Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-20
Buyer: European Patent Organisation (EPO), acting through the European Patent Office with its headquarters in
Country: DE
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 65310000: Electricity distribution
Submission deadline: 2016-10-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 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).
International open invitation to tender on the basis of price alone. The EPO reserves the right to award a contract to a bid for green electricity.
To supply electricity to the EPO's premises in Munich. Electricity to be supplied free transmission point; network use to be agreed separately. Total annual consumption is about 22,5 GWh; 2015 figures for all buildings will be made available to bidders together with the procurement documents.
Prices to be based on those on Leipzig EEX exchange. Price risks for period between bid submission and contract award will be absorbed: see Procurement Documents for details.
Payment to be made in provisional monthly instalments in arrears. Final settlement at end of invoicing period (normally the end of the calendar year, but Contractor may specify otherwise). The provisional monthly instalments are payable 20 days after receipt of the invoice in the correct form.
(a) Name and address of department from which the Procurement Documents and clarification of the Procurement Documents may be requested:
If several bidders submit a joint bid, 1 must be designated as prime contractor responsible for the performance of all obligations under the agreement.
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.
- Formally accept EPO requirements (limited to few articles) which shall prevail upon bidder's conditions;
- Be able to provide 3 references from existing or previous customers to whom it has delivered electricity, at least 1 of which is of similar contract volume/scope to this tender.
5 % Selection Criteria General Questions G1 until G15 (a. and b.) and Question S1 until S8 (max 5 points)
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.
Internationale unbeschränkte Ausschreibung im Preiswettbewerb. Die EPO behält sich das Recht vor, den Zuschlag auf ein Angebot für Ökostrom zu erteilen.
Lieferung elektrischer Energie für die Liegenschaften der EPO in München. Die Belieferung erfolgt frei Übergabestelle ohne Abwicklung der Netznutzung. Die ausgeschriebene Jahresbezugsmenge beläuft sich auf ca. 22,5 GWh; für alle Lieferstellen liegen vollständige Lastgänge aus dem Jahr 2015 vor, die den Bietern mit den Verdingungsunterlagen zur Verfügung gestellt werden.