Compliance requirements
The bidder must not be subject to exclusion. The exclusion grounds include, among other things, participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, terrorism-related offences, money laundering, enabling the employment of an illegally staying foreign national, offences related to child labour or human trafficking, and being subject to an international sanction.
Exclusion may also apply if the bidder has tax debt for state taxes, fees or environmental charges, or social security contribution debt in the country of establishment. For bidders registered in Estonia, the contracting authority checks tax debt itself.
The contracting authority may also exclude a bidder if a previous contract was seriously or repeatedly breached so that the contract was withdrawn from or terminated, the price was reduced, damages were compensated or a contractual penalty was paid. The bidder must submit a confirmation that no exclusion grounds apply.