Bulgaria – Other community, social and personal services – ОПРЕДЕЛЯНЕ НА ОПЕРАТОР ЗА ПРЕДОСТАВЯНЕ И АДМИНИСТРИРАНЕ НА ВАУЧЕРИ ЗА ХРАНА НА ЕЛЕКТРОНЕН НОСИТЕЛ ЗА СЛУЖИТЕЛИТЕ НА „ТРОЛЕЙБУСНИ И АВТОБУСНИ ПРЕВОЗИ“ ЕООД, СТАРА ЗАГОРА

This procedure is organised and conducted by the contracting authority in order to fulfil its obligations to the personnel of „Trolleybus and Bus Transport“ EOOD, Stara Zagora, in accordance with Article 48 of the Collective Labour Agreement. The purpose of the procedure is to select a contractor who is an operator of food vouchers on an electronic medium, has obtained a permit and carries out activities in accordance with and under the conditions of Ordinance No. 7 of 09.07.2003 on the conditions and procedure for issuing and withdrawing permits for carrying out activities as an operator of food vouchers on paper and electronic media, for issuing food vouchers on an electronic medium, the characteristics of the issued food vouchers on an electronic medium and carrying out activities as an operator from the Ministry of Finance /published in State Gazette issue 66/25.07.2003/. Only participants holding a valid Permit for carrying out activities as an operator of food vouchers on an electronic medium, issued under Article 26, Paragraph 4 of Ordinance No. 7 of 09.07.2003 on the conditions and procedure for issuing and withdrawing permits for carrying out activities as an operator of food vouchers on paper and electronic media, for issuing food vouchers on an electronic medium, the characteristics of the issued food vouchers on an electronic medium and carrying out activities as an operator from the Ministry of Finance, may submit tenders in the procedure. The contractor for the present public contract, who will supply food vouchers on an electronic medium, must have the quality of "operator" within the meaning of § 1, item 35 of the Additional Provisions of the Corporate Income Tax Act (APCITA). A candidate whose Permit has been withdrawn by the Ministry of Finance and/or is under judicial procedure under Article 28, Paragraph 2 of Ordinance No. 7/09.07.2003 shall be excluded from participation in the procedure. The service is performed following a written request and upon payment by the Contracting Authority of food vouchers on an electronic medium, which will be loaded by the Contractor onto physical electronic media – personalised cards within 5 working days from the date of payment. The Contracting Authority shall notify the Contractor of the required number of personalised cards, which shall be delivered to it in accordance with the current number of employees or officials who will use them. The approximate number of officials to whom food vouchers on an electronic medium will be provided monthly for 12 months is 352. The value of a food voucher on an electronic medium for one official is 102.26 euros per month (up to the amount of tax relief under Article 209, Paragraph 1 of the CITA). The final value of the public contract is formed on the basis of the nominal value of the ordered vouchers, collected with the value for providing a card ("plastic") for loading vouchers on an electronic medium, together with the accompanying costs for its delivery and/or maintenance, according to the price offer of the selected contractor. The food vouchers on an electronic medium will be delivered following a request from the Contracting Authority. The average monthly requirement for vouchers is 35 995.52 euros (thirty-five thousand nine hundred ninety-five euros and fifty-two euro cents) excluding VAT. They must be used in the maximum number of trading outlets according to par. 1, item 4 of the AP of Ordinance No. 7/09.07.2003 in the territory of Stara Zagora. When determining the necessary characteristics of the subject of the contract, if a specific model, source or specific process that characterises the products or services offered by a specific potential contractor, trademark, patent, type, specific origin or production is specified in the notice, technical specification, documentation and the documents attached to it, it shall be considered that the words "or equivalent" have been added to such a specification. The validity period of the voucher is the maximum permissible longest period in accordance with the provision of Article 38, Paragraph 2 of Ordinance No. 7/09.07.2003 - not longer than 12 months from the date of issuance of the order for the individual quota received from the operator, for which the food voucher on an electronic medium is provided. The food vouchers on an electronic medium provided by the contractor following the last request of the contracting authority must have a validity period of not less than 30 days after the expiry of the contract for the award of the public contract. The total approximate nominal value of the vouchers for the entire contract period is 431 946.24 euros excluding VAT.