Compliance requirements
The bidder must not be subject to the mandatory exclusion grounds: participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, enabling illegal employment or violating the conditions for employing a foreign national, illegal use of child labour or human trafficking, and tax, fee or environmental charge arrears. The contracting authority may also exclude a bidder that has seriously or repeatedly breached a previous public contract or has submitted false information about qualification or failed to provide the required documents. The bidder must confirm that none of these grounds apply.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must have, within the 60 months before the start of the procurement, at least three properly performed contracts for similar electrical construction works, at least one of which must have a value of at least EUR 40,000 excluding VAT. A list of contracts must be submitted, including performance periods, contact details of the other contracting parties and, in public procurement cases, reference numbers; the contracting authority may also request evidence of proper performance. The tender must comply with all tender documents and include a price table completed with all unit prices. For switching operations in the 0.22–20 kV electricity network, the bidder must have a worker with valid switching authorisations; for low-voltage works at least low-voltage switching rights are sufficient, while other cases require both low-voltage and medium-voltage switching rights. Before opening of tenders, the EPP environment must also include the person responsible for the work operation (C-person). The bidder must have an electrical works manager with valid A-level competence or at least level 6 qualification under the Vocational Education Act, with the relevant certificate at the time of submission, and that person must also be added to the EPP environment. The signatory of the contract must be identified by name, title and contact details, and a power of attorney must be included if needed. If the bidder joins the contracting authority’s factoring programme, the payment term is 95 calendar days; otherwise the standard payment terms are 14, 35 or 45 calendar days depending on the contract value.