Invitation to tender

Date of publication Simap: 17.02.2022

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: SECO Infrastructure Financing (WEIN) Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Bern
Procurement authority/Organizer: RUBI Bahntechnik
Rautistrasse 12
8047 Zürich,  attn Martin Haefliger, Rautistrasse 55,  8047  Zürich,  Switzerland,  Telephone:  +41 76 515 05 07,  E-mail:  martin.haefliger@rubi-bahntechnik.ch

1.2 Offers should be sent to the following address

RUBI Bahntechnik
Rautistrasse 12
8047 Zürich,  attn Martin Haefliger, Rautistrasse 55,  8047  Zürich,  Switzerland,  Telephone:  +41 76 515 05 07,  E-mail:  martin.haefliger@rubi-bahntechnik.ch

1.3 Desired deadline for questions in written form

28.02.2022

Remarks: 28.02.2022, 12:00

1.4 Deadline for submitting offers

Date: 04.04.2022 Time of day: 15:00, Specific deadlines and formal requirements:  Two complete paper copies (one marked “original”, one marked “copy”) and one stick with all the data in pdf format (not zipped or encrypted).

1.5 Date of the opening of bids:

05.04.2022, City:  Zurich, Remarks:  No public opening.

1.6 Type of contracting authority

Confederation (Central federal administration)

1.7 Type of procedure

Open procedure

1.8 Type of order

Order for services

1.9 Scope of international treaties

No

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Service category CPC:

[2] Overland transport including transport of money and courier services without postal services

2.2 Project title of the acquisition

Zurich trams for Vinnytsia (Phase II) – transport services

2.3 Reference / project no.

UR-00305.02.01

2.4 Division into lots?

No

2.5 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	60200000 - Railway transport services

2.6 Subject and scope of the contract

Transport, preferably by rail, of 35 (guaranteed), and an option of up to 32 articulated trams of the type “Tram 2000”, two snowploughs (option), and spare parts from Zürich or Dübendorf / Switzerland to Vinnytsia / Ukraine, between August 2022 and December 2025.

2.7 Location where service is to be delivered

Vinnytsia, Ukraine

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

Start: 01.07.2022, End: 31.12.2025

This contract is subject to renewal: No

2.9 Options

Yes

Description of options: An increase in the volume of transported trams and additional material

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 01.07.2022 and finish 31.12.2025

Remarks: first transport not earlier than on August 15, 2022

3. Conditions

3.1 General conditions of participation

According to the documentation

3.2 Deposits/guarantees

None

3.3 Conditions of payment

30 days after reception of the invoice

3.4 Costs to be included

According to the documentation (Carriage and Insurance paid to, CIP): transportation costs form Zürich or Dübendorf (including loading), to Vinnytsia goods yard (rail transport) or Vinnytsia tram depot (road transport), customs formalities, all paperwork, security measures and insurance.

3.5 Consortium of bidders

Allowed

3.6 Subcontractor

Allowed

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 tendering documentation

Costs: none

3.10 Languages

Languages for offers: English

Language of the procedure: English

3.11 Validity of offers

6 Months after deadline for receipt of offers

3.12 Supplying source of the tendering documentation

at www.simap.ch,
or to obtain at the following address:
RUBI Bahntechnik
Rautistrasse 12
8047 Zürich,  attn Martin Haefliger, Rautistrasse 55,  8047  Zürich,  Switzerland,  Telephone:  +41 76 515 05 07,  E-mail:  martin.haefliger@rubi-bahntechnik.ch
Languages of documents: English

3.13 Conduct of dialogue

No

4. Other information

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

None

4.2 Terms of business

General Terms of Conditions (GTC) of the Swiss Confederation

4.4 Essential requirements

The bidder must have a contact point in Switzerland and the transport must be carried out to the stipulated timelines.

4.5 Already involved tenderers permitted to take part in the procedure

Yes

4.7 Official organ of publication

www.simap.ch

4.8 Procedures for appeal

Any rights of redress are excluded. Appeals procedures (PPA and OPP) are not applicable. There is no right of appeal within the frame of the above mentioned procurement procedure.