Prior information notice

Date of publication Simap: 17.08.2023

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: BLS AG
Procurement authority/Organizer: BLS AG,  attn Tabea Müller, Genfergasse 11,  3001  Bern,  Switzerland,  E-mail:  tabea.mueller2@bls.ch,  URL www.bls.ch

1.2 Deadline for submitting the offer

Date :   31.08.2023  Time of day: 23:59, Specific deadlines and formal requirements:  The deadline in section 1.2 refers to feedback on this advance notice.

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

Order for services

1.6 Scope of international treaties

Yes

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Project title of the acquisition

Integriertes Ressourcenplanungs- und Dispositions-System BLS

2.2 Reference / project no.

1312

2.3 Common Procurement Vocabulary

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

2.4 Subject and scope of the contract

BLS will publish an invitation to tender for the procurement of an integrated resource planning and scheduling system in SIMAP in October 2023 (specific date not yet known). The tender submission deadline is expected to be in January 2024. This is simply an advance notice to allow potential vendors to reserve resources for the preparation of their offers.

2.5 Location where service is to be delivered

Further details will follow when the tender is published.

2.6 Division into lots?

No

2.10 Implementation date

1 months after contract was signed

Remarks: Further details will follow when the tender is published.

3. Conditions

3.5 Consortium of bidders

Further details will follow when the tender is published.

3.7 Eligibility criteria

based on the criteria given below:
Further details will follow when the tender is published.

3.8 Evidence required

based on the evidence given below:
Further details will follow when the tender is published.

3.9 Award criteria

based on the following indications:

Further details will follow when the tender is published.

3.10 Supplying source of the prior information notice documentation

at www.simap.ch
Prior information notice documentation is available from: 17.08.2023  until  31.08.2023
Language of the prior information notice documentation: German, French

3.11 Conduct of dialogue

No

4.6 Additional information

The awarding office plans to publish the invitation to tender documents in German. With this advance notice, it aims to clarify whether a need exists for invitation to tender documents in other official languages (Art. 21. (2) VöB). Potential tenderers, who are interested in tender documents in another official language, should indicate their interest in the planned public invitation to tender by 31.08.2022 and register their interest in such documents in another language by e-mail to tabea.mueller2@bls.ch. Subject: "RFI 1312 / Company name". Please note: The draft agreement published as part of the invitation to tender will only be provided in German, since this will only be concluded in German and any contractual negotiations will also be conducted in German (procedural language). Potential tenderers, who nevertheless insist on a translation of the draft agreement, should communicate this in the same notification mentioned above.