Contracts awarded

Date of publication Simap: 19.12.2016

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: EPFL
Procurement authority/Organizer: Blue Brain Project
EPFL ENT BBP,  attn Alejandro Schiliuk, Campus Biotech, Bâtiment B1, Ch. des Mines 9,  1202  Genève,  Switzerland

1.2 Type of contracting authority

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

1.3 Type of procedure

Direct award procedure

1.4 Type of order

Order for services

1.5 Scope of international treaties

Yes

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Project title of the acquisition

Blue Brain 4 Support and Maintenance Extension

2.2 Service category

Service category CPC:  [1] Maintenance and repairs

2.3 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	30211100 - Super computer

3. Decision of acceptance

3.1 Award criteria

not applicable

3.2 Tenderer considered

Name: IBM Switzerland Ltd.,  8010  Zürich,  Switzerland
Price (total price):  Without indication according to Art.23(3)(b)

3.3 Reasons for the decision to award

Reasons: OMP
Chapter 3, art. 36 point 1
Chapter 2, art. 13 point 1, letter f)

4. Other information

4.2 Date of the award

Date: 07.12.2016

4.4 Additional information

Extension by 15 months of the support and maintenance service for a research prototype HPC system (market adjudicated on 20.02.2013, SIMAP project # 95358).

4.5 Procedures for appeal

Pursuant to Art. 30 of the Federal Act on Public Procurement, an appeal against this publication may be filed within 20 days since notification in writing in an official language of Switzerland to the Federal Administrative Court, Postfach, 9023 St.Gallen. The appeal petition must be submitted in duplicate and must contain the application, the grounds of appeal with details of the evidence and the signature of the appellant or his agent; a copy of the present publication and documents cited as evidence must be attached, provided they are in the appellant’s possession.