the group company’s reference information and a signed binding commitment showing that the required skills and resources will actually be available for performance of the contract.