Contracts awarded

Date of publication Simap: 30.06.2020

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: Swissmedic, Procurement Management
Procurement authority/Organizer: Swissmedic, Procurement Management,  attn Markus Diethelm, Hallerstrasse 7,  3012  Bern,  Switzerland,  Telephone:  058 465 50 47,  Fax:  058 462 02 12,  E-mail:  markus.diethelm@swissmedic.ch,  URL www.swissmedic.ch

1.2 Type of contracting authority

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

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

IT services for the development and life cycle management of artificial intelligence solutions and services

2.2 Service category

Service category CPC:  [7] Data processing and associated activities

2.3 Common Procurement Vocabulary

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

3. Decision of acceptance

3.1 Award criteria

According to the invitation to tender

3.2 Tenderer considered

Name: Zühlke Engineering AG, Wiesenstrasse 10a,  8952  Schlieren,  Switzerland
Price (total price):  CHF 9'000'000.00 without VAT
Additional information: The surcharge indicated is to be understood as the maximum cost ceiling for both awarding authorities (not per company).

Name: QUINTEN, 8 RUE VERNIER,  PARIS  PARIS,  France
Price (total price):  CHF 9'000'000.00 without VAT
Additional information: The surcharge indicated is to be understood as the maximum cost ceiling for both awarding authorities (not per company).

3.3 Reasons for the decision to award

Reasons: The companies Zühlke Group AG and Quinten achieved a good score in the preliminary round in the award criteria and demonstrated very convincingly in their presentations that they are able to provide the required services. The two companies thus best met the requirements in terms of cost-effectiveness in terms of price, performance, references and experience of all bidders.

4. Other information

4.1 Invitation to tender

Publications from: 24.03.2020
Organ of publication: www.simap.ch
Number of publication 1120089

4.2 Date of the award

Date: 30.06.2020

4.3 Number of offers received

Number of offers: 25

4.4 Additional information

none

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.