Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-16
Buyer: armasuisse Purchase and cooperations CC WTO
Country: CH
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35000000: Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment | 35800000: Individual equipment and supplies | 35810000: Individual equipment | 35815000
Submission deadline: 2021-03-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The protective system 18 is part of the equipment of the members of the Swiss armed forces and provides effective protection for them when they exercise functional tasks and deployments at home and abroad in the minimum configuration (only soft ballistics) against handguns and fragments. It comprises a protective vest, collar, hip belt and groin guard.
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.
Extracts from the debt collection register and excerpts from the commercial register or the equivalent recognised documentation from other countries which provide evidence that the bidder does not have any tax debts or has not paid the full amount for social security contributions (not older than 3 months — the effective entry date is decisive).
The bidder confirms that it and the third parties it has called on (subcontractors and subsuppliers) will comply with the procedural principles in accordance with the self-declaration sheet (Enclosure 1.1.1) of the Swiss federal government’s purchasing conference (BKB).
Bidders with more than 50 employees and their first-level subcontractors who have more than 50 employees must also provide evidence for the self-declaration sheet on how their salary practice has been reviewed and how the tolerance threshold of 5 % applied in purchasing functions is adhered to.
The bidder is willing, if requested by the contracting authority, for itself and its partner firms in the production chain as shown in the suppler self-declaration to be audited by an independent audit institution appointed by the contracting authority. The audit is intended to ensure compliance in particular with the ILO fundamental principles as well as local work and occupational safety conditions as stated in the supplier self-declaration. The bidder further confirms and acknowledges that failure to comply with one or more of the ILO fundamental principles or one or more of the local work and occupational safety conditions will result in the offer being excluded from the tender.
Confirmation by the bidder that it will produce the items requested as stipulated in the specification using the production chain stated in the supplier self-declaration (Enclosure 1.1).
Compliance with the national legislation for all areas of environmental protection (air, water, etc.) in all of the process steps taken by the bidder and the main subsuppliers in accordance with section 1.3 of the supplier self-declaration (Enclosure 1.1).
Confirmation by the bidder that it and its main subsuppliers will comply with the laws regarding the payment of minimum wages applicable in the country in which their production facilities are located in accordance with section 1.3 of the supplier self-declaration (Enclosure 1.1).
The bidder confirms that it will assume overall responsibility, i.e. the bidder is the sole contractual partner of the contracting authority. Any parties involved must be listed together with their assigned roles and functions in Enclosure 1.1.
Evidence of a single point of contact (SPOC) for all business processes, such as orders, payments, services, etc.
The bidder confirms unconditional acceptance of the draft framework conditions in accordance with Enclosure 5.0.
Confirmation that the bidder accepts the general terms and conditions of the Swiss Federal Government for goods (in the version dated 11 September 2016), which are available at: http://www.ar.admin.ch/internet/armasuisse/de/home/themen/beschaffung/lieferant/agb.html
Confirmation by the bidder that it has the capabilities to deliver the articles requested and offered in accordance with the technical specifications to this tender.