Gas supply tenders: every lot, every tank. Every knock-out found.

Ziva reads the lots, the tank inventory and the response workbook together, finds where they disagree and builds the delivery plan.

Prices and plans

Prefer we run the bid? See Zelius

Ziva Project on the EPFL laboratory gases tender: the lots with quantities and tanks, next to Ziva’s reply.
SIMAP 43773, EPFL - Domaine des Achats. Public tender, worked by a fictional sample company. Nothing was submitted.

The tender on this page

SIMAP 43773 Official notice ↗
Tender
Gaz de laboratoires 2026
Buyer
EPFL - Domaine des Achats
Procedure
Procédure ouverte
Offers due
23 October 2026, 16:00
Lots
5

Redrawn from the tender documents and Ziva’s work on them

Ziva reads the whole EPFL dossier: four open lots, 20 tanks and 3.4 million Nm³ of nitrogen a year.

Lac LémanLac de Neuchâtel
14 Lot 1 · EPFL Lausanne Nitrogen 4.5 and 5.0 · 2,995,000 Nm³14 tanks A7 3.1 · AOP p. 7 · A9
2 Lot 2 · same campus CO₂ 2.7 · 25 t · 1 tank A7 3.2 · A9 p. 15
3 Lot 5 · Neuchâtel Nitrogen 4.5 · 350,000 m³1 tank A7 3.5 · A9 p. 24
4 Lot 3 · Sion Nitrogen 2.8 and 5.0 · 69,000 Nm³4 tanks A7 3.3 · AOP p. 11 · A9
5 Lot 4 · Geneva abandoned on 12 Nov 2026 SIMAP 43773-02

Schematic map of the delivery sites

  1. 14 Lot 1 · EPFL Lausanne Nitrogen 4.5 and 5.0 · 2,995,000 Nm³ · 14 tanks A7 3.1 · AOP p. 7 · A9
  2. 2 Lot 2 · same campus CO₂ 2.7 · 25 t · 1 tank A7 3.2 · A9 p. 15
  3. 3 Lot 5 · Neuchâtel Nitrogen 4.5 · 350,000 m³ · 1 tank A7 3.5 · A9 p. 24
  4. 4 Lot 3 · Sion Nitrogen 2.8 and 5.0 · 69,000 Nm³ · 4 tanks A7 3.3 · AOP p. 11 · A9
  5. 5 Lot 4 · Geneva abandoned on 12 Nov 2026 SIMAP 43773-02
  • pdf AOP Gaz de laboratoires 2026 33 pp.
  • pdf Annexe 1 · Conditions générales 6 pp.
  • pdf Annexe 2 · Déclaration du soumissionnaire 5 pp.
  • pdf Annexe 3 · Clause d’intégrité 2 pp.
  • pdf Annexe 4 · PHSE 12 pp.
  • pdf Annexe 5 · Ordonnance Ukraine 1 p.
  • pdf Annexe 6 · Auto-déclaration 4 pp.
  • xlsx Annexe 7 · Fichier de réponse 13 sheets
  • pdf Annexe 8 · Charte Achats Durables 3 pp.
  • pdf Annexe 9 · Inventaire des citernes 28 pp.

10 documents, 94 pages and 13 sheets. Every figure on this page cites its page or cell.

4
open lots of 5
20
tanks to fill
3.4 M
Nm³ of nitrogen a year

Source: Redrawn from the Ziva Project “Gaz de laboratoires 2026 | SIMAP 43773” with the 10 public tender documents, 15 November 2026. Circle area by yearly quantity (Annexe 7, sheets 3.1 to 3.5); tanks from the AOP and Annexe 9. Lot 4 abandoned by EPFL on 12 Nov 2026 (SIMAP 43773-02). Schematic map, not to scale.

From the tank inventory to a complete offer, lot by lot

Ninety-four pages, a 13-sheet workbook and a tank inventory, and the requirement that excludes you sits in one cell of the workbook. We call it the annex blind spot.

Five lots, twenty tanks, two units

Quantities sit in the workbook, tanks in the inventory, rules in the specification. Ziva puts each lot in one row with its source and flags what does not match.

In the screenshot

  1. Yearly quantity per lot, from Annexe 7
  2. Tanks per lot, from the specification and Annexe 9
  3. Lot 4 abandoned on 12 Nov 2026
The Lots sheet in Ziva: quantity, unit and tanks per lot of the EPFL tender, each with its source.

A knock-out that only one file mentions

Sixteen requirements are eliminatory. Ziva lists all of them with the document that asks, including read access for EPFL’s maintenance systems, which only the workbook requires.

In the screenshot

  1. Red: eliminatory
  2. O: telemetry readable by EPFL’s systems
  3. Type: participation, suitability, technical
The Requirements sheet in Ziva: requirements A to P of the EPFL tender, all eliminatory, with the proof each needs.

The delivery plan comes from the inventory

Ziva turns the 2025 fills of each tank into fills a year with live formulas. Your fill rate and density stay yellow until your team confirms them.

In the screenshot

  1. Fills a year as a formula
  2. Amber: built before 1996
  3. Tanks without an SAA valve
The delivery plan in Ziva: the 14 tanks of lot 1 ranked by 2025 fills, with fills a year computed from the inventory.

Redrawn from the tender documents and Ziva’s work on them

Two of EPFL’s own files disagree by 27 % on lot 5: the price sheet asks for more nitrogen than the tank received.

xlsxAnnexe 7 - EPFL_AOP_GAZ_DE_LABROATOIRES_2026.xlsx

Lot N°5 : Azote Neuchâtel · Offre de prix et consommations moyennes

ABC
4Gaz / gradeConsommation annuelle Azote (m3)Nombre de citernes concernées
5Azote 4.53500001
344,000 kg÷ 1.25 kg/Nm³ ≈ 275,200 Nm³

+27 %

price sheet above the 2025 fills of the only tank

pdfAnnexe 9 - Inventaires citernes EPFL.pdf · p. 24

EPFL 30 · N2 AZOTE 4.5 · 9 989 litres

Campus Neuchâtel

Date fabrication citerne
2005
Vanne sécurité SAA MG97
Non
Télémétrie
Oui
Volume remplissage 2025
344’000 kg

All five contradictions Ziva found, with their sources

  1. 1

    Units and quantities, lot 5

    350,000 m³ in the price sheet, about 275,200 Nm³ by the inventory.

    A7 3.5 B5A9 p. 24

  2. 2

    Tanks, lot 3

    One tank per grade in the workbook, four tanks in the specification and the inventory.

    A7 3.3 C5, C10AOP p. 11A9 p. 19 to 22

  3. 3

    A hidden knock-out

    Read access for EPFL’s maintenance and SCADA systems is required only in the workbook.

    A7 2, OAOP 4.4, p. 21

  4. 4

    When to sign the PHSE

    With the offer under 4.2 D, only after the award under 3.6.

    AOP p. 18AOP p. 20A7 2, D

  5. 5

    Shifted chapter references

    The workbook’s sheet 2 cites chapters 4.3 to 4.5; the specification uses 4.2 to 4.4.

    A7 2AOP p. 20 and 21

Source: Redrawn from the Ziva Project “Gaz de laboratoires 2026 | SIMAP 43773” with the 10 public tender documents, 15 November 2026. Cells from Annexe 7, sheet 3.5, rows 4 and 5; values from Annexe 9, p. 24. Conversion at 1.25 kg per Nm³ of nitrogen. The five findings with their sources as in Ziva’s reply.

One EPFL tender, from the lots to the delivery plan

SIMAP 43773. Sample company: Azuralp Gaz SA (fictional).

From the specification, Annexe 7 and Annexe 9 of the tender.

lots still open
4 of 5
weight of price per lot
60 %
months: fixed term plus options
24 + 36

Redrawn from the tender documents and Ziva’s work on them

One tank sets the rhythm: EPFL 05 needs about 130 fills a year, close to a third of lot 1’s deliveries.

  1. EPFL 05 BM · 12 700 l 130 no SAA valve
  2. EPFL 10 BCH · 33 000 l 40
  3. EPFL 07 PH · 12 700 l 37 no SAA valveover 30 years oldcryogenic fill point
  4. EPFL 08 PH · 5 000 l 37 no SAA valveover 30 years oldcryogenic fill point
  5. EPFL 11 BCH · 21 760 l 33
  6. EPFL 15 CH · 5 960 l 26 cryogenic fill point
  7. EPFL 03 AI · 11 190 l 20
  8. EPFL 12 BSP · 2 000 l 20 no SAA valvecryogenic fill point
  9. EPFL 09 CH · 5 500 l 19 cryogenic fill point
  10. EPFL 01 TCV · 32 910 l 16
  11. EPFL 14 MED · 12 700 l 8 over 30 years oldcryogenic fill point
  12. EPFL 02 MXE · 32 910 l 7 cryogenic fill point
  13. EPFL 04 AI · 6 000 l 7
  14. EPFL 06 BM · 5 000 l 6 no SAA valvecryogenic fill point

« C’est la citerne qui fixe le rythme des tournées. »

Ziva on EPFL 05, in the reply with the delivery plan
3,518 t
nitrogen in 2025 in lot 1
64 %
of it in EPFL 05, 10 and 11
≈ 410
fills a year, about eight a week

Source: Annexe 9 (tank inventory, fills in 2025) and the delivery plan Ziva set up in the same Project, 15 November 2026. Fills a year = 2025 fill ÷ (75 % of the tank volume × 0.808 kg per litre), assumptions in yellow in the workbook; the bidder replaces them with its own.

Redrawn from the tender documents and Ziva’s work on them

Under EPFL’s price formula, 10 % above the cheapest offer costs 0.52 of the total points.

Price points = 5 × (lowest price ÷ price offered)²

0123450+5%+10%+15%+20%+25%+30%Price above the cheapest offerPrice points+5 %: 4.54+10 %: 4.13+20 %: 3.47
60 %
weight of price per lot
4.13
of 5 points at +10 %
0.52
points lost on the total

Source: AOP, chapter 5.7 (p. 24) for the formula and 5.1 (p. 22) for the 60 % weight of price. Points recomputed by Ziva in the criteria sheet of the same Project, 15 November 2026.

What the buyer receives from you

  • xlsx

    Response workbook, Annexe 7

    Every sheet complete, cells untouched

  • docx

    Technical offer

    Organisation, service level, telemetry

  • xlsx

    Delivery and telemetry plan

    Per tank, from the inventory

  • pdf

    Signed annexes 1 to 6

    In the order the buyer lists them

  • xlsx

    Three customer references

    In the buyer’s references sheet

Redrawn from the tender documents and Ziva’s work on them

Ziva follows the gas notices on SIMAP: since September 2026, one lot abandoned, one new medical gas tender and two notices filtered out.

Intelligence · gases, Switzerland SIMAP, September to November 2026
  1. Change
    Gaz de laboratoires 2026

    EPFL · SIMAP 43773 · lot 4 (Geneva) abandoned on 12 Nov 2026: the tanks are not EPFL’s

    Lots 1, 2, 3 and 5 remain openAward planned for December 2026

  2. New, fits
    Lieferung von medizinischen Gasen an die Sanität Basel

    Canton of Basel-Stadt · SIMAP 44873 · published 29 Sep 2026 · offers by 2 Nov 2026

    Medical oxygen and air for ambulancesSupply, open procedureRe-tendered after SIMAP 32832 was abandoned

  3. Filtered out
    ARA Thurau, Ausrüstung Gasproduktion

    Abwasserverband Thurau · SIMAP 47631 · 14 Nov 2026 · digester stirrers, no gas delivery

  4. Filtered out
    Un analyseur de sorption gravimétrique de gaz et de vapeur à haute pression

    EPFL · SIMAP 46164 · 22 Oct 2026 · a lab instrument, not a gas supply

Source: simap.ch, publications 43773, 44873, 32832, 47631 and 46164, read on 15 November 2026. Redrawn Intelligence view with a search profile for gas supply set by Zephior; no bidder or award recipient is shown.

Your documents, your controls. Audited, and documented in the open.

Zelius, our managed bid service

Would you rather we prepared the offer?

Our team handles the forms, the response workbook and the evidence per lot, in French or German. Prices, logistics and telemetry stay with you.

  • Agreed in a short call, no software to learn

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Ziva reads and writes in the buyer’s language, even when your data sheets and price lists are in German.

Yes. Ziva reads tank sheets, fill volumes and the buyer’s workbook, and computes delivery plans with formulas your team can change.

No. Ziva shows how the price formula scores your offer. Prices and indexation stay with your team.

Questions about prices? Prices and plans Talk to us

Your next gas tender, every lot complete.

If you deliver gases to hospitals, universities or industry through public tenders, send us the next one. We read every lot, tank and annex before you set a price.