SUPPLY
PROCUREMENT NOTICE
Border Inspection Post Network Systems - IT Equipment for Plant
Quarantine Services
1. Publication reference
EuropeAid/116379/D/S/TR
2. Procedure
International Open Tender
3. Programme
The National Pre-Accession Financial
Assistance Programme for
4. Financing
Joint co-financing:
EC Contribution – Budget Line
BG-UE-B2004-22.020401-ELARG (75%) and National Contribution (25%)
5. Contracting authority
Central Finance and Contracts Unit (CFCU)
CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS
6. Description of the contract
The subject of the contract is the delivery,
installation, putting in to operation, training and warranty services by the
Contractor of the following goods in one lot:
·
·
Client Machines
with Related Software (PCs)
·
Monitors
·
Laser Printer
·
Relational
Database Management System (RDBMS)
·
Development of
a Quarantine Software
7. Number and titles of lots
One lot
TERMS OF PARTICIPATION
8. Eligibility and rules of origin
Participation is open on equal terms to all natural
and legal persons participating either individually or in a grouping
(consortium) of tenderers of the Member States and
Turkey, to natural and legal persons from the EU candidate countries and
countries benefiting from the financial and technical measures to accompany
(MEDA) the reform of economic and social structures in the framework of the
Euro-Mediterranean partnership and from the assistance for Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and
Montenegro (CARDS). All goods supplied under this contract must originate in
these countries[1]. The rule of origin may not be applied for item
5-Network Laser printer, if there is no technically compliant equipment offered
that originates in an eligible country.
9. Grounds for exclusion
Tenderers must submit a statement to the effect that they are
not in any of the situations listed in point 2.3.3 of the Practical Guide to contracts
procedures financed by the general budget of the European Communities in the
context of external actions.
10. Number of tenders
Tenderers (including firms within the same legal
group, other members of the same consortium, and sub-contractors) may submit only
one tender. Tenders for parts of a lot will not be considered. Any tenderer
may state in its tender that it would offer a discount in the event that its
tender is accepted for more than one lot. Tenderers may not submit a
tender for a variant solution in addition to their tender for the supplies
required in the tender dossier.
11. Tender guarantee
Tenderers must provide a tender guarantee of 2% of the
total offered value when submitting their tender. This guarantee will be
released to unsuccessful tenderers once the tender procedure has been completed
and to the successful tenderer(s) upon signature of the contract by all
parties. This guarantee will be called upon if the tenderer does not fulfil all
obligations stated in its tender.
12. Performance guarantee
The successful tenderer will be
asked to provide a performance guarantee of 10% of the amount of the contract
at the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided no later than
30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed by the Contracting
Authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee within
this period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and
sent to the tenderer which has submitted the next best compliant tender.
13. Information meeting and/or site visit
No information meeting or site visit is planned
14. Tender validity
Tenders must remain valid for a period of 90 days
after the deadline for submission of tenders.
15. Period of execution
120 calendar days
SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA
16. Selection criteria
Minimum
quality criteria for the tender are:
·
Technical capacity of the Tenderer(s): The Tenderer(s) must provide evidence that
facilities for warranty offered are available for supplies offered at the
delivery places.
·
Professional Capacity of the Tenderer(s) for the software
development: Specific requ
·
Conformity with formal,
administrative and technical requ
17. Award criteria
The cheapest technically compliant price.
TENDERING
18. How to obtain the tender dossier
The tender dossier is available from
the following Internet address:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/index_en.htm.
The tender dossier is also available
for collection from the Contracting Authority. Tenders must be submitted using
the standard tender form included in the tender dossier, whose format and
instructions must be strictly observed.
Tenderers with questions regarding this tender should send them in writing to:
Mr. Nuri Ercan TORTOP
Central Finance and Contracts Unit
Ehlibeyt Mah. 6.Sokak No:16/8
Ekşioğlu İş Merkezi 06520
Balgat/Ankara TURKEY
Fax: + 90.312.4723744
e-mail: ercan.tortop@cfcu.gov.tr
(mentioning the publication reference shown in item 1) at least 21 days
before the deadline for submission of tenders given in item 19. The Contracting
Authority must reply to all tenderers' questions at
least 11 days before the deadline for submission of tenders. The replies will
be published on the following Internet address:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/index_en.htm.
The prospective tenderer obtaining
the tender dossier from the Europe Aid web-site should advise the CFCU, so that
any changes to the tender dossier may be communicated to them.
19. Deadline for submission of tenders
Tenders must be received at the offices of CFCU before
Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered.
20. Tender opening session
14.30 Hours (local) on
Ehlibeyt Mah.
6.Sokak No:16/8
Ekşioğlu İş
Merkezi 06520
Balgat/Ankara
21. Legal basis
Council Regulation Nr. (EC) 2500/2001 of 17 December
2001 concerning pre-accession financial assistance for Turkey and amending
regulations (EEC) No. 3906/89, (EC) No. 1267/1999, EC) No. 1268/1999 and EC No
555/2000.