Datum objave: 10.06.2019   11:16

VPRAŠANJE
Dear Procurement team, dear Mrs. Krajc,

1) Due to the fact that 10 June is a holiday and many colleagues (myself included) will be away most of next week, we kindly ask SID Bank for an extension of one week of the questions (from 10/6 till 17/6) and for the deadline of submission of the RFP (from 18/6 till 25/6).

2) In case we submit questions, how long will it take for us to receive the answers?

Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Judit Baracs & team
SWIFT

ODGOVOR

Please note the following changes have been made regarding the deadlines:

1) A Tenderer may request additional clarifications regarding the documentation via the public procurement portal no later than by 12 pm on 18 June 2019.
Tenders shall be deemed to have been submitted on time if the Contracting Authority receives them via the e-JN system (https://ejn.gov.si/eJN2) no later than by 10 am on 26 June 2019 (deadline for the receipt of tenders).
The opening of tenders shall take place automatically within the e-JN information system on 26 June 2019 and shall begin online at https://ejn.gov.si/eJN2 at 10.01 am.
2) The Contracting Authority shall respond to enquiries via the public procurement portal no later than by 5 pm on 19 June 2019.

The documentation on the awarding of the public contract remains unchanged in all other parts.
The Contracting Authority shall not publish a clean copy of the documentation on the awarding of the public contract.
The Contracting Authority has published the EU-14 form via the public procurement portal.

Datum objave: 11.06.2019   16:02

VPRAŠANJE
Dear Procurement team, dear Mrs. Krajc,

I have tried to register on your website for the tender: Access to SWIFT infrastructure including support services, I receive the below error message. Could please assist?
Napaka: Digitalno potrdilo ni na voljo oz. ni primerno! Ustreznega digitalnega potrdila za prijavo nimate nameščenega.
Error ID: (1559922483441)

ODGOVOR

Regarding any technical issues please contact the helpdesk of the webpage directly.
The contact information are as follows:
- telephone number: 00386 1 478 85 90;
- email adress: ekc@gov.si.

Datum objave: 11.06.2019   16:37

VPRAŠANJE
We have certain questions regarding the documentation:
1. Article 14. 2.1 Capacity to pursue professional activity/ also 17.3: Is there a limitation for a tenderer to be only from within the EU, or it is permitted economic operators from third countries to participate in the tender? A third country is mentioned in Article 14 (preamble).
2. Article 14. 1. 2. Settlement of mandatory tax: It is not possible in our country of residence to receive a proof for the paid employment taxes only, we can obtain a proof for the total tax obligations (including obviously therein the mandatory employment taxes) of the tenderer to be settled. Is this acceptable?
3. Article 13.1: As we cannot issue a bill of exchange in EUR, would a banks performance bond suffice?

ODGOVOR
1. Please note the conditions for participation, chapter »14.2.1 Capacity to pursue a professional activity« have been changed and are now as follows:

»An economic operator shall be entered in a professional or trade register maintained in the state in which the economic operator is established. A list of professional or trade registers in European Union Member States is provided in Annex XI to Directive 2014/24/EU.
Where an economic operator is obliged to possess a certain licence or be a member of a certain organisation in order to provide a certain service in its own state, the Contracting Authority may, during the public contract award procedure, require that economic operator submit proof of the licence or membership.
Proof: The economic operator shall meet the requirement by submitting a completed »17.3 Statement of capacity legal person« for economic operators from European Union Member States or »17.3 Statement of capacity legal person (ammended)« form, for economic operators from European Union Member States or from third countries.
This condition must be met by the Tenderer. In the case of a joint tender, this condition must be met by all partners. In the case of a tender using subcontractors, this condition must be met by each of the subcontractors. Where the capacities of other operators are used, this condition must also be met by those other operators whose capacities are to be used by the Tenderer.«

The form »17.3 Statement of capacity legal person (ammended)« is published on the following webpage: https://www.sid.si/Javna-narocila.

Please note that from this point on whenever we are reffering to the »17.3 Statement of capacity legal person« form we are reffering to both »17.3 Statement of capacity legal person« and »17.3 Statement of capacity legal person (ammended)« form. Either of the mentioned forms will be accepted as proof.

2. The economic operator shall meet the requirement by submitting a completed "17.3 Statement of capacity legal person" form.

3. Please note the chapter »13.1 Performance bond« has been changed and is now as follows:

»As a condition upon which validity of the contract is based, the selected Tenderer shall, no later than eight (8) days after conclusion of the contract, submit to the Contracting Authority one (1) signed and stamped blank bill of exchange and completed declaration of surety to serve as a performance bond. The performance bond shall amount to ten per cent (10%) of the indicative contractual value (net of VAT), redeemable with a no contest clause. The bill of exchange shall be issued in accordance with the sample bill of exchange contained in the Bill of exchange as performance bond form (Annex 17.6). This bill of exchange as performance bond must be valid for at least ten (10) days after the contract expires.
As a performance bond the selected Tenderer may, no later than eight (8) days after conclusion of the contract and instead of a declaration of surety and a blank bill of exchange, submit to the Contracting Authority a performance bond issued by a bank to serve as a performance bond. This performance bond shall amount to ten per cent (10%) of the indicative contractual value (net of VAT), issued as per the sample performance bond in the Performance bond under URDG 758 form (Annex 17.7). A performance bond in the form of a bank guarantee must be valid for at least ten (10) days after the contract expires.
If the duration of the contract, the type of service, the quality or the quantity change in the course of performance of the contract, the selected Tenderer shall also amend the performance bond accordingly or extend its period of validity.«

The documentation on the awarding of the public contract remains unchanged in all other parts.
The Contracting Authority shall not publish a clean copy of the documentation on the awarding of the public contract.
The Contracting Authority will publish the EU-14 form via the public procurement portal.