Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-04-07
Buyer: Ministry of information society and administration
Country: MK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72410000: Provider services
Estimated value: 28500000 MKD
Submission deadline: 2021-05-04
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Subject of this procurement are services for collocation of equipment located in the primary and secondary Data Center on the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia for a period of 60 months. One of the key projects of the Ministry is the project ‘Population Register’, which is established the Central Population Register of the Republic of North Macedonia through the establishment of a single. The Central Population Register is used by the institutions that implement administrative procedures for the population in accordance with the Law and the businesses that need to check the data of the citizens. For high availability of the system, an equipment is installed in two locations — primary and backup location, which services are part of this procurement. In addition to this project, in the ministry are being implemented several other projects that require collocation services and IT equipements.
— ‘Public administration reform assistance and strengthening the capacities of MISA’ Ref Europe Aid/137521/IH/SER/MK
— Lot 1: Supply of equipment for establishing full operability of the National Population Registry’ref Europe Aid/138620/IHSUP/MK
— Lot 1: Establishing of a one stop shop system for business licenses and permits EuropeAid/137948/ID/SUP/MK
1.4.1) The public procurement contract will be given by applying the selection criteria: lowest price, by implementing an Open Procedure and an electronic auction.1.4 1 The contracting authority, after the conducted electronic auction as the last phase in the open procedure, the contract will be given to the the economic operator whose offer has the lowest price.
2.2.1) The contracting party shall exclude any economic operator from the public procurement procedure if it determines that the economic operator, or the person who is a member of the executive or oversight body of said economic operator or who is authorised to represent or adopt decisions or to perform oversight over the economic operator, has been sentenced with an enforceable judgement in the last 5 years on committed crime that involves elements of the following crimes stipulated under the criminal code:
2.2.2) The contracting party shall exclude any economic operator from the public procurement procedure, if an economic operator:
— has unpaid taxes, payroll taxes or other public charges, except in cases when the economic operator has been permitted to pay taxes, payroll taxes or other public charges by means of deferred payment in compliance with special provisions and performs regular payment thereof;
— has been sentenced with secondary penalty — prohibition for participation in public call procedures, procedures for awarding public procurement contracts and public-private partnership contract;
— has been has been sentenced with secondary penalty – temporary or permanent prohibition to perform a particular activity;
— has been sentenced with misdemeanor sanction – prohibition to perform profession, activity or duty, or temporary prohibition to perform a particular activity; or
— issues false information/data or fails to submit information/data requested by the Contracting Party.
2.2.3) The contracting party shall exclude the economic operator from the public procurement procedure if the economic operator is listed under the list of issued negative references under Article 101 paragraph (3) of the Law on Public Procurements by the final deadline for delivery of bids or participation requests;
2.2.4) The contracting party shall exclude the economic operator from the public procurement procedure in cases when the exclusion condition is enlisted under the tender documentation:

Eligibility requirements: 2.2.1) The contracting party shall exclude any economic operator from the public procurement procedure if it determines that the economic operator, or the person who is a member of the executive or oversight body of said economic operator or who is authorised to represent or adopt decisions or to perform oversight over the economic operator, has been sentenced with an enforceable judgement in the last 5 years on committed crime that involves elements of the following crimes stipulated under the criminal code: — participation in criminal organisation; — corruption; — tax and payroll tax evasion; — terrorism or criminal acts related to terrorist activities; — money laundering and financing terrorism; and — child labor and human trafficking. 2.2.2) The contracting party shall exclude any economic operator from the public procurement procedure, if an economic operator: — has unpaid taxes, payroll taxes or other public charges, except in cases when the economic operator has been permitted to pay taxes, payroll taxes or other public charges by means of deferred payment in compliance with special provisions and performs regular payment thereof; — undergoes bankruptcy or liquidation proceeding; — has been sentenced with secondary penalty — prohibition for participation in public call procedures, procedures for awarding public procurement contracts and public-private partnership contract; — has been has been sentenced with secondary penalty – temporary or permanent prohibition to perform a particular activity; — has been sentenced with misdemeanor sanction – prohibition to perform profession, activity or duty, or temporary prohibition to perform a particular activity; or — issues false information/data or fails to submit information/data requested by the Contracting Party. 2.2.3) The contracting party shall exclude the economic operator from the public procurement procedure if the economic operator is listed under the list of issued negative references under Article 101 paragraph (3) of the Law on Public Procurements by the final deadline for delivery of bids or participation requests; 2.2.4) The contracting party shall exclude the economic operator from the public procurement procedure in cases when the exclusion condition is enlisted under the tender documentation: (a) if the contracting party has valid reasons to determine that the economic operator has signed contracts with other economic operator with purpose or effect to distort competition. The determination of the contracting party stipulated under this item shall be considered valid if the Commission for Protection of Competition notifies the contracting party that it will initiate a misdemeanor procedure within a deadline of 15 days, based on notice lodged by the contracting party; (b) if the economic operator has demonstrated significant or constant shortcomings in meeting key duties in previous public procurement contracts or previous concession and public-private partnership contracts signed with said contracting party, which, in turn, resulted in unilateral contract termination, damage claims or undertaking of other similar sanctions by the contracting party; (c) if the economic operator exercises illegal influence over the contracting party’s decision or for acquisition of confidential information that would give said economic operator illegal advantage in the public procurement procedure. 2.2.5) To prove that there are no reasons to be excluded from the procedure, the economic operator shall submit the following documents: — statement of the economic operator (of the person who is a member of the executive or oversight body of said economic operator or who is authorised to represent or to adopt decisions, or to perform oversight over said economic operator) that in the past 5 years there is no enforceable judgement against them for committed crimes that involve elements of the following criminal acts stipulated under the Criminal Code: corruptio

Award value: 28500000