Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-08
Buyer: The European Patent Organisation (EPO), acting through the European Patent Office
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72250000: System and support services | 80420000
Submission deadline: 2016-12-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DE-München: Offentliggjort bekendtgørelse vedrørende opfordring til afgivelse af bud nr. 2162 om tilvejebringelse af et fjernhostet e-læringssystem til EU's patentakademi
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, hosting, maintaining, providing technical support to and, upon commissioning, implementing requested developments in the Learning System of the European Patent Academy.
Payment will be made within 30 calendar days following full delivery and performance and receipt of the invoice in the correct form.
Contractor's offered location within the territory of a state that is a Contracting State according to the European Patent Convention
Duration of the contract is 3 years from successful acceptance of the Learning System (expectedly by 31.7.2017) with a right for the EPO in its discretion to extend this duration twice by 1 year each.
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 provided in its original and one additional copy as well as on a data carrier not containing the Offer Form
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 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.
DE-München: Bekanntmachung unbeschränkte Ausschreibung Nr. 2162 für die Bereitstellung eines E-Learning-Systems mit Remote-Host für die Europäische Patentakademie
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.)