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
DOVID: in the chapter 7.1.2.1 - point g) , the requirements for the DOVID has been written in the tender specification very exact and in detailed manner. The bidder requests for clarification:
a) whether the intention is to reuse the DOVID from today's current ePassport
b) a new DOVID design shall be created by PSA and related costs shall be borne by the PSA (as in chapter 6.3 technical documentation says: "drawing up the design will be carried out by Public Services Agency (PSA)") or
c) a new DOVID design shall be created by bidder and related costs shall be borne by the bidder ?
a) PSA will not use the current design of DOVID.
b, c) PSA will provide a DOVID design, the final DOVID design shall be adapted by bidder and related costs shall be borne by the bidder.
Considering that intellectual property rights and copyrights are further described in the next sentences of the clause, please confirm that it is actually meant that the ownership of the goods is meant to be transferred to the Customer when delivered, thus the first sentence of clause 11.2 becoming: "Proprietatea asupra Bunurilor livrate aparţine Cumpărătorului din momentul livrării".
The Contracting Authority confirms that the ownership of the delivered Goods belongs to the Buyer from the moment of delivery.
Please confirm that the compensation for the Goods found with non-conformities according to the Contract shall be limited to the value of the Goods found with non-conformities, while the overall compensation for this case under the Contract shall not exceed the Contract Value.
The compensation conditions are outlined in p.8, letter c) of part II SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
As the bidder is in a country in the EEA and the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) is applicable as personal data of EU citizens are provided to the Customer.
As, in case of a signature of the Contract, the Customer and the Supplier are both controllers, while personal data is to be exchanged with the Customer, outside the European Economical Area
Please confirm that, in case of an award, the Standard Contractual Clauses provided and available on the website of the European Commission can be signed between the parties as part of the Contract.
The model of the contract, placed on the Automated Information System “State Register of Public Procurement”, is part of the standard documentation to the contracting authority, and the economic operators participating in the tender are obliged to accept the requirements of the contracting authority.
As the bidder is in a country in the EU, the provisions of the EU Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 applies, and therefore it is mandatory to have included, in the contract with the Customers, a clause in application of Article 12g of the Regulation, providing that the Customer / Buyer shall not sell, export or re-export, directly or indirectly any goods and/or technologies supplied under the Contract to a) the Russian Federation or for use in the Russian Federation and in the Ukrainian territories controlled by the Russian Federation, or b) any individual or entity subject to EU sanctions or restrictive measures, as well as to any entity owned by, controlled by or acting for individuals or entities subject to EU sanctions or restrictive measures and that breach of such clause shall be deemed a material breach of the Contract.
Please confirm that in case of an award such clause will be inserted in the Contract to be signed or that the Customer will provide a statement in this regard after the signature of the Contract.
Award documentation doesn't change.
The Object of purchase is strictly determined for the requirements of the contracting authority.
The term "collocation marks a" is not clear , we kindly ask PSA to explain in more details this requested security feature.
It a mistake in the translation. The correct wording is “Collation mark”- which means floating mark.
Please confirm that our understanding is correct: Buyer will prepare Design Projects and will deliver them to the Supplier. Please provide the definition of “Design Projects of the Goods”, and what elements are included in it?
The Design projects of the Good 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 presented in PDF and/or CGT (Corvina) format, for each separate layers and colors.
For the financial calculation we are asking for clarification if the bidder can use the same DOVID as for the eID card ?
The same DOVID will be used for all types of cards ID1 from lot no. 2.
Please confirm that the limit shall be, for each delay delivery, 10% of the total value of the delayed Goods or, alternatively, 10% of the value of the delayed delivery/Purchase Order.
Within the meaning of 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. The amount of all penalties shall not exceed 10% of the total value of the Contract.
DOVID: in the chapter 7.2.1, the requirements for the DOVID has been written in the tender specification very exact and in detailed manner. The bidder requests for clarification:
a) whether the intention is to reuse the DOVID from today's current ID card, or
b) a new DOVID design shall be created by PSA and related costs shall be borne by the PSA (as in chapter 6.6 technical documentation says: "drawing up the design will be carried out by Public Services Agency (PSA)") or
c) a new DOVID design shall be created by bidder and related costs shall be borne by the bidder ?
a) PSA will not use the current design of DOVID.
b, c) PSA will provide a DOVID design, the final DOVID design shall be adapted by bidder and related costs shall be borne by the bidder.
Inflation : do we have the possibility to add a variation of price following a specific index?
Award documentation of the contracting authority doesn't provide for the possibility of adjusting the unit price/value of the contract.
Payment term : as no down payment seems to be approved we would like to add a payment by a letter of Credit ( irrevocable and confirmed by an international bank)?
The payment terms are indicated in the Model Contract. The model contract doesn't change.
Regarding the request that the sewing must be done through the chip inlay located in the cover to prevent the inlay from being removed from the passport booklet, we would like the customer to kindly consider making optional. First, it adds no security: the risk of inlay removing from a booklet is not a threat. Most forgeries involve disabling the inlay by cutting the connection between the antenna and the module, not removing the whole inlay (it would leave many visible marks like creases or air bubbles on the inner cover). Secondly, it is not standard and requires adaptation that will increase the price of the document.
Thank you for the recomendation, but
please comply with the requirements stated in the Technical specifications.
According to ST MD 35-37603221-231:2024, Annex B on the Passport of citizen of the Republic of Moldova, 7.1.2 Security features, 7.1.2.1, clause d) the data page shall include the lenticular surface containing offset pre-printed lenticular effect image and this lenticular surface will be partially filled out during personalization process. According to clause 12.3.10 On the lenticular surface of the MLI the secondary image of the holder and the serial number of the passport shall be engraved.
Question: Please confirm that the lenticular surface objects that are described in the mentioned clauses is the same (one) object or are these two separate objects (one with offset pre-printed lenticular effect image and one lenticular surface object containing secondary photo and serial number).
The lenticular surface object is the same (one) object (a part of it with offset pre-printed lenticular effect image and another part of lenticular surface object will contain the secondary photo and serial number).
According to ST MD 35-37603221-231:2024, Annex B on the Passport of citizen of the Republic of Moldova, 7.1.2 Security features, clause g) a semi-transparent DOVID consisting of separete elements shall be distributed over large area of the document. These elements will form inlays of foils without any residual materials between them. Each DOVID element is applied as a discontinuous area.
Question: Please clarify whether the separate DOVID elements are expected to be included on the foil which covers full area of document with DOVID effect elements placed at the required distance or shall DOVID effect elements be included on appropriate separate foil pieces which would cover only the appropriate size area of document which depends on the element size.
The Bidders will provide the solution to execute this requirement using technology at their discretion.
According to ST MD 35-37603221-231:2024, Annex B on the Passport of citizen of the Republic of Moldova, 7.2.2 Security features of the paper, clause 7.2.2.1 and clause 7.2.2.2, Paper used for manufacturing of the inside cover layer and paper used for inner sheets of the passport booklet shall contain at least three types of fibers with fluorescence under UV light. One type of fiber being controllable in the visible part of the spectrum and two types invisible in normal light (multicolored fluorescent fibers (blue, yellow and red) alongside with colored fibers (except blue fluorescent fibers)).
Question: Please clarify or confirm that PSA require at least three types of fibers with fluorescence under UV, one of which is to be a visible UV fluorescent fiber of any colour, the second type to be invisible UV fluorescent multicolor (rainbow-like) fiber which fluoresces in three colors (blue, yellow and red) at the same time (meaning that one same fiber has three different colour zones) and third fiber to be invisible of any UV fluorescent color.
According to the p.7.2.2.1 and p. 7.2.2.2 paper used for inside cover layer and inner sheets of the passport booklet shall contain 3 types of security fibers:
1. One single color fibers VIS + UV fluorescence (red or magenta).
2. Multicolored (three colors - meaning that one same fiber has three different color zones) fibers (blue, yellow and red) - UV fluorescence only.
3. One single color fibers with UV fluorescence only (yellow-green).
According to ST MD 35-37603221-231:2024, Annex B on the Passport of citizen of the Republic of Moldova, 8 Binding of the passport booklet, clause 8.3, the sewing method that stitches the sheets into the booklet must be done through the chip inlay located in the cover to prevent the inlay from being removed from the passport booklet and must prevent the pages from being removed without leaving clear traces of this.
Question: It is a very uncommon requirement to have stitching trough the chip inlay located in the cover. Normally, the chip inlay is a part of the ecover fixed with reactive or non-reactive bond and there is no way to stitch through it as it would also stitch the cover through. Usually the inlay has a gap in the stitching area. The common practice is bonding the inlay to the cover and the sewn pages secures it from being removed from the booklet while the reinforcement tape secures the pages from being removed from booklet without the trace. Please confirm that the above mentioned practice without stitching though the ecover is acceptable.
Please comply with the requirements stated in the Technical specifications.
According to ST MD 35-37603221-226:2024, Annex B on the Identity card, clause 7.2.1, a semi-transparent DOVID consisting of separete elements shall be distributed over large area of the document. These elements will form inlays of foils without any residual materials between them. Each DOVID element is applied as a discontinuous area.
Question: Please clarify whether the separate DOVID elements are expected to be included on the foil which covers full area of document with DOVID effect elements placed at the required distance or shall DOVID effect elements be included on appropriate separate foil pieces which would cover only the appropriate size area of document which depends on the element size.
The Bidders will provide the solution to execute this requirement using technology at their discretion.
According to ST MD 35-37603221-226:2024, Annex B on the Identity card, 7.2.3 and 8.3.3.6, the lenticular surface of the outer layer of the substrate located on the backside of the card intended for CLI/MLI images, will contain offset pre-printed lenticular effect image and this lenticular surface will be partially filled out during personalization process. Accoring to clause 8.3.3.6 The following features will be laser engraved through the lenticular surface on the backside: the secondary image of the holder, the serial number of the identity card and the expiry date.
Question: Please confirm that the lenticular surface objects that are described in the mentioned clauses is the same (one) object or are these two separate objects (one with offset pre-printed lenticular effect image and one lenticular surface object containing secondary photo and serial number).
The lenticular surface object is the same (one) object (a part of it with offset pre-printed lenticular effect image and another part of lenticular surface object will contain the secondary photo and serial number).
According to ST MD 35-37603221-228:2024, Annex B on the Residence card, clause 7.2.1, a semi-transparent DOVID consisting of separete elements shall be distributed over large area of the document. These elements will form inlays of foils without any residual materials between them. Each DOVID element is applied as a discontinuous area.
Question: Please clarify whether the separate DOVID elements are expected to be included on the foil which covers full area of document with DOVID effect elements placed at the required distance or shall DOVID effect elements be included on appropriate separate foil pieces which would cover only the appropriate size area of document which depends on the element size.
The Bidders will provide the solution to execute this requirement using technology at their discretion.