- Supply
Production equipment for manufacturing vehicle license plates
- Procuring office
- Strassenverkehrsamt des Kantons Zürich
- Requesting office
- Justizvollzugsanstalt Pöschwies
Corrected publication
Der Vertragsentwurf wurde am 03.11.2026 den Ausschreibungsunterlagen hinzugefügt
At a glance
- 24.11.2026, 14:0013 days left
- Supply
- Open procedure
- In the documents
- In the documents
- Not stated
Is a bid worth it?
With a free profile, TEXFY checks this tender against your services and cantons: a relevance grade from A to E and a recommendation with reasons.
TEXFY assessment: Risks and notes
Bid languageNote
The bid must be in German.
No bidding consortiumNote
A joint bid with other companies is not allowed.
No subcontractorsNote
Your company must deliver the entire work itself.
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The contracting authority changed details. The current version applies.
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What is being procured?
Scope of work
The Road Traffic Office of the Canton of Zurich has commissioned the Pöschwies Correctional Facility in Regensdorf to manufacture cantonal vehicle license plates. To fulfill this production mandate effectively over the long term—ensuring economic viability and impeccable quality—it is necessary to procure modern production equipment, relevant system accessories, and associated services.
The subject of this tender is the selection of a capable supplier for:
Embossing presses: High-performance machines for license plate production, including necessary operational accessories.
Embossing dies and storage: Complete sets of embossing dies and suitable, organized storage systems for safe and efficient handling.
Hot-stamping machines: Specialized machines for the precise coloring of embossed license plates.
Staff training: Comprehensive training and instruction for the facility's operating personnel to ensure safe and professional operation of all equipment.
Maintenance and support (SLA): Conclusion of a Service Level Agreement to ensure ongoing maintenance, periodic inspections, and rapid troubleshooting for maximum operational reliability.
The machinery, tools, and services to be supplied must be fully suitable for the production of Swiss vehicle license plates. They must strictly comply with all applicable technical specifications and defined quality standards for Swiss license plates.
The objective of this tender is to conclude a supply contract covering delivery, installation, commissioning, and training, as well as a separate Service Level Agreement (SLA) for ongoing maintenance.
Key facts, codes and options
Key facts, codes and options
- Type of contract
- Supply
- Type of supply
- Purchase
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Trades
- Not evident from the available publication data.
- CPV
- CPV 42630000 – Metal-working machine tools
- CPV 42635000 – Die-stamping machines
- CPV 42636000 – Presses
- CPV 50530000 – Repair and maintenance services of machinery
- Options
- Not provided for
- Variants
- Admitted
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- Not admitted
TEXFY assessment: Products, installations, quantities, technical specifications and exclusions are not structured fields of the publication. TEXFY does not analyse the free text on them: check the original text and the tender documents.
Dates
- Published
- 03.11.2026 (first published 15.10.2026)
- Questions untilpast
- 30.10.2026
Antworten werden spätestens am Freitag 6. Nov. publiziert
- Submission deadlinenext
- 24.11.2026, 14:00
- Opening of bids
- 26.11.2026, not public
- Bid valid
- 360 days after the deadline
- Contract
- 01.01.2028 to 31.12.2032
- Execution
- 01.02.2027 to 31.12.2027
Lieferung und Inbetriebnahme können gestaffelt erfolgen.
Special deadlines and formal requirements
Special deadlines and formal requirements
Siehe Dokument Lastenheft und Submissionsbedingungen Ziff. 6.5.5.
Submission & documents
Online via simap.ch
Source: simap data
Special submission route
Siehe Dokument Lastenheft und Submissionsbedingungen Ziff. 6.5.5. und Ziff. 6.7
Source: simap data
- Documents on simap.ch (after signing in)
- German
- German
Hinweis zum Vertrag:
Der finale Kaufvertragsentwurf wird bis zum 3. Nov. 2026 via Simap-Berichtigung nachgereicht. Die vertraglichen Kernpunkte sind bereits im Lastenheft Ziff. 5.7, Ziff. 5.6.1, Ziff. 6.2.5, Ziff. 6.6.1, Ziff. 6.10 geregelt. Interessierte Anbieter werden gebeten, sich auf Simap für dieses Verfahren zu registrieren, um die automatische Benachrichtigung bei Aufschaltung des Vertrags zu erhalten. - Free of charge
- Through the question forum on simap.ch (registration as a bidder required). Go to the official tender (simap.ch, opens in a new tab)
Participation & award
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Conditions
4 conditions
- Bidding consortia
- Not allowed
- Subcontractors
- Not allowed
- Contract extension
- Possible
SLA Vertag für 5 Jahre fix, mit Möglichkeit um 5x je ein Jahr zu verlängern.
- Dialogue
- Not provided for
Official source
- simap project number
- 45274
- Publication number
- 45274-02
- Covered by international agreements
- Yes
- Notice of legal remedies
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