Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-18
Buyer: Armasuisse Purchase and cooperations CC WTO
Country: CH
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 39522540
Submission deadline: 2018-07-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: On behalf of the Defence Group (Armed Forces Staff), Armasuisse is procuring sleeping bags in several lots for the Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS). With this tender, Armasuisse intends to finalize the general conditions for the production and delivery of sleeping bags. Sleeping bag 95 is a modular bag-in-bag system, but is also used as an individual component. Sleeping bag 95 is required by soldiers of the Swiss Army in order to sleep out-doors and for protection against the effects of weather. For reasons of hygiene, the sleeping bag must be washable.
When the tender is submitted, the suitability criteria and required supporting evidence listed below must be confirmed, appended, and substantiated in full without any reservations or modifications; otherwise the bid will not be considered.
Extract from the debt enforcement register and commercial register or the equivalent recognised documentation from the foreign country (not older than 3 months; the date of entry is decisive) that proves that there are no tax or social security debts.
Company profile with organisational chart, legal form, size, number of employees, market position. This documentation must also be provided for the primary subcontractors pursuant to Section 1.5 of the supplier self-declaration (Annex 1.1). The production chain must be comprehensible for all materials used.
Confirmation by the bidder that it and its primary subcontractors comply with Section 1.5 of the Supplier self-declaration (Annex 1.1) in regards to the minimum wages that are applicable in the respective country of production.
E4 — Compliance with working conditions, occupational health and safety regulations and equal pay for women and men.
The bidder confirms that it and the subcontractors and supplier companies that it uses comply with the working conditions, occupational health and safety regulations and equal pay for women and men for the services to be provided and paid for in Switzerland, as indicated in Annex 1.1.1. Bidders and their first-tier subcontractors with more than 50 employees each must also document how their remuneration practices have been audited. More information is available at www.logib.ch The bidder also confirms that it and the subcontractors and supplier companies that it uses comply with the core conventions of the International Labour Organization, as indicated in Annex 1.1.1, for the services provided and paid for abroad.
The bidder confirms that the respective garment manufacturer is certified according to OHSAS 18001 for each item, or that it fulfills the points listed in the “Occupational Health and Safety Protection” checklist, Annex 1.3.
The bidder is willing to have itself and its partner companies in the production chain audited by an independent audit institute (to be commissioned by the contracting authority) at the request of the contracting authority. In particular, the audit shall ensure compliance with the ILO core conventions and compliance with local occupational health and safety conditions in accordance with the supplier self-declaration.
The bidder confirms its acknowledgement that if one or more of the ILO core conventions or one or more occupational health and safety conditions are not complied with, its bid shall be excluded from the competition.
Compliance with national legislation for all areas involving environmental protection (air, water, etc.) in all of the bidder's process steps, as well as by its primary subcontractors pursuant to Section 1.5 of the supplier self-declaration (Annex 1.1).
Confirmation from the bidder that it shall assume overall responsibility for this project, in particular, that the bidder is the sole contractual partner of the contracting authority. Any other parties involved must be listed with their assigned roles.
Proof of a single point of contact for all business processes such as orders, payments, and services.
The bidder must list at least 3 references to show that it has been manufacturing and delivering sleeping bags with synthetic filling or similar products to those in this invitation to tender since 2015. There must be 3 different references (not, for example, 3 times Armasuisse), of which at least one reference proves that the bidder has ...