Invitation to tender

Date of publication Simap: 27.03.2024

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: ETH Zürich
Procurement authority/Organizer: ETH Zürich, Informatikdienste,  attn Frau Katharina Leith, Binzmühlestrasse 130 / OCT G44,  8092  Zürich,  Switzerland,  Telephone:  +41 44 632 11 11,  E-mail:  gatt-wto@id.ethz.ch

1.2 Offers should be sent to the following address

Address according to chapter 1.1

1.3 Desired deadline for questions in written form

05.04.2024

1.4 Deadline for submitting offers

Date: 06.05.2024 Time of day: 16:00

1.5 Date of the opening of bids:

07.05.2024

1.6 Type of contracting authority

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

1.7 Type of procedure

Open procedure

1.8 Type of order

Order for services

1.9 Scope of international treaties

Yes

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Service category CPC:

[7] Data processing and associated activities

2.2 Project title of the acquisition

Software Development of the openBIS Research Data Management System

2.4 Division into lots?

No

2.5 Common Procurement Vocabulary

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

2.6 Subject and scope of the contract

Professional software development services to supplement the in-house core service developers with the particular goal of working with them in a team to continue developing the front-end and back-end codebase of openBIS. This will include developing the openBIS core codebase as well as software extensions to facilitate data management and sharing between research groups in various research support and Open Research Data projects.

2.7 Location where service is to be delivered

ETH Zurich

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

60 months after contract was signed

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals: Additional 2 years with yearly extension

2.9 Options

No

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 01.07.2024 and finish 01.07.2029

3. Conditions

3.5 Consortium of bidders

Not 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

Remarks: The awarding authority reserves the right to conduct correspondence and negotiations in either English or German.

3.11 Validity of offers

4 Months after deadline for receipt of offers

3.12 Supplying source of the tendering documentation

at www.simap.ch
Languages of documents: English

3.13 Conduct of dialogue

No

4. Other information

4.4 Essential requirements

The contractor shall award this contract only to bidders who comply with the conditions stipulated in the tender documents and the legislation, in particular occupational health and safety regulations, rules on working conditions, equal pay regulations, as well as environmental law, competition law and anti-corruption provisions.

4.8 Procedures for appeal

In accordance with Article 56 paragraph 1 of the Public Procurement Act (PPA), a written appeal against this decision can be lodged with the Federal Administrative Court, P.O. Box, 9023 St. Gallen, Switzerland, within 20 days of notification. Any appeal is to be submitted in duplicate and must include what is being sought, the grounds for appeal, evidence and the signature of the person lodging the appeal or his or her representative. A copy of this decision and available evidence must be included.
The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) on legal holidays do not apply in accordance with Article 56 paragraph 2 of the PPA.