Compliance requirements
The ESPD includes standard exclusion grounds, including participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities, money laundering or terrorist financing, and child labour and other forms of human trafficking. For each ground, the bidder must confirm whether it applies and, where relevant, provide evidence of self-cleaning measures. The exact exclusion grounds and any possible self-cleaning arrangements must be checked in the tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must hold a valid licence to provide audit services in Estonia and must be registered in the audit activities register; the contracting authority will verify this in the register. The internal auditor providing the service must hold the public sector internal auditor qualification, have carried out internal audits in at least 2 public sector entities within the last 3 years, be a member of the Estonian Internal Auditors’ Association, and have English at native level or at least C1 level. If the internal auditor does not personally meet the language requirement, a person who does must be included in the team and in the performance of the contract. The bid must include digitally signed CVs on the contracting authority’s form showing previous work experience, language skills, confirmation of the accuracy of the information, and consent to participate in contract performance. Under the compliance requirements, the bidder must confirm that the bid complies with the tender documents, use the proxy form in the case of a joint bid, and submit the bid price in the required structure. The bidder must also confirm that more than 50% of its ownership does not belong directly or indirectly to citizens of the Russian Federation or to companies, institutions or other entities established in the Russian Federation, and that it does not act on their instructions. Only bidders established in Estonia, another EU Member State, another EEA contracting state, or a country that has acceded to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement may participate.