Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that none of the exclusion grounds under Section 95(1) of the Public Procurement Act apply, including grounds related to criminal offences, tax debt, money laundering or sanctions. A bidder registered outside Estonia must also submit a criminal record notice or an equivalent document, as well as a certificate from the competent authority confirming the absence of tax debt. In addition, the bidder must confirm that none of the exclusion grounds under Section 95(4) apply, such as breaches of environmental, social or labour law, bankruptcy, serious professional misconduct, anti-competitive agreements, conflicts of interest, material breach of previous contracts, false information, or tax offences. The bidder must also confirm compliance with any buyer-imposed restriction on the bidder’s place of establishment or residence, if such a restriction is set out in the procurement documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The machine-readable notice did not include precise qualification or suitability criteria; these must be checked in the tender documents. As compliance requirements, a joint bidders’ power of attorney must be submitted if the bid is joint, and a power of attorney or proof of representation must be provided if the bid is submitted by someone other than the bidder’s legal representative. The bid must comply with all tender document requirements, be submitted in the required structure with a price form for each lot, and conditional bids are not allowed. Where relevant, the bidder must explain equivalence and attach supporting evidence. The bidder must also confirm that subcontractors, suppliers or supporting entities representing more than 10% of the contract value are not Russian nationals, residents or entities established in the Russian Federation, and are not owned or controlled by such persons or entities, and that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned areas.