Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-30
Buyer: European Patent Organisation
Country: NL
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services
Estimated value: 30000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2020-09-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Prestación de asesoramiento y apoyo en materia de consultoría técnica en el ámbito de la informática (acuerdo marco)
Prestação de aconselhamento e apoio em matéria de consultoria técnica no domínio das TI (acordo-quadro)
Comhairle agus Tacaíocht Sainchomhairleoireachta Theicniúil a Sholáthar i Réimse TF (Creat-Chomhaontú)
Осигуряване на технически консултации и подкрепа в областта на информационните технологии (рамково споразумение)
Pružanje savjeta tehničkog savjetovanja i podrške u području informatičke tehnologije (okvirni sporazum)
Provision of technical consultancy advice and support in the area of IT within a framework agreement, e.g. specific technology decision support, best practices advice on the creation or improvement of an application or set of applications, best practices advice on the improvement of infrastructure and continuous integration/delivery setup, practical support for defining the scope of work for request for offers and/or technical conditions for procurements in the IT area, independent review of existing or intended application designs or codes, independent review of existing or intended infrastructure designs.
European Patent Organisation — Rijswijk, Central Procurement, Patentlaan 2, NL-2288 Rijswijk, Niederlande.
Proposals for variants, the effect of which would be to reduce significantly the rights and safeguards of the EPO, are not allowed.
Questions submitted after the deadline for receipt of requests for clarification (see VI.3) will not be answered. After expiry of the deadline, the questions submitted by others and the corresponding clarifications will be available in the Bidding Cockpit.
All technically qualified bidders will be awarded a framework agreement. A threshold of minimum 60 of the technical points must be reached in order to qualify. After contract award, financial and technical evaluation shall take place for future requests for quotation.
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 authorised to act on behalf of all members, must be submitted with the bid.
Only electronic bids may be submitted. Please note that a qualified electronic signature is required as specified on EPO's website: http://www.epo.org/about-us/tenders/signatures.html
Please note that EPO's procurement procedures are governed solely by EPO's own procurement rules. The relevant rules are described in the EPO's General Conditions of Tender, which are available at the EPO's website www.epo.org/about-us/tenders/general-conditions.
Erbringung von technischer Beratung und Unterstützung im IT Bereich mittels eines Rahmenvertrages. Zum Beispiel Unterstützung für spezifische technische Entscheidungen, „Best practise“ bezüglich der Erstellung und/oder Verbesserung von Software-Anwendungen bzw. -Anwendungsgruppen, „Best practise“ bezüglich IT-Infrastrukturverbesserungen und der Organisation von kontinuierlicher Integration/-Serviceerbringung, praktische Unterstützung bei der Definition des Arbeitsumfanges bei Angebotsanfragen und/oder technische Spezifikation für Beschaffungen im IT-Bereich, unabhängige Begutachtung vorhandener oder beabsichtigter Software-Anwendungsdesigns/-architektur/-entwürfe, unabhängige Begutachtung vorhandener oder beabsichtigter IT-Infrastrukturdesigns/-architektur/-entwürfe.
Änderungsvorschläge, die sich in einer erheblichen Einschränkung der Rechte und Sicherheiten der EPO niederschlagen würden, sind nicht zulässig.


Award value: 30000000