Compliance requirements
The contracting authority will exclude a bidder if any exclusion ground under § 95(1) of the Estonian Public Procurement Act applies to the bidder or its representatives, for example a conviction for corruption, fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, a terrorist offence or child labour-related offences. Convictions related to illegal employment of foreigners, tax debts and sanctions breaches are also checked. If the tender is submitted together with a foreign company, documents confirming the absence of exclusion grounds must also be provided for that company and, where necessary, for its management and representation persons. If the authority cannot verify the information from public registers, it may request additional evidence.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder’s net turnover for the last three completed financial years before the start of the procurement must total at least EUR 3,000,000 excluding VAT, with at least EUR 1,000,000 in each year. If the bidder is not a legal entity registered in Estonia, or if the information is not available to the contracting authority from public sources, or if the submitted information does not allow the authority to verify compliance in substance, the bidder must provide extracts from annual reports and/or other documents proving compliance. Joint bidders may rely on each other’s figures. The bidder must also have successfully performed at least one contract for the construction of a 110 kV or higher-voltage substation within the 60 months before the start date of the procurement notice, with a contract value of at least EUR 500,000 excluding VAT per contract and with at least EUR 500,000 paid under the contract. For foreign bidders or where the authority cannot verify the information from public registers, supporting documents and customer confirmations may be required. The bidder must submit the completed price table, the required technical questionnaires, the financing schedule, the team CV form, and, if the signatory is not the legal representative, a power of attorney. If bidding jointly, a joint-bid power of attorney and confirmation must be submitted. A bid security of EUR 18,000 must be provided with the tender, either as a bank/insurance guarantee valid for the tender validity period of 120 calendar days plus 30 additional calendar days, or as proof of deposit to the contracting authority’s account. The machine-readable notice did not include any more precise compliance requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents.