Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-12-02
Buyer: The European Patent Organisation (EPO), acting through the European Patent Office
Country: DE
Region: Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45210000: Building construction work | 45300000
Submission deadline: 2017-01-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DE-München: Mindre bygningsarbejder og tekniske installeringsarbejder (sikkerhedstilpasninger af krybekældre i Hinge-bygningen i Den Europæiske Patentmyndigheds lokaler i Rijswijk, Nederlandene)
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).
Minor Building Works and technical installation Works (Crawlspace Hinge safety adaptions at the premises of the European Patent Office in Rijswijk, The Netherlands)
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:
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 authorised to act on behalf of all members, must be submitted with the bid.
Will be assessed on the basis of the answers to the questions in the “G” and “S” sections of the questionnaire in Annex C.
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 the 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 shall be awarded (award criteria) to the bidder whose bid is to be preferred having regard to the bidder's ability to meet the requirements of the EPO to be measured by:
Technical and organisational features 40% (= max 40 points, A-Q1, max 3 points, A-Q2, max. 35 points, A-Q3, max 1 point and A-Q4, max. 1 point)
DE-München: Bauarbeiten in geringem Umfang und technische Installationsarbeiten (Sicherheitsanpassungen des Kellerraums im Gebäude „Hinge“ am Standort des Europäischen Patentamts in Rijswijk, Niederlande)
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).
Minor Building Works and technical installation Works (Crawlspace Hinge safety adaptions at the premises of the European Patent Office in Rijswijk, The Netherlands)