Invitation to tender

Date of publication Simap: 10.04.2019

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB
Procurement authority/Organizer: SBB Informatik,  attn Mr. Gregor Leuenberger, Lindenhofstrasse 1, Worblaufen,  3000  Bern 65,  Switzerland,  E-mail:  it.sdl@sbb.ch

1.2 Applications for participation should be sent to the following address

Address according to chapter 1.1

1.3 Desired deadline for questions in written form

18.04.2019

Remarks: Questions in connection with the pre-qualification documents can retain up at the 18.04.2019 11:00 AM.
On use of Annex "Fragen PQU" to the e-mail it.sdl@sbb.ch with the subject «ELAZ Zahlkartenterminal: Fragen zu PQU» of an incident. The form is as MS Word document.

1.4 Deadline for submitting applications for participation

Date: 07.05.2019, Specific deadlines and formal requirements:  Applications to participate must be submitted by
registered post to the address given above by 07.05.2019 (date of the post stamp) at the latest.

1.6 Type of contracting authority

Decentralized federal administration - public-legal organizations of the federation and other supporting organisations assuming federal tasks

1.7 Type of procedure

Selective procedure

1.8 Type of order

Order for services

1.9 Scope of international treaties

Yes

2. Objects of procurement

2.2 Project title of the acquisition

ELAZ (Train Personnel Electronic Assistant) payment card terminal

2.4 Division into lots?

No

2.5 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support,
	48000000 - Software package and information systems,
	30210000 - Data-processing machines (hardware)

2.6 Subject and scope of the contract

With these documents, SBB is procuring a payment card terminal. This includes an overall system (hardware, software, interfaces, service) and integration into the SBB system.
The payment card terminal including software and services will be part of the entire mobile POS solution of the passenger attendants, allowing passengers to pay by credit or debit card as well as wallet solutions.
The payment card terminal is to be light and manageable as the passenger attendants are to carry it around with them along with the smartphone and printer.
The additional services also include the Service Center services for configuring and maintaining the terminals provided for by the ep2 specification.
Full details of the item to be procured can be found in the tender documents.

2.7 Location where service is to be delivered

It is not mandatory for the services to be carried out at SBB (Worblaufen/Bern or other sites of SBB). The supplier is expected to be prepared to work on-site at least during the initial phase of a project if necessary.
The device will be supplied to defined SBB sites throughout Switzerland.

2.8 Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

36 months after contract was signed

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals: The contract shall be concluded for a term of three (3) years with an option to extend it by one year three times.

2.9 Options

No

2.10 Award criteria

Based on the criteria given in the documentation

2.11 Will variants be accepted?

No

2.12 Are partial offers permitted?

No

2.13 Implementation date

Remarks: It is expected that service provision will start on 6 November 2019 or following signature of the agreement.

3. Conditions

3.2 Deposits/guarantees

none

3.5 Consortium of bidders

Bidding consortia are not permitted.

3.6 Subcontractor

Subcontractors must be declared as such when the application to participate is submitted and will be approved by SBB once appropriate checks have been carried out.

3.7 Eligibility criteria

Based on the criteria given in the documentation

3.8 Evidence required

Based on the evidence required in the documentation

3.9 Conditions for obtaining the documents for participation

Costs: none

3.11 Intended date for the determination of the selected participants

24.05.2019

3.13 Languages

Languages for applications for participation: German

3.15 Source for documents for participation in prequalification

at www.simap.ch
Language of the participation documents: German

4. Other information

4.1 Conditions for tenderers from Non-Member States of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement

none

4.3 On-site visit

Negotiations in the second phase of the tender are reserved.

4.4 Essential requirements

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.

4.6 Additional information

SBB reserves the right to issue new similar orders relating to this basic order, to be awarded by private contract (Art.
36 para. 2 lit. d VöB)

4.8 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.