Compliance requirements
The tender documents include the standard exclusion grounds under the Estonian Public Procurement Act, including criminal organisation, corruption and fraud. The bidder must answer the exclusion questions and, where applicable, may provide evidence of self-cleaning and the relevant supporting details. The machine-readable notice did not include a complete list of all exclusion grounds; the exact grounds must be checked in the tender documents.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must submit the tender through a legal or authorised representative; if the tender is signed by an authorised person, a power of attorney must be attached.
The bidder must be authorised to sell electricity. For a bidder established in Estonia, the contracting authority will check the business activity notice in the commercial register; if the bidder is not established in Estonia, it must provide evidence allowing it to sell electricity in Estonia.
The bidder must be an open supplier and listed by Elering AS as an open supplier, and must either be a balance responsible party or submit an open supply agreement with a balance responsible party.
The bidder must provide customer service details, including a phone number, email address, information on the possibility of issuing joint invoices, and organisational measures for customer service.
The bid must be submitted on the price quotation form in Annex 5 and on the award criteria form in the public procurement register. The bid price must be final and include all costs related to contract performance.
The bidder must confirm that the bid complies with the tender documents and, if necessary, provide evidence of equivalence.
The bidder must confirm that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned areas.