Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that none of the exclusion grounds under the Public Procurement Act apply, including the grounds listed in section 95(1) points 1–3 and 5, taking section 95(2) into account. The bidder must also confirm that it is not bankrupt or in liquidation, no bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings have been opened against it, its business has not been suspended, and it is not in a comparable situation under the law of its country of establishment. The bidder must confirm that it has no tax, fee, environmental charge, or social security contribution arrears under the law of its country of establishment. The bidder must also confirm that its average wage during the reference period was more than 70% of the average wage in the relevant sector for the same period. For a joint tender, each joint bidder is treated as a bidder and the authority checks the exclusion grounds for the successful bidder or, in the case of a joint tender, for all joint bidders. The machine-readable notice also requires confirmation that the bidder is not a related person to the technical consultant advising the beneficiary on the apartment building reconstruction.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must have submitted a business activity notice in the Estonian Register of Economic Activities for construction, covering general construction, indoor climate systems, and internal or associated water supply or sewerage systems. When electrical works are performed, the bidder must also have a business activity notice for electrical works covering the construction, including installation, of electrical installations. A foreign bidder may prove equivalent competence with an equivalent document instead of a register entry.
The bidder’s net turnover for the financial year preceding the start of the procurement procedure must be at least equal to twice the estimated contract value excluding VAT. In a joint tender, turnover may not be aggregated; the requirement must be met by at least one joint bidder on its own.
Within the last 60 months, the bidder must have carried out at least one equivalent construction project as the main contractor, with a value of at least half of the estimated contract value excluding VAT. An equivalent project means the construction, extension or full reconstruction of a building and must include at least construction or reconstruction of the load-bearing and external envelope structures, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, and construction or reconstruction of the heating system. The bidder must provide the project name, timing, value, details of the work performed, and proof by means of a handover-acceptance certificate or a reference to the building register use notice/use permit number.
The team must include a project manager, site manager, ventilation and heating systems specialist, water supply and sewerage systems specialist, and a person qualified to perform electrical works. For each role, the bidder must provide the person’s name and the number of the professional or competence certificate. The minimum qualifications are: construction engineer level 6 or construction manager level 6 for the project manager; construction work manager level 5 for the site manager; heating, ventilation and cooling engineer level 6 or construction manager level 6 for indoor climate systems for the ventilation and heating specialist; water supply and sewerage engineer level 6 or construction manager level 6 for the water and sewerage specialist; and a class B competence certificate or electrical engineer level 6 in consumer electrical installations for the electrical works person.
The bidder must be able to provide a performance security equal to 5% of the contract value at contract signing or within 10 calendar days after signing. The security may be provided by a credit or financial institution guarantee or by depositing the amount to the beneficiary’s or a notary’s account.
By submitting the tender, the bidder confirms that the tender complies with the procurement documents, that conditional tenders are not allowed, that the tender must be submitted on the prescribed tender form, and that equivalent solutions must be supported by evidence where relevant. If team members are not the bidder’s employees, their written consent to participate must be attached. In a joint tender, the joint bidders’ power of attorney must be attached. If the tender is submitted by an authorised representative, a power of attorney must also be attached.