Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-07-21
Buyer: Global Standard gGmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72200000 | 72210000: Software programming services | 72212517 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services
Submission deadline: 2021-08-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The procurement is for a web-based database system to be built or configured for the management of chains of custody, a variety of supply chain management, of voluntary sustainability standards and for the generation of two kinds of original certificate documents for the certification system of the contracting authority, GOTS, a sustainability standard for organic textiles.
The database system will comprise between 50 and 60 business related entity/relation types, three different APIs, and a file upload interface for some self-defined types of XML files. The specifications for tender will contain about 2000 individual requirements, the majority of which is trivial or merely reflects the state of the art in the field of web-based database solutions.
The contracting entity requests the source code to be licensed to them as a mandatory contractual requirement, exclusively for project specific code, non-exclusively for other code.
The procurement is for a web-based database system to be built or configured for the management of chains of custody, a variety of supply chain management, of voluntary sustainability standards and for the generation of two kinds of original certificate documents for the certification system of the contracting authority, GOTS, a sustainability standard for organic textiles.
The database system will comprise between 50 and 60 business related entity/relation types, three different APIs, and a file upload interface for some self-defined types of XML files. The specifications for tender will contain about 2000 individual requirements, the majority of which is trivial or merely reflects the state of the art in the field of web-based database solutions.
The contracting entity requests the source code to be licensed to them as a mandatory contractual requirement, exclusively for project specific code, non-exclusively for other code.
The contender has operated one or more software systems for at least three years, points will be assigned based on time:
The prospective project manager and at least one prospective team member must have a mastery of the English language in written and spoken English of CEFRL level C1 or higher.
All prospective team members must have a mastery of the English language in written and spoken English of CEFRL level B1 or higher.
The experience of the prospective project manager in managing software projects will be measured based on the number of successful software projects he/she has managed during the last half of the respective projects. The minimum number of such projects managed by the prospective project manager must be one (must have).
The experience of the prospective team members will be measured based on their average number of years they have been working in software development. The minimum for this average is two years (must have).
Additional points will be assigned based on specific areas of expertise. Specific knowledge and skills of a prospective team member is counted as expertise if it is well above the average knowledge and skills of a software developer. The following areas of expertise will be awarded points:
The present procedure will be tendered by way of a negotiated award with a competitive bidding process in accordance with UVgO. The procedure specified here in accordance with VgV serves only to publish the procedure throughout Europe. GWB and VgV do not apply. In particular, there is no possibility of legal protection before the review chambers.
Global Standard gemeinnützige GmbH (GOTS) is not a public contracting authority pursuant to Section 99 No. 2 GWB. The application of the provisions of the Sub-Threshold Tender Regulation (UVgO) follows from the provisions of the grant notice and the General Provisions for Grants for Project Funding (ANBest-P). GOTS is not bound by any further-- provisions. EU-wide publication -is voluntary and without recognition of any legal obligation. There are no possibilities for legal -protection- pursuant to Sections 160 et seq. GWB.

Eligibility requirements: Self-declaration Grounds for Exclusion under Sections 123, 124 GWB 1. Company presentation/declaration of the company structure, in particular the organizational structure, the range of services and personnel capacities, max. two DIN A4 pages. 2. Proof of registration in a professional or commercial register or comparable register (copy of excerpt to be enclosed)