Contracts awarded

Date of publication Simap: 24.05.2018

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, General Secretariat
Procurement authority/Organizer: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
General Secretariat
Presence Switzerland,  attn Matthias Bucher, Bundesgasse 32,  3003  Berne,  Switzerland,  E-mail:  matthias.bucher@eda.admin.ch

1.2 Type of contracting authority

Confederation (Central federal administration)

1.3 Type of procedure

Open procedure

1.4 Type of order

Order for services

1.5 Scope of international treaties

Yes

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Project title of the acquisition

Image Monitor Switzerland 2018–2022: International population poll study on Switzerland's image abroad with three waves of surveys

2.2 Service category

Service category CPC:  [10] Market research and opinion polling

2.3 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

3. Decision of acceptance

3.1 Award criteria

According to the invitation to tender

3.2 Tenderer considered

Attention: Matthias Kappeler
Name: Empiricon AG, Langmauerweg 12,  3011  Bern,  Switzerland
Price (total price):  CHF 626'600.00 without VAT
Additional information: Additional information: The total price of CHF 626,600 is composed as follows: Basic services (fixed costs for all 3 waves) 424'850 CHF and optional services (fixed costs for all 3 waves): 201'750 CHF

3.3 Reasons for the decision to award

Reasons: After assessment of all evaluation criteria mentioned in tender document (qualitative criteria and price) the winning bidder has received the most utility points among all the submitted bids.
The offer of the winning bidder convinced above all regarding
the attractive costs and the proven expertise in the field of Switzerland’s national image abroad.

4. Other information

4.1 Invitation to tender

Publications from: 20.02.2018
Organ of publication: www.simap.ch
Number of publication 1006255

4.2 Date of the award

Date: 09.05.2018

4.3 Number of offers received

Number of offers: 7

4.4 Additional information

The contracting authority reserves the right to award subsequent mandates to the successful bidder of this tender procedure if a change of bidder is not possible for economic or technical reasons, or would cause significant difficulties or incur disproportionate costs for the contracting authority.

4.5 Procedures for appeal

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.