Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-08-26
Buyer: Swiss Federal Railways SBB Passenger Traffic Division, P-O-AM-FSE-PTF-OPE
Country: CH
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72260000: Software-related services
Submission deadline: 2019-09-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The bidder assumes overall responsibility for the entire process chain, from the production of the SwissPass card to its delivery to the Swiss postal service, for a period of at least 5 years. Specifically, this includes:
(b) integration of possible third-party suppliers into the process chain (e.g. upon expansion of the product ranges);
(d) ensuring compliance with security and data protection requirements throughout the entire process chain;
The bidder’s responsibility for delivery of the elements described extends throughout all project phases during the implementation of the new SwissPass card, its introduction and subsequent ongoing operation.
It is not mandatory for the services to be performed at SBB (Worblaufen/Bern or other SBB locations). The supplier is expected to be prepared to work on-site at least during the initial phase of …
The bidder assumes overall responsibility for the entire process chain, from the production of the SwissPass card to its delivery to the Swiss postal service, for a period of at least 5 years. Specifically, this includes:
(b) integration of possible third-party suppliers into the process chain (e.g. upon expansion of the product ranges);
(d) ensuring compliance with security and data protection requirements throughout the entire process chain;
The bidder’s responsibility for delivery of the elements described extends throughout all project phases during the implementation of the new SwissPass card, its introduction and subsequent ongoing operation.
The option of making a direct award according to the terms of the base contract for further and/or additional quantities and services, and for contract extension of up to 5 times for 1 year from the date of publication of the invitation to tender remains expressly reserved. SBB expressly reserves the right, however, to redeem these options in due time, as required, on a staggered basis or to award the contracts for these services (or parts thereof) in another manner (through competitive bidding) on the basis of the relevant public procurement provisions. Both the redemption and the allocation of the services under this option in the event of a potential re-order of further services shall be determined at a later date. The provisions of the base contract, including the original cost basis agreed in the contract, all additions and amendments resulting from the redemption of options/SBB re-order rights/changes in services, special agreements and other additions and amendments to the contract shall also apply to the re-ordered services. The scope of the services, the deadlines and the other contractual terms shall in any event be clarified before the start thereof and shall be recorded in writing in an addendum to the contract on the basis of a detailed offer.
Extract from the commercial register or copy of the professional register or the company register of the bidder's country of origin.
Declaration regarding any ongoing or concluded insolvency proceedings or comparable proceedings governed by law concerning the assets of the company (without an extract from the debt collection register).
For the last 3 financial years preceding the invitation to tender: financial statements consisting of the balance sheet, profit and loss statement, notes (classified according to the thirty-second title of the Swiss Code of Obligations (CO), in particular CO 958, 959a and 959b as well as 959c or analogous provisions) as well as the cash flow statement, if available, including the latest audit report by the auditor of the bidder company (not the parent company).
Bank declaration guaranteeing that, in the event of the contract being awarded, the financial guarantees as required pursuant to Section 3.2 of the tender publication and the draft contract will be issued and the applicable loans will be granted to the bidder.
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