Compliance requirements
The bidder must confirm that none of the mandatory exclusion grounds apply, including convictions for participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorist offences, money laundering or terrorist financing, illegal employment-related offences, child labour or human trafficking, and that there are no tax, fee or social security arrears. The bidder must also confirm that none of the optional exclusion grounds apply, in particular serious or persistent breach of a previous public contract or false information / failure to submit required qualification data or additional documents. The notice also requires confirmation that the bidder is not established in the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus.
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 electrical construction works similar to the contract subject matter, at least one of them worth at least EUR 40,000 excluding VAT. A list of the contracts must be submitted, showing the performance period, the other contracting parties and, for public contracts, the reference numbers; on request, evidence of proper performance must be provided.
The bid must include a price table completed according to the form in the tender documents, and all unit price fields in that table must be filled in. The bid must be unconditional and must confirm acceptance of all tender document requirements.
The bidder’s team must include a person with valid switching rights for work-related switching in the 0.22–20 kV electricity network, entered in Elektrilevi’s partner portal before the bid opening deadline. If only low-voltage works (0.22–1 kV) are procured, at least low-voltage switching rights are required; otherwise both low-voltage and medium-voltage switching rights are required.
The bidder must also have a person responsible for the work operation, entered in the partner portal before the bid deadline.
The bidder must name the contract signatory(ies) and the contact person for contract performance; if authority does not arise from the articles of association, a power of attorney must be included.
The bidder’s team must include a leading electrical works specialist with valid A-competence and/or at least level 6 qualification under the Vocational Education Institutions Act, who has the relevant proof at the time of bid submission and is entered in the partner portal before the deadline.
The bidder must confirm that the materials, equipment and goods, including components, to be installed and used in the works are not produced in and do not originate from the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus; the contracting authority may request certificates of origin. The bidder must also confirm that no materials, equipment or goods from those countries will be used.
The bidder must state any trade secrets in the bid and justify why they are treated as trade secrets; the bid price and other numerical indicators used for bid evaluation may not be marked as trade secrets. The standard payment terms are 14 calendar days for contracts up to EUR 59,999, 35 calendar days for contracts from EUR 60,000 to EUR 249,999, and 45 calendar days for contracts of EUR 250,000 or more; if the bidder joins the contracting authority’s factoring programme, the payment term is 95 calendar days.