Prior information notice

Date of publication Simap: 01.12.2021

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 Nadina Rothe, Bleichemattstrasse 31,  5001  Aarau,  Switzerland,  E-mail:  ausschreibungen-IT@swissgrid.ch,  URL www.swissgrid.ch

1.2 Deadline for submitting the offer

Date :   15.12.2021, Specific deadlines and formal requirements:  This publication is a Request for Information (RFI) and not an invitation to tender.
With this RFI, all interested providers of a system for ICT monitoring are invited to show how their standard solution can cover the requirements of Swissgrid.
Responses to the RFI can be submitted within the deadline.
Participation and submission of responses to the RFI is voluntary and non-binding. Please send the RFI responses to the following address: ausschreibungen-IT@swissgrid.ch

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

RFI für ICT Monitoring

2.2 Reference / project no.

193321

2.3 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	48000000 - Software package and information systems

2.4 Subject and scope of the contract

The purpose of this market analysis (Request for Information) is to compare Swissgrid's requirements for ICT monitoring (ICTM for short) with systems that are available on the market.

2.5 Location of the procurement

Aarau

2.6 Division into lots?

No

2.8 Will variants be accepted?

No

Remarks: Not relevant as this is an RFI.

2.9 Are partial offers permitted?

No

Remarks: Not relevant as this is an RFI.

2.10 Implementation date

Remarks: There is no execution date as this is an RFI and not an invitation to tender. Based on the outcome of this RFI, the further procedure will be defined.
This RFI does not convey any claim to the execution of a public procurement procedure.

3. Conditions

3.1 General conditions of participation

Participating vendors will provide their responses by the prescribed deadline. Participation and submission of responses to the RFI is on a voluntary basis and is non-binding. No compensation will be made for responding to this RFI. Failure to participate in this RFI will not result in disqualification from any subsequent invitation to tender. Responding to the RFI will not give the vendor any advantage for any subsequent invitation to tender. Participation in this RFI will not result in prior involvement with respect to any subsequent invitation to tender.

3.2 Deposits/guarantees

Not relevant as this is an RFI.

3.3 Conditions of payment

Not relevant as this is an RFI.

3.4 Costs to be included

Not relevant as this is an RFI.

3.5 Consortium of bidders

Not relevant as this is an RFI.

3.6 Subcontractor

Not relevant as this is an RFI.

3.10 Supplying source of the prior information notice documentation

at www.simap.ch
Prior information notice documentation is available from: 01.12.2021  until  15.12.2021
Language of the prior information notice documentation: German, English

3.11 Conduct of dialogue

No

4. Other information

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

Not relevant as this is an RFI.

4.2 Terms of business

Not relevant as this is an RFI.

4.3 On-site visit

Not relevant as this is an RFI.

4.4 Essential requirements

Not relevant as this is an RFI.

4.5 Already involved tenderers permitted to take part in the procedure

Not relevant as this is an RFI.