Compliance requirements
The contracting authority will exclude a bidder if the bidder, or a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body, a procurator or another person authorised to represent or control the bidder, has been convicted of participation in a criminal organisation, breach of integrity duties, corruption, fraud, a terrorist offence or incitement, aiding or attempting such an offence, money laundering or terrorist financing. Exclusion also applies if such persons have been convicted for enabling work for an illegally staying foreign national or for violating the conditions for employing a foreign national in Estonia, including paying less than the statutory wage rate, or for illegal use of child labour or human trafficking. A bidder is also excluded if it has tax, duty or environmental charge arrears, or arrears of tax or social security contributions under the law of its country of establishment. The bidder must confirm that none of these mandatory or voluntary exclusion grounds apply to it. Voluntary exclusion grounds include serious or persistent breach of a previous public contract and submission of false information or failure to provide required qualification data or additional documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must use a responsible supervision specialist who is registered in the Register of Economic Activities and who has either the qualification of a specialist in owner supervision for general construction or the professional certificate of Chartered Civil Engineer, level 7, with competence in owner supervision, or equivalent or better. The name and role of the specialist must be provided, together with a copy of the professional certificate and, if necessary, other supporting documents.
For supervision and control of the special works, the bidder must involve specialists with relevant experience and qualifications: a person responsible for high-current works with at least a valid B-competence certificate; a person responsible for fire and security alarm systems with the professional certificates of responsible security systems specialist, level 5, and security systems designer, level 6; an automation specialist with higher education in automation, low-voltage systems or electrical engineering; a person responsible for heating, ventilation and cooling with at least the professional certificate of heating, ventilation and cooling engineer, level 7; and a person responsible for water supply and sewerage with at least the professional certificate of water supply and sewerage engineer, level 7. A list of responsible persons and copies proving their qualifications and competences must be submitted.
The bidder must have properly performed at least three contracts of a nature similar to the subject of the procurement during the 36 months immediately preceding the publication of the tender notice. For each reference contract, the bidder must provide the contract value, the performance period with start and end dates, and the name of the contracting partner.
The tender must comply with the procurement documents, be unconditional, and include the tender price in euros excluding VAT. The tender price must be submitted using Annex 3, and all mandatory fields must be completed. In the case of a joint tender, a power of attorney from the joint bidders must be attached. If the tender contains trade secrets, they must be briefly described and justified; the tender price and other price-related indicators may not be marked as trade secrets.