Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-02
Buyer: armasuisse Purchase and cooperations CC WTO
Country: CH
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34711100: Fixed-wing aircraft
Submission deadline: 2016-05-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The flight inspectors from Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) are to be on the same footing as the operators and aviation companies so that they can fulfil their supervisory activities. Consequently, FOCA requires new state-of-the-art airplanes. These airplanes will improve the level of training and will also be more economical.
All companies with sufficient economic capacity, which meet the following criteria and proof of suitability acc. to para 3.8, are invited to submit a tender in CHF.
The proof of suitability listed below must be confirmed or enclosed and met without any limitation or modification together with the submission of the tender, otherwise the tender is not considered.
E1: Extract from enforced payment collection register and commercial register or equivalent recognized foreign document (not older than 3 months — the date of submission is decisive) stating that no taxes or social contributions are owed.
E2: Company profile with organization chart, legal form, size, number of employed personnel, market position. Compliance with the 8 Core Conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO), with minimum wages, as far as regulated by law, as well as with the work and industrial safety regulations applying at the place of performance, is mandatory for services provided abroad.
E3: The tenderer confirms that it will assume overall responsibility for the present project, i.e. in particular that the tenderer is the sole contracting partner of the awarding authority. Possible participants must be listed with the roles assigned to them.
E4: Evidence of a single point of contact for all business processes such as orders, payments, services.
E5: Assurance that if required the aircraft is available for an inspection and flight test (Flight test: 1 day within 10.6.2016-19.8.2016). Provide at least 2 flight hours including flight instructor. All cost for inspection and / or flight testing shall be borne by the tenderer.
E6: The supplier confirms the fulfilment of the technical criteria without any restrictions under Enclosure 2,0.
E7: Provide evidence of at least 2 operators in western Europe or in northern America, who operate successfully and currently the offered aircraft type. Confirm that armasuisse may contact these operators for further information.
E8: The supplier confirms that the tendering as an original manufacturer or an official dealer of airplanes.
Basic procedural principles: The client only awards public commissions for services in Switzerland to tenderers who comply with job security regulations and the conditions of work for employees, and provide equal payment for men and women.
Statement of Rights of Redress: Pursuant to Art. 30 of the Federal Act on Public Procurement, an appeal against this publication may be filed within 20 days since notification in writing in an official language of Switzerland to the Federal Administrative Court, Postfach, 9023 St.Gallen. The appeal petition must be submitted in duplicate and must contain the application, the grounds of appeal with details of the evidence and the signature of the appellant or his agent; a copy of the present publication and documents cited as evidence must be attached, provided they are in the appellant's possession.
Deadline / Remarks: Place of submission: cf. para. 1.2. a) Submission to CC WTO armasuisse: If submitted to the reception desk at the armasuisse administrative building, Kasernenstrasse 19, 3003 Bern, Attn. CC WTO armasuisse, the following points should be observed: — Reception desk opening times are: 7:00-17:00 (No tenders can be submitted outside these hours) — The tender must be submitted by 16:00 at the latest on the day mentioned above and confirmed by a receipt issued by armasuisse — Tenders delivered by a private courier service will be regarded as having being delivered in person and the tender must be handed in at the CC WTO by 16:00 at the latest. (Please, without fail, ask for confirmation of receipt). b) If submitted by post: The definitive date is the franking mark or the bar code sticker attached by a Swiss post office or, in the case of non-Swiss bidders, a receipt voucher issued by a Swiss diplomatic or consular office (company franking marks do not count as official post office franking marks). c) If tenders are handed in to a Swiss diplomatic or consular office abroad, then, by the tender deadline at the latest, the bidder must fax to the contracting authority the receipt confirmation issued by that office.
Conditions for obtaining the tendering documentation: The documents can be downloaded from the electronic platform www.simap.ch category ‘Public Procurement, Federal Invitation to tender’. To do this, you 1

Eligibility requirements: Suitability criteria: All companies with sufficient economic capacity, which meet the following criteria and proof of suitability acc. to para 3.8, are invited to submit a tender in CHF. Justificatifs requis: The proof of suitability listed below must be confirmed or enclosed and met without any limitation or modification together with the submission of the tender, otherwise the tender is not considered. E1: Extract from enforced payment collection register and commercial register or equivalent recognized foreign document (not older than 3 months — the date of submission is decisive) stating that no taxes or social contributions are owed. E2: Company profile with organization chart, legal form, size, number of employed personnel, market position. Compliance with the 8 Core Conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO), with minimum wages, as far as regulated by law, as well as with the work and industrial safety regulations applying at the place of performance, is mandatory for services provided abroad. E3: The tenderer confirms that it will assume overall responsibility for the present project, i.e. in particular that the tenderer is the sole contracting partner of the awarding authority. Possible participants must be listed with the roles assigned to them. E4: Evidence of a single point of contact for all business processes such as orders, payments, services. E5: Assurance that if required the aircraft is available for an inspection and flight test (Flight test: 1 day within 10.6.2016-19.8.2016). Provide at least 2 flight hours including flight instructor. All cost for inspection and / or flight testing shall be borne by the tenderer. E6: The supplier confirms the fulfilment of the technical criteria without any restrictions under Enclosure 2,0. E7: Provide evidence of at least 2 operators in western Europe or in northern America, who operate successfully and currently the offered aircraft type. Confirm that armasuisse may contact these operators for further information. E8: The supplier confirms that the tendering as an original manufacturer or an official dealer of airplanes. E9: The supplier confirms that the aircraft will be delivered before 30.6.2018 latest.