Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-26
Buyer: Nagra
Country: CH
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48611000: Database software package | 48612000: Database-management system | 48613000 | 48614000
Submission deadline: 2018-07-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: In order to investigate the geological underground for a nuclear waste disposal in Switzerland, Nagra executes field investigations. One important aspect is exploration boreholes (“Tiefbohrungen”; TBO). These TBO focus on obtaining long sections of core samples from the relevant geological formations and executing intensive geo- and petrophysical as well as geomechanical and hydrogeological measurements. With this tender, Nagra wants to purchase a software to record the testing activities and drilling operations during the TBO campaign. The bidder must agree to provide such software to Nagra, along with associated development services, hosting services and support and maintenance. The services are to be provided in 3 phases:
Phase 2: development of the software to meet Nagra's requirements, and hosted version of the software and licences;
In order to investigate the geological underground for a nuclear waste disposal in Switzerland, Nagra executes field investigations. One important aspect is exploration boreholes (“Tiefbohrungen”; TBO). These TBO focus on obtaining long sections of core samples from the relevant geological formations and executing intensive geo- and petrophysical as well as geomechanical and hydrogeological measurements. With this tender, Nagra wants to purchase a software to record the testing activities and drilling operations during the TBO campaign. The bidder must agree to provide such software to Nagra, along with associated development services, hosting services and support and maintenance. The services are to be provided in 3 phases:
Phase 2: development of the software to meet Nagra's requirements, and hosted version of the software and licences;
The software has to cover the functional, non-functional and further functional requirements, as described in Document C.
At least 2 staff members have minimum one year experience in the development of the proposed software.
Conditions for countries not party to the WTO agreement: none, as long as the country under consideration grants equivalent counter-rights.
Basic procedural principles: Nagra assigns contracts only to companies that ensure compliance with the health and safety regulations for employees, as well as the wage equality for men and women (according to the Form “Company information”).
Additional information: Nagra reserves its right to freely award further, similar tasks related to this basic contract (in accordance to the bid decree of Canton of Aargau § 8, Abs. 3, lit. i).
1) an appeal against this call for tender can be made within 10 days from its publication at the Administrative Court of Canton of Aargau, Obere Vorstadt 40, 5001 Aarau. The standstill of the deadlines according to civil procedure law does not apply;
2) the appeal has to be submitted in written form and must contain a motion and a justification. This includes:
3) an appeal which does not comply with the requirements described under Points 1 and 2 will not be taken into consideration;
4) the contested tender should be specified, and all the possible evidence should be described and enclosed whenever possible. The objection has to be signed;
5) the contestant has to assume that a cost risk is associated with any objection: as a general rule, the losing party shall bear the procedural costs and, if applicable, the attorney fees of the adverse party.
The fully completed and legally signed proposal, together with all the requested supplements, has to be submitted in 2 hard copies (1 original and 1 marked colour copy). Additionally, 1 USB-stick with the complete proposal has to be submitted. In case of discrepancies between the paper and the electronical submissions, the signed offer made on paper shall be valid. The written offers have to be received by Nagra latest at the stated deadline. Offers arriving after the deadline will not be evaluated and will be returned unopened to the tender.