Prior information notice

Date of publication Simap: 09.01.2020

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: smartrail 4.0 SBB AG Infrastruktur
Procurement authority/Organizer: smartrail 4.0
SBB AG Infrastruktur,  attn Burkhard Schulz, Lindenhofstrasse 1, Worblaufen,  3000  Bern,  Switzerland,  E-mail:  sr40.sourcing@sbb.ch,  URL http://www.smartrail40.ch

1.2 Deadline for submitting the offer

Date :   31.01.2020, Specific deadlines and formal requirements:  This is an invitation to contact us by the given date. Companies that qualify for an offer will be contacted thereafter by us as part of an invitation procedure.

1.3 Type of contracting authority

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

1.4 Type of procedure

Open procedure

1.5 Type of order

Not specified

1.6 Scope of international treaties

Not specified

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Project title of the acquisition

Evaluation CCS-bus/-network on-board rolling stock

2.3 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support,
	32420000 - Network equipment,
	32400000 - Networks,
	34620000 - Rolling stock,
	50224000 - Reconditioning services of rolling stock

2.4 Subject and scope of the contract

Consulting services for the evaluation of existing, open standard bus / network protocols for secure communication among the on-board components of train command, control and signaling systems, short CCS. The CCS bus or CCS network to be evaluated, is described as the Universal Vital Control and Command Bus in the Alpha Architecture of the European OCORA (Open CCS On-board Reference Architecture) initiative. Published under: https://github.com/OCORA-Public/
In particular, SBB seeks professional support regarding the following aspects:
- Check the existing requirements for the CCS bus regarding application on the vehicle
- Specify further requirements for the CCS bus
- Collect existing, open standard bus / network protocols (OSI Layer 1-4, as well as Safety Layer)
- Evaluate the collected standard bus / network protocols suitable for use as a CCS bus on the vehicle

2.5 Location of the procurement

Bern

2.6 Division into lots?

No

2.8 Will variants be accepted?

No

2.9 Are partial offers permitted?

No

2.10 Implementation date

Start 02.03.2020

Remarks: SBB reserves the right to vary the starting date of implementation during the invitation procedure

3. Conditions

3.1 General conditions of participation

Interested suppliers obligation are in the context of the contact:
- to announce a contact person,
- to prove the experience in the field of safe communication (certainly in terms of safety),
- submit a company presentation and
- a short motivation letter.

3.2 Deposits/guarantees

n/a

3.3 Conditions of payment

n/a

3.4 Costs to be included

n/a

3.5 Consortium of bidders

not permitted

3.6 Subcontractor

not permitted

3.10 Supplying source of the prior information notice documentation

to obtain at the following address:
smartrail 4.0
SBB AG Infrastruktur,  attn Burkhard Schulz, Lindenhofstrasse 1, Worblaufen,  3000  Bern,  Switzerland,  E-mail:  sr40.sourcing@sbb.ch,  URL http://www.smartrail40.ch
Language of the prior information notice documentation: German, English
Other informations about the supply of the prior information notice documentation: Documents will only be submitted to interested parties which comply with the invitation criteria.

4.6 Additional information

SBB reserves the right to use the results of this invitation process as base for future public submissions. Therefore SBB reserves the right to publish certain elements of this invitation process.