Blanchete pentru actele de identitate din sistemul național de pașapoarte, permise de conducere și certificate de înmatriculare, pentru perioada anilor 2024 - 2029
suma planificată 253,075,058.00 MDL
Referitor la Contractul model prezentat in Anexa 24 va adresam rugamintea de a analiza urmatoarele:
1. Va rugam sa introduceti clauze pentru acordarea ,,Bunului de tipar" de catre comparator, pe machetele produselor de urmeaza a fi tiparite.
2. Avand in vedere perioada de valabilitate a contractului de 4 ani, exista posibilitatea ajustarii pretului in perioada de derulare a contractului ?
3. Avand in vedere ca in contract se mentioneaza ca, in situatia in care sunt constatate neconformitati, compensarea cheltuielilor pentru bunurile neconforme se va face ce catre furnizor in cinci zile, exista posibilitatea ca inainte de compensarea cheltuielilor Furnizorul sa inlocuiasca produsele neconforme ?
4. Cu privire la penalitati, va rgam sa analizati posibilitatea ca acestea sa fie puse in oglinda ca procente atat pentru furnizor cat si pentru cumparator.
1. Documentația de atribuire a fost modificată (completată).
2. Documentația de atribuire nu prevede modalitatea de ajustare a prețului în perioada de valabilitate a contractului.
3. Înlocuirea produselor neconforme nu este posibilă, deoarece numerele de ordine ale blanchetelor rebutate (în baza actului de constatare a rebutului) se fixează în Sistemul de evidență a blanchetelor cu statutul „REBUT”, și, respectiv, acestea nu pot fi utilizate repetat pe blanchete ca produs conform.
4. Clauza contractuală a fost modificată în felul următor - 10.4. Pentru achitarea cu întârziere a Bunurilor, Cumpărătorul poartă răspundere materială în valoare de 0,1% din suma neachitată în termen, pentru fiecare zi de întârziere, dar nu mai mult de 10% din suma totală a prezentului Contract.
According to the Qualification and selection criteria, the submitted documents must be Electronic copies of the hand-signed paper documents without the application of the electronic signature or the documents confirmed by the electronic signature of the economic operator. (electronic signature recognized on the territory of the Republic of Moldova)
Please confirm that for the submission of the tender the bidder does not need to have a Moldovan electronic signature, the offer can be submitted using only electronic copies of the hand-signed paper documents without the application of any electronic signature.
Dear bidder,
the contracting authority will accept:
the electronic copies of the hand-signed paper documents without the application of the electronic signature (for non-resident)
or
the documents confirmed by electronic signature of the economic operator (electronic signature recognized on the territory of the Republic of Moldova).
Point 18: Data from the Registry of Forensic and Criminological Information in the country of origin
Please clarify if we understand the right way:
If according to the national law of the State in which the Bidder is established, the clarification criteria can be confirmed by a sworn statement before a public notary, made by the person who has the right the represent the bidder and for the signature of the tender documentation, we do not need to present data from the Registry if forensic and terminological information for company directors or any other person with the power of representation, decision or control over the candidate, but it is enough if we present the sworn statement / self-declaration.
Dear bidder,
According to the tender documentation, the contracting authority requires a copy of the document regarding the Data from the Registry of Forensic and Criminological Information, issued by the competent body for the legal entity.
Only in case the requested document is not issued in the country of origin, the contracting authority accepts the sworn statement/self-declaration made before a public notary.
Document confirmed by hand-signed or, by electronic signature of the economic operator (recognized on the territory of the Republic of Moldova).
Referitor la Contractul model prezentat in Anexa 24 va adresam rugamintea de a analiza urmatoarele:
1. Va rugam sa introduceti clauze pentru acordarea ,,Bunului de tipar" de catre comparator, pe machetele produselor de urmeaza a fi tiparite.
2. Avand in vedere perioada de valabilitate a contractului de 4 ani, exista posibilitatea ajustarii pretului in perioada de derulare a contractului ?
3. Avand in vedere ca in contract se mentioneaza ca, in situatia in care sunt constatate neconformitati, compensarea cheltuielilor pentru bunurile neconforme se va face ce catre furnizor in cinci zile, exista posibilitatea ca inainte de compensarea cheltuielilor Furnizorul sa inlocuiasca produsele neconforme ?
4. Cu privire la penalitati, va rgam sa analizati posibilitatea ca acestea sa fie puse in oglinda ca procente atat pentru furnizor cat si pentru cumparator.
1. Documentația de atribuire a fost modificată (completată).
2. Documentația de atribuire nu prevede modalitatea de ajustare a prețului în perioada de valabilitate a contractului.
3. Înlocuirea produselor neconforme nu este posibilă, deoarece numerele de ordine ale blanchetelor rebutate (în baza actului de constatare a rebutului) se fixează în Sistemul de evidență a blanchetelor cu statutul „REBUT”, și, respectiv, acestea nu pot fi utilizate repetat pe blanchete ca produs conform.
4. Clauza contractuală a fost modificată în felul următor - 10.4. Pentru achitarea cu întârziere a Bunurilor, Cumpărătorul poartă răspundere materială în valoare de 0,1% din suma neachitată în termen, pentru fiecare zi de întârziere, dar nu mai mult de 10% din suma totală a prezentului Contract.
According to ESPD / DUAR form, Chapter V. General guidelines for qualification and selection criteria, point 5.A.1.
Is the economic operator able to submit to the Automated Information System “State Register of Public Procurement” or by electronic means, or if necessary, on paper to the contracting authority: forms, certificates, notices and other documents indicated by the contracting authority/ contracting entity in the Procurement notice and Standard documentation?
Deadline 7 calendar days from the date of request
Please clarify if all the documents listed in the Procurement Notice ( documents listed under points 1- 20 ) need to be submitted with the offer or if some of these documents are considered supporting documents for the ESPD / DUAE form and need to be submitted only on request from the Contracting Authority within a term of up to 7 days.
The economic operator can submit on the electronic platform, along with the bid, all the documents requested by point 17 of the Procurement Notice or can submit, within a period of 7 calendar days, at the request of the contracting authority, the documents related to ESPD/DUAE and indicated in sub-points 9, 11, 13-19. The document from sub-point 20 will be presented only by the economic operator designated as winner.
Please be so kind and confirm that the last day to ask for clarification is 24. June ( till the end of the day ). Thank you.
The deadline for requesting clarifications and the deadline for bid submission was extended. Please study the tender documentation carefully and follow the electronic platform for any updates.
Taking into account the fact that the technical specification for the procurement № 21236372 “Blanchete pentru actele de identitate din sistemul național de pașapoarte, permise de conducere și certificate de înmatriculare, pentru perioada anilor 2024 - 2029”, can only be received in person at Public Services Agency at Alexander Pushkin st. 42, Chisinau, as well as the summer holiday period in State authorities, which negatively affects processing time of our requests for obtaining qualification documentation requested by this procurement, we ask you to consider extension of the proposal submission deadline for an additional 3 weeks.
In particular :
- deadline for enquiry (clarification) period to be extended by 15.07.2024
- deadline for bid submission to be extended by 07.08.2024
Dear bidder,
Please note that the deadline for requesting clarifications and the deadline for bid submission will be extended.
Please study the tender documentation carefully and follow the electronic platform for any updates.
Will all types of ID3 passports/travel documents have the same graphic design? Please confirm all the differences in design between all types of ID3 passports/travel documents. Apart from different colours of covers, golden foil on the front cover and the serial numbering – are there any other differences?
All types of the passport products will incorporate the following identical features:
a) background design;
b) security elements (such as MLI, holographic element, transparent window, tactile element of title page and data page), their shape and positioning;
c) paper and security features of the paper (such as watermark, security thread, security fibres).
Two different colour ranges will be used for the inside pages:
- One colour ranges for the Passport of citizen of the Republic of Moldova (PA)
- Second colour ranges for the (PS, PD) Passports and (PC, PH, PT) Travel documents
The passport blanks will be differentiated by:
- cover color;
- information on the inner cover (front and back);
- content of the title page;
- content of the data page;
- the text on the visa pages;
- serial number.
As stated in the technical specification, the passport products differ in the color of the cover. Is there any other part which shall be different? For example, the color of the inside cover page, visa pages, data page, differences in design, serial numbering, etc.
All types of the passport products will incorporate the following identical features:
a) background design;
b) security elements (such as MLI, holographic element, transparent window, tactile element of title page and data page), their shape and positioning;
c) paper and security features of the paper (such as watermark, security thread, security fibres).
Two different colour ranges will be used for the inside pages:
- One colour ranges for the Passport of citizen of the Republic of Moldova (PA)
- Second colour ranges for the (PS, PD) Passports and (PC, PH, PT) Travel documents
The passport blanks will be differentiated by:
- cover color;
- information on the inner cover (front and back);
- content of the title page;
- content of the data page;
- the text on the visa pages;
- serial number.
Will you provide a complete graphic design files and information (colour separations, pantone indications etc)?
Yes, PSA will provide a complete graphic design files and information (colour separations, pantone indications etc.).
Will the new graphic design be identical/similar/different from current (in circulation since 2023) passport?
The design of the new passport will be different from the current one.
2) “7.1.1.3 The hinge, made out of synthetic material, shall be partially inserted in a PC security card body.”
We would like to ask PSA to allow the bidders to recommend a fully inserted hinge in the polycarbonate data page instead of the partially inserted one, thus this way the polycarbonate data page will own a better result in tensile strength, furthermore, it does not have any disadvantageous attribute nor on the graphics, nor on the quality of the product.
Please comply with the requirements stated in the Technical specifications.
“7.2.6 Transparent window with color change (the transparent area will change its color according to the color of the background on which it is viewed, using technology with which the material used will have the effect of optical change)”
Is there any specific requirement regarding the shape of the transparent window, or the bidders can recommend?
The final shape of the transparent window will be approved at the preparation stage of the blank production process.
“7.1.4 The polycarbonate substrate shall have a multi-layer structure (at least seven layers) technologically assembled, without adhesive, by hot pressing, which will not allow the layers to separate.”
Is it possible to recommend different multi-layer structure of the cards, keeping the requirement of security features and the high-quality of the products?
Please comply with the requirements stated in the Technical specifications.
6.6 The following stages shall be carried out for manufacturing the identity card:
- drawing up the design of the card (background design, images, text and captions of data fields) - will be carried out by Public Service Agency (PSA);”
Please confirm that the Successful Bidder shall prepare the new security design of every document (cards and passports as well) and PSA will provide the requested graphical elements which shall be part of the final design.
PSA will provide the ready-made blank design. The manufacturer's remarks and suggestions will be taken into account at the stage of preparation for the printing.
The Design projects of the Goods will include: the final design of the document's background (high-quality vector and raster graphics) with the document name and data field names, requirements for the positioning and shape of security features, as well as a description of the inks used and their characteristics (e.g., color transition in iris printing).
The files will be prezented in PDF and/or CGT (Corvina) format, for each separate layers and colors.
“7.1.2.1. e) transparent window with color changing effect (transparent area will change color according to the color of the background on which it is viewed, using technology whereby the material used will have the effect of optical change):”
Is there any specific requirement regarding the shape of the transparent window, or the bidders can recommend?
The final shape of the transparent window will be approved at the preparation stage of the blank production process.
“9.2 The passport booklet shall have a certificate issued by an independent accredited Iaboratory on passing the tests on physical, electrical, LDS and PKI objects according to the following methods:”
Please specify when the mentioned test report shall be presented.
The Test Certificate (Report) should be presented within six months from the Supplier receiving of the personalised blank models, for this purpose, from the Contracting Authority.
Please provide a more specific deadline for the Customer to deliver the Design for Lot 1, other than "first trimester of 2025"
Deadline for the PSA to deliver the Design for Lot #1- Not later than March 31, 2025,
Please confirm that in case penalty for delay according to Art. 10.3 are applied and paid, the Performance Bond will not be executed, unless the penalty is not paid by the Supplier within the deadline and, in such case, that value to be executed will be the value of the applicable penalty for delay not paid by the Supplier.
According to point 10.3 of the Model Contract, for late delivery of Goods, the Supplier shall bear material liability in the amount of 0.1 % of the amount of undelivered Goods for each day of delay, but not more than 10,0 % of the total amount of this Contract. If the delay in the delivery of goods or the delay in the removal of defects in their delivery exceeds 45 (forty-five) calendar days, the Supplier shall provide the Buyer with a written explanation. If the Buyer accepts the Supplier's explanation, the Supplier shall extend the period of validity of the Performance Security, otherwise it shall be considered as a refusal to deliver the Goods provided for in this Contract and the Performance Security, shall be withheld from the Supplier.
According to point 10.3 of the Model Contract, the amount of the penalty calculated for the Supplier under the Contract may be deducted (withheld) by the Buyer from the amount of the payment for the delivered Goods.
Considering that the delivery time for some of the components that can only be ordered after the approval of the design is much higher than 30 days, we kindly ask the Contracting Authority to consider an extended time for the delivery of the samples, for example 180 days instead.
Please take in to consideration the requirements stated in the tender documentation.