Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-14
Buyer: The European Patent Organisation (EPO) acting through the European Patent Office
Country: DE
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48820000: Servers
Submission deadline: 2017-11-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DE-München: Offentligt udbud nr. 2527 vedrørende tilvejebringelse af abonnementer på SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Support og andre abonnementer på SUSE Support
The European Patent Organisation is an intergovernmental organisation set up pursuant to the European Patent Convention which entered into force in 1977. At present it has 38 Member States (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom). The executive body of the EPO is the European Patent Office which is charged with the searching and examination of European patent applications and the granting of European patents. It employs approximately 6 700 staff at EPO headquarters in Munich, a branch at The Hague/Rijswijk (NL) and sub-offices in Berlin and Vienna (the number of Member States and staff members indicated may change).
Provision of SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server Support Subscriptions and other SUSE Support subscriptions.
Payment will be made yearly in advance within 30 calendar days following receipt of the invoice in the correct form.
Proposals for variants, the effect of which would be to reduce significantly the rights and safeguards of the EPO, are not allowed.
(a) Name and address of department from which the Procurement Documents and clarification of the Procurement Documents may be requested:
- The bid must be submitted in 2 copies (including the original to be marked as such). The bid shall also be submitted on a USB stick / CD (except the Offer Forms only to be provided as part of the original copy).
Please submit bids by post only and not by fax or E-Mail. Bids submitted by fax or E-Mail will be excluded.
If several bidders submit a joint bid, they must be jointly and severally liable for the performance of the obligations under the contract. A declaration to this effect, duly signed by all members of the grouping and appointing a representative that is authorised to act on behalf of all members, must be submitted with the bid.
Bids from bidders who do not fulfil the selection criteria stated in the Procurement Documents and/or whose circumstances are such as to seriously call into question their financial and professional reliability (see Article 2 of the General Conditions of Tender, available under www.epo.org) will not be considered for contract award.
Bidders' know-how, capacity and reliability to fulfil the contract will be assessed on basis of the information and evidence submitted in reply to the questionnaire in Annex 1 to the General Conditions of Tender and any additional questionnaire(s) included in the Procurement Documents.
The contract will be awarded to the bidder whose bid is the most economically advantageous bid having regard to the bidder's ability to meet the EPO's needs and requirements to be measured by:
DE-München: Unbeschränkte Ausschreibung Nr. 2527 — Beschaffung eines Support-Abonnements für SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server und anderer SUSE-Support-Abonnements
Die Europäische Patentorganisation ist eine zwischenstaatliche Organisation, die durch das 1977 in Kraft getretene Europäische Patentübereinkommen gegründet wurde. Ihr gehören derzeit 38 Mitgliedstaaten an (Albanien, Belgien, Bulgarien, Dänemark, Deutschland, ehemalige jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Monaco, Niederlande, Norwegen, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechische Republik, Türkei, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich und Zypern). Ausführendes Organ der EPO ist das Europäische Patentamt, das die Recherche und Prüfung europäischer Patentanmeldungen und die Erteilung europäischer Patente zur Aufgabe hat. Es beschäftigt rund 6 700 Bedienstete am Hauptsitz in München, in 1 Zweigstelle in Den Haag (Rijswijk (NL)) und in 2 Dienststellen in Berlin und Wien. (Die Zahl der Mitgliedstaaten und der Bediensteten kann sich ändern.)
Beschaffung eines Support-Abonnements für SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server und anderer SUSE-Support-Abonnements.