Invitation to tender

Date of publication Simap: 02.08.2019

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. Daniel Angehrn, 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

12.08.2019

Remarks: Questions in connection with the pre-qualification documents can retain up at the 12.08.2019 11:00 AM.
On use of Annex "Fragen PQU" to the e-mail it.sdl@sbb.ch with the subject «Shoring Factory Digital Solutions: Fragen zu PQU» of an incident. The form is as MS Word document.

1.4 Deadline for submitting applications for participation

Date: 30.08.2019, Specific deadlines and formal requirements:  Applications to participate must be submitted by registered post to the address given above by 30.08.2019 (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

Shoring Factory Digital Solutions

2.4 Division into lots?

No

2.5 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

2.6 Subject and scope of the contract

We are looking for companies that can provide SBB with product-oriented teams who can perform development and operating services such as maintenance or monitoring/call-out work on existing applications on a nearshoring basis. In doing so, SBB is striving to achieve greater scalability and cost savings in the provision of these services. The applicants must be established names in the provision of nearshoring services and be able to make use of existing delivery centers/structures and established processes/services.
Full details of the item to be procured can be found in the tender documents.

2.7 Location where service is to be delivered

The on-site services must be provided on SBB premises (Bern region or other SBB locations). The nearshore team must provide its services from the supplier's delivery center as agreed.

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

60 months after contract was signed

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals: The contract is concluded for a period of five (5) years, with the option of extending it five (5) times for a further year each time.

2.9 Options

Yes

Description of options: LP1 «Transition eines Produktteams», LP2 «Entwicklung und Betriebsleistungen»

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

Start 13.04.2020

Remarks: It is expected that service provision will start on 13.04.2020 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

3.13 Languages

Languages for applications for participation: German

3.14 Validity of offers

12 Months after deadline for receipt of offers

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.