Prior information notice

Date of publication Simap: 30.06.2021

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: Swissgrid AG
Procurement authority/Organizer: Swissgrid AG,  attn Evelyn Stilp, Bleichemattstrasse 31,  5001  Aarau,  Switzerland,  Telephone:  +41(0)58 580 33 96,  E-mail:  ausschreibungen-IT@swissgrid.ch,  URL www.swissgrid.ch

1.2 Deadline for submitting the offer

Date :   13.08.2021, Specific deadlines and formal requirements:  This publication is a Request for Information (RfI) and not an invitation to a tender.
With this RfI, all interested providers of a system for Risk Management, Internal Audit und Business Continuity Management are invited to show how their standard solution can cover the requirements of Swissgrid.
Responses to the RfI may be submitted within the prescribed time limit.
Participation and submission of the answers to the RfI is voluntary and non-binding.

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

System for Risk Management, Internal Audit und Business Continuity Management

2.3 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	48000000 - Software package and information systems

2.4 Subject and scope of the contract

Swissgrid currently uses a System for Risk Management, Internal Audit und Business Continuity Management. In order to compare the functionalities of the existing system and the current requirements of Swissgrid with software solutions available on the market, Swissgrid conducts a market survey of systems to be used in the fields Risk Management, Internal Audit und Business Continuity Management.

2.5 Location of the procurement

Aarau

2.6 Division into lots?

No

2.8 Will variants be accepted?

No

Remarks: Not relevant.

2.9 Are partial offers permitted?

No

Remarks: Not relevant.

2.10 Implementation date

Remarks: There is no implementation date, as this is a RfI and not a tender. Based on the result of this RfI, the further procedure will be defined.
This RfI does not convey any right to conduct a public procurement procedure.

3. Conditions

3.1 General conditions of participation

Participating providers provide their responses within the prescribed time limit. Participation and submission of the answers to the RfI is voluntary and non-binding. No payment or compensation will be made for answering this RfI. Failure to participate in this RfI will not lead to exclusion from any subsequent tender. Answering the RfI does not give the information provider any advantage for a possible later call for tenders. Participation in this RfI does not lead to a preliminary referral with regard to a possible later call for tenders.

3.5 Consortium of bidders

Not permittet.

3.10 Supplying source of the prior information notice documentation

at www.simap.ch
Prior information notice documentation is available from: 30.06.2021  until  13.08.2021
Language of the prior information notice documentation: German, English

3.11 Conduct of dialogue

No