Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-02-11
Buyer: Armasuisse Purchasing and Cooperative CC WTO
Country: CH
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 32400000 | 32500000 | 72315000: Data network management and support services | 72318000: Data transmission services
Submission deadline: 2019-04-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The project TK A, Ersa IMFS seeks to implement and meet the demands for more communications capacity (language and data) with increased mobility in combination with increasing pressure on the financial and personnel resources available, by means of an innovative and integral solution.
In this process, it is necessary to replace the IMFS which has truly proven itself, except for the outdated technology and the resulting limitations. The IMFS has been continuously optimised since its introduction and adjusted according to needs to the extent possible.
The project TK A, Ersa IMFS seeks to implement and meet the demands for more communications capacity (language and data) with increased mobility in combination with increasing pressure on the financial and personnel resources available, by means of an innovative and integral solution.
In this process, it is necessary to replace the IMFS which has truly proven itself, except for the outdated technology and the resulting limitations. The IMFS has been continuously optimised since its introduction and adjusted according to needs to the extent possible.
Extract from the debt enforcement register and commercial register or the equivalent recognised documentation from the foreign country (not older than three months, the date of entry is decisive) which proves that the applicant has no tax or social security debts.
The applicant confirms that it — along with any third parties contracted by the applicant (subcontractors and sub-suppliers) — complies with the basic procedures according to the self-declaration form (Template 5.1) published by the Federal Procurement Commission (BKB).
Applicants with more than 50 employees and their first-tier subcontractors with more than 50 employees each must — in addition to the self-declaration form — document how their remuneration practices have been audited.
The applicant confirms that it shall assume overall responsibility for this project and, in particular, that the applicant is the sole contractual partner of the Contracting Authority. Any other parties involved must be listed in Template 5.4 along with their assigned roles/functions.
The applicant agrees to undergo the security procedures which encompass various security measures (c.f. Ordinance on the Security Procedures, SR 510.413).
The federal information protection regulations (in particular the Ordinance on the Protection of Federal Information, SR 510.411) shall be applied.
The applicant accepts the confidentiality Agreement A for Contractors and B for persons entrusted with confidential information (requirement for the invitation to submit a proposal).
The applicant undertakes to guarantee production capacity for any subsequent procurements for a period of 10 years until 2032 at the latest from signing of the contract (procurement contract).
The applicant guarantees the supply of spare parts of the entire procurement scope over the entire useful life of min. 10 years after full performance of the contractual services (procurement contract).
The applicant has evident experience in the design of tactical networks in a comparable scope (comparable in applied technology, components and systems) and provides evidence of this experience with references for the last 10 years (not older than 2008).
The applicant authorises the Armed Forces Logistics Organisation (AFLO) or a third-party company named by armasuisse to arrange all servicing and maintenance work to be carried out by trained specialist personnel. The specialist personnel (troop, AFLO and supply centre) must be trained by the applicant.