Compliance requirements
The contracting authority will exclude a bidder if mandatory exclusion grounds apply, including convictions for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing; offences related to employing a foreign national staying illegally or violating conditions for employing a foreign national in Estonia, including paying less than the statutory wage; offences related to illegal use of child labour or human trafficking; or tax, environmental charge, social security contribution or similar arrears under the law of the bidder’s country of establishment. The contracting authority may also exclude a bidder for serious or repeated breach of a previous public contract, or if the bidder has submitted false information about compliance with qualification requirements or failed to provide requested additional documents. The bidder must confirm that none of these grounds apply.