Services - 240966-2020
25/05/2020    S100

Italy-Milano: Design and execution of research and development

2020/S 100-240966

Contract notice

Services

Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: ARIA S.p.A. — Azienda Regionale per l'Innovazione e gli Acquisti S.p.A.
Postal address: Via T. Taramelli 26
Town: Milano
NUTS code: ITC4C Milano
Postal code: 20124
Country: Italy
E-mail: protocollo@pec.ariaspa.it
Telephone: +39 02393311
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.ariaspa.it
Address of the buyer profile: www.sintel.regione.lombardia.it
I.2)Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3)Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: www.ariaspa.it
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: www.sintel.regione.lombardia.it
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5)Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:

ARIA_2020_403 — Pre-commercial Procurement for R&D Services Enabling the Development of the Imaging Technology in Surgical Support Systems

II.1.2)Main CPV code
73300000 Design and execution of research and development
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

This pre-commercial procurement, pursuant to art.158 co.2 of Legislative Decree no 50/2016, regards the execution of research and development (R&D) services enabling the development of the imaging technology in surgical support systems for the creation of an innovative device for the integrated collection and visualization of all the relevant information during a specific surgical procedure.

II.1.5)Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 2 450 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
73300000 Design and execution of research and development
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: ITC4 Lombardia
Main site or place of performance:

The experimentation phase (step 3) will take place at Foundation IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Milan.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The pre-commercial procurement consists of three steps:

• Step 1: solution elaboration: open participation to all interested parties – the expected number of successful bidders is 4. Research and development services regards the design of the innovative Solution and the elaboration of an implementation plan.

• Step 2: prototype development and validation: participation reserved for step 1 successful bidders – the expected number of successful bidders is 3. Research and development services are aimed at creating a prototype of the innovative solution designed in step 1.

• Step 3: experimentation: participation reserved for step 2 successful bidders — the expected number of successful bidders is 2. Research and development services are aimed at experimenting the previously developed prototype in a real context. step 1 successful bidders will be requested to sign a framework agreement and a step 1 executing contract, in accordance with the templates attached to the tender specification, which will regulate the relations between the parties relatively to the research and development activities. The following steps will be ruled by the framework agreement and by the additional related contracts (step 2 executing contract, step 3 executing contract and intellectual property rights agreement) signed by the successful bidders of each step.

Pursuant to Article 158, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree no 50/2016, this tender procedure is excluded from the scope of application of the code of contracts, with the exception of the general principles contained therein.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 2 450 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 41
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Identification of the project:

POR-FESR 2014-2020

II.2.14)Additional information

CUP: G44E20000040009. CIG: 8305445E05

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:

List and short description of the Conditions for participation: Each bidder must, under penalty of exclusion from the procedure, meet the following requirements:

(a) For Italian citizens, residing in Italy, registration in the C.C.I.A.A. or in the register of the provincial commissions for the artisanship or in the relevant professional register in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of the art. 83 of Legislative Decree 50/2016, with the exception of non-economic public entities.

(b) Non-existence of the reasons for exclusion pursuant to art. 80, Italian Legislative Decree no 50/2016.

(c) For citizens of another Member State, not residing in Italy, proof of registration, according to the procedures in force in the State of residence, in one of the professional or trade registers as of Annex XVI of the D.Lgs. No 50/2016, by certified declaration or by a declaration released in accordance with the procedures in force in the Member State in which it is residing or by a declaration, released under its own responsibility, stating that the certificate has been issued by one of the professional or trade registers established in the country in which it is resident.

Express exemption from the registration referred to in the previous point a) is made for:

(i) Public administrations and public entities that fall within the scope of application of art. 1, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Legislative Decree no. 165/01 or fall within the list annexed to Law 311/2004 and any subsequent amendments and additions, except for public entities that carry out trade activities pursuant to art. 7, paragraph 2, number 5) of Presidential Decree no 581/95.

(ii) Bidders not registered in professional registers.

(iii) Candidates having their registered office/legal domicile in another EU/non-EU Member State, if exempt from this obligation in accordance with the legislation of the country of establishment.

III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:

List and short description of the conditions for participation: each bidder (in accordance with the ways it is competing and in compliance with the provision of the tender specification) must, as an essential element of the bid, under penalty of exclusion from the procedure, meet the following requirements:

(a) Have performed, during the 3 years prior to the publication of the call for tender, at least one (1) research and development service amounting to at least EUR 100 000.00 or the development of at least one (1) product characterized by a technological content amounting to at least EUR 100 000.00 or the creation of at least one (1) product with a technological content of at least EUR 100 000.00.

(b) Have sufficient accounting and organizational structures aimed at guaranteeing the management, exploitation and/or sale of the intellectual propriety rights deriving from research, as well as have equipment, material and technical equipment suitable for the execution of the research and development services.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 4
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S: 2019/S 222-544564
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 28/09/2020
Local time: 14:00
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
Italian, English
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until: 26/05/2021
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 30/09/2020
Local time: 10:00
Place:

At the premises of Azienda Regionale per l’Innovazione e gli Acquisti S.p.A., at the address in point I.1.

Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:

A person appointed by each bidder, in compliance with the procedure stated in the tender specification

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
VI.3)Additional information:

1) The tender procedure is managed through the IT system Sintel, accessible at www.ariaspa.it, description and methods of use are specified in tender specification, Annexes and technical manuals.

2) Provisions concerning: the R&D activities, the modalities for submitting offers, the assessment elements, the opening bid — which can not be exceeded in the tender, under penalty of exclusion from the tender — the subcontracting, the other exclusion causes and the other tender information are contained in the tender specification and annexes. R&D services shall last 24 months.

3) At least 70 % of the R&D services value must be carried out within the Member States of the EU.

4) Tender specification contains the participation modalities

in case of (i) temporary business groupings,

in case of (ii) aggregations of companies belonging to a business network, and

in case of (iii) consortia.

5) Having received additional public funding for the same expenses incurred in relation to the research and development services is a reason for exclusion, whereas this involves a double funding mechanism or a combination of different sources of public funding, in contrast with the community legislation.

6) Bidders finding themselves in one of the control situations described by art. 2359 of the Italian Civil Code or in any control situation, even a de facto one, are not allowed to participate to the tender, if the control situation or the relationship:

(i) implies that the bids are attributable to a single decision-making center;

(ii) has influenced the formulation of the bid. Bidders for which it is ascertained that the relative offers are attributable to a single decision-making center, based on univocal elements, will also be excluded from the tender.

7) Partial and/or conditional bids are not allowed as specified in the tender specification.

8) Bidders consent the processing of their personal data, in accordance with D.Lgs. n 196/2003 s.m.i., and the EU Regulation 2016/679 for procurement and contractual needs.

9) In order to stipulating the framework agreement and step 1 executing contract, a deposit amounting to 10 % of step 1 award amount will be required, as stated in the tender specification. In case of award of step 2 and step 3, the supplier has to integrate the deposit when signing the executing contracts for the higher amount to be quantified up to 10 % of the award amount of each of the aforementioned steps, without prejudice to any reductions, in compliance with what stated within the tender specification.

10) Information and clarifications can be requested, as stated in tender specification, no later than 31 August 2020, local time: 14.00. The tender documents clarifications will be published as specified in the tender specification.

11) Bidders are required to provide the domicile chosen for receiving the communications, taking note that ARIA will send them as indicated in the specific attachment.

12) Dr. C. Schweigl is designated as the head of the procedure.

13) It is in the interest of the procuring entity that the services are rendered predominantly by the contracting entity whose capacity has been proven and, for this reason, subcontracting is permitted up to 40 %. Given that the tendering procedure is centralized, with large volumes, it is more exposed to a need to control the contract in trust through the use of the subcontracting institute. The reliance is characterized by essentiality. The percentage, considering the aggregation of volumes, the type of the economic sector and the entrepreneurial fabric of reference, does not prevent small and medium-sized enterprises from gaining access to the contract.

14) The Selection board pursuant to art. 77 of Legislative Decree 50/2016 will consist of 3 commissioners.

15) In accordance with the provisions of art. 1, par. 3, Law 55/2019, the procedure is subject to art. 133, par. 8, of Legislative Decree No 18 April 2016, No 50.

VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review body
Official name: Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale della Lombardia
Postal address: Via Corridoni, 39
Town: Milano
Postal code: 20122
Country: Italy
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Against this call for tender, can be brought appeal forward the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) of Milan within 30 days from the in the GURI publication.

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale della Lombardia
Town: Milano
Postal code: 20122
Country: Italy
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
19/05/2020