534 hours of experience left: Swisscom loses a Confederation contract. (cross-border guide)

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534 hours of experience left: Swisscom loses a Confederation contract.

The Confederation has excluded Swisscom's bid for a contract due to a typo in the bid. Swisscom's offer did not meet all the requirements, but typo was the main cause of the exclusion.

The case occurred within the framework of the Confederation's "Infravento" project, which provides for the upgrading of communication and transport infrastructures in Switzerland. The contract in question had been banned in 2022 and had requested a detailed and complete offer from all the companies concerned.

According to sources close to the Confederation, the typo in Swisscom's bid referred to a specific requirement for the candidates' experience. The requirement required candidates to have at least 534 hours of experience in the field of communication and transportation infrastructure. However, Swisscom's bid had not included this requirement, which had led to the company's exclusion from the tender.

The Confederation confirmed that typing error was the main cause of the exclusion of Swisscom's offer. “The Confederation ruled out Swisscom's bid due to a typo in the bid,” a Confederation representative said. “The offer did not meet all the required requirements and typing error was the main cause of the exclusion.”

The exclusion of the offer of

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534 hours of experience missing: Swisscom loses a Confederation contract

The typo in Swisscom's offer caused the offer to be excluded. The Confederation did not detect the discrepancy in the offer, which could have been avoided with greater attention to detail.

Swisscom's bid had been submitted for a contract from the Confederation for the provision of communication services. The total sum of the contract was 10 million Swiss francs, a significant amount for any company. However, the typo in the bid resulted in the loss of an important contract for the company.

The Confederation had requested that bids be submitted by 15 January 2024. Swisscom's offer had been submitted on time, but with a typo that had altered the content of the offer. The discrepancy had been caused by a simple typing error, which could have been avoided with greater attention to detail.

The loss of the contract is a blow to the company. The sum of 10 million Swiss francs could have been used for major investments in the company. In addition, losing the contract could have negative consequences for the company, such as reducing its market share and losing customers.

The typo in Swisscom's offer is an example of how a simple mistake can have negative consequences for a company.

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• The Confederation was not obliged to grant Swisscom the possibility to correct the typo. * The judgment is not yet final.

The recent ruling by the Swiss Confederation has left telecommunications industry insiders breathless. Swisscom, one of the leading telephone and internet operators in Switzerland, has lost a Confederation contract worth 534 hours of employee experience. This means that Swisscom will no longer be able to offer its services to federal officials for an indefinite period of time.

The typing error occurred during a tender procedure for the assignment of telecommunication services to federal officials. Swisscom had submitted a proposal to offer its services to federal officials, but the typo led to a reduction in the value of the proposal by more than 100,000 Swiss francs.

The Confederation was not obliged to grant Swisscom the possibility to correct the typo, due to a specific regulation governing tenders for the entrustment of services to federal officials. The legislation in question is the “Regulations on Tenders for the Assignment of Services to Federal Officials” of 15 June 2018, which states that proposals must be submitted in good time and that typos cannot be corrected once the proposal has been submitted.

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Source: tio.ch