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Five prototypes have been produced as part of IT developments carried out by the Office since 1999: A. SEI-JOS Subject: Development of the computerised publishing system for the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. Developing company: European Dynamics. Contract arrangements: Specific contract (1515) concluded after an invitation to tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Duration of contract: 1.3.1998-28.2.2005. Amount of contract: EUR 987 000. Cost of prototype: EUR 39 150. IT tools used: Oracle technology, in particular the database system and the workflow tool. Performance: The specific contract concluded after the invitation to tender provided for the development of a prototype. The contract stipulated that it would be terminated if the prototype was not accepted. The prototype was found to be acceptable and the system was developed and commissioned. B. SEI-Suiprod Subject: Development of a production monitoring tool to be used in connection with work such as the Official Journal of the European Union, other publications and multimedia productions. Developing company: Trasys. Contract arrangements: Framework contract for IT services (5011, lot E6) concluded after an invitation to tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union … Duration of contract: 15.8.1997-14.8.2002. Amount of contract: EUR 3 632 025. Cost of prototype: EUR 38 250. IT tools used: Expeditor, Lotus Notes and TeamWare. Performance: After the evaluation of the software packages available on the market, the tools listed at 2.6 were selected. Prototypes were developed with these tools. On the basis of the results of the prototypes produced, the Office opted for Expeditor for the development of the application. C. PLAN-JO Subject: System for monitoring production of the Official Journal of the European Union. Developing company: TRW ISCS. Contract arrangements: Specific contract (2068) concluded after an invitation to tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union for the principal development and direct treaty for the evaluation of Livelink … Duration of contract: 31.7.2002-30.7.2007. Cost of the evaluation: EUR 13 530. IT tools used: Livelink. Performance: The Office had an evaluation made of the Livelink software. An invitation to tender was then published in the Official Journal of the European Union for the PLAN-JO project. D. EU-Bookshop Subject: EU-Bookshop on-line documentary management and dissemination system. Developing company: Intrasoft (principal development) and EverTeam (prototype and technical assistance). Contract arrangements: Specific contract (6106) concluded after an invitation to tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union for the principal development and direct treaty for the production of the Everteam prototype … Duration of contract: 12.5.2003-11.5.2007. Duration of the direct treaty: 17.6.2002-17.8.2002. Cost of prototype: EUR 32 180. IT tools used: EverSuite. Performance: The Office had a prototype produced on the basis of the EverSuite software package. An invitation to tender was then published in the Official Journal of the European Union for the EU-Bookshop project. E. EUR-Lex/Celex Subject: Merger of the EUR-Lex and Celex databases. Developing companies: Trasys/Sword, and EverTeam as subcontractor. Contract arrangements: Contracts (6203 and 6204) concluded on the basis of the IT Directorate framework contract (DI/02432). Duration of the contracts: contract 6203: 26.5.2003-31.12.2003; contract 6204: 2.3.2004-31.12.2004. Cost: contract 6203: EUR 387 793; contract 6204: EUR 385 410. IT tools used: EverSuite. Performance: This project is currently in the second of the three planned stages of development. The purpose of the first stage was to identify the functions of the new application.