Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-16
Buyer: EPO
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71240000 | 71321000: Heating and ventilation design services | 71356000
Submission deadline: 2018-03-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DE-München: Offentliggjort bekendtgørelse med hensyn til offentlig udbud nr. 2597 vedrørende medierelationsagenturer ved Den Europæiske Patentmyndighed
The European Patent Organisation (EPO) acting through the European Patent Office: Headquarters, Bob-van-Benthem-Platz 1, D-80469 Munich, Postal address:
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 6700 staff at EPO headquarters in Munich, a branch at The Hague/Rijswijk (NL) and sub-offices in Berlin and Vienna.
Proposals for variants, the effect of which would be to reduce significantly the rights and safeguards of the EPO, are not allowed.
1) Name and address of department from which the Procurement Documents and clarification of the Procurement Documents may be requested:
Bids must be submitted in signed paper original plus an electronic version of all documents on a data-carrier;
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 seriously to 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.
Bid presentations with key personnel of short-listed bidders are expected to take place in calendar week 15 (9.4.2018-13.4.2018) in Munich. Respective costs incurred by the bidders relating to such a presentation will not be reimbursed.
DE-München: BEKANNTMACHUNG UNBESCHRÄNKTE AUSSCHREIBUNG Nr. 2597 betreffend Medienagenturdienste für das Europäische Patentamt
Europäische Patentorganisation (EPO), handelnd durch das Europäische Patentamt mit Hauptsitz in 80469 München, Bob-van-Benthem-Platz 1, Postanschrift:
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 einer Zweigstelle in Den Haag/Rijswijk (NL) und in zwei Dienststellen in Berlin und Wien.
Änderungsvorschläge, die sich in einer erheblichen Einschränkung der Rechte und Sicherheiten der EPO niederschlagen würden, sind nicht zulässig.
a) Bezeichnung und Anschrift der Stelle, bei der die Verdingungsunterlagen und Zusatzauskünfte dazu angefordert werden können: