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Avis d'appel ouvert à la concurrence limité géographiquement n° 2007/0706/Tgr (NL - La Haye)

Provision of medical examination services

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1. Awarding Authority:

   The European Patent Organisation (EPO) through the European Patent Office: Headquarters, Erhardtstrasse 27, D-80469 Munich, Postal address: EPO, D-80298 Munich.
   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 32 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, 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 (the number of Member States and staff members indicated may change).
   

2. Award procedure:

   Geographically-limited open invitation to tender with discretionary award of contract to bidders located in the Netherlands.
   

3. Description of the contract:

   1. Purpose of the contract:

      Provision of medical examination services

   2. Division into lots:

      Not applicable

   3. Any deposits and guarantees required:

      Not applicable

   4. Main terms concerning payment:

      The EPO shall pay invoices within 30 (thirty) days of their receipt in the correct form. Payment shall be considered as made on time if the EPO's payment order reaches its bank within this period.

   5. Qualifications required by law:

      Normal professional and legal qualifications in order to perform medical examinations

4. Place and period of performance:

   1. Place at which the contract is to be performed:

      Mostly at the contractor's premises which shall be located in the immediate vicinity of the EPO branch office in Rijswijk, the Netherlands which is located at

      European Patent Office
      Branch at The Hague,
      Patentlaan 2,
      2288 EE Rijswijk

      and at the EPO branch office in Rijswijk itself.

   2. Duration of contract or time limit for delivery or completion of services/work:

      24 (twenty-four) months upon signature by both parties with the possibility of 3 (three) extensions of 12 (twelve) months each at the sole discretion of the EPO.
      

5. Variants:

   Proposals for variants, the effect of which would be to reduce significantly the rights and safeguards of the EPO, are not allowed.

6. Requests for the Procurement Documents and receipt of bids:

   1. Name and address of department from which the Procurement Documents and clarification of the Procurement Documents may be requested:

      European Patent Office,
      Procurement
      Attn. Mr. M.K.R. Körner (Log # 2007/0706/Tgr)
      Patentlaan 2,
      NL- 2288 EE Rijswijk, the Netherlands
      Postal address: P.O. Box 5818, NL-2280 HV Rijswijk, the Netherlands,
      Fax No. (+31) 70 340 3977
      Procurement Documents will be forwarded upon written or faxed request.

   2. Final date for receipt by the EPO of requests for the Procurement Documents:

      17 December 2007, 12.00 hrs (CET)

   3. Final date for receipt by the EPO of requests for clarification:

      9 January 2007, 16.00 hrs (CET)
      Questions must be submitted by letter or fax.

   4. Final date for receipt of bids/number of copies to be sent:

      16 January 2007, 12.00 hrs (CET)
      two copies, in addition to the original bid to be marked as such.

   5. Address to which the requests for clarification and bids must be sent:

      As in point 6(a).

   6. Language or languages in which requests for clarification and bids must be drawn up:

      English
      The Procurement Documents will be available in English only.

7. Legal form of the grouping in the event of a joint bid:

   If several bidders submit a joint bid, one must be designated as prime contractor responsible for performance of all the obligations under the contract.

8. Information and evidence concerning the bidder's financial and economic standing and technical and professional competence:

   Customer and bank references

9. 9. Period during which the bidder is bound by his bid:

   Six months following the final date for receipt of bids indicated in point 6(d).
   

10. Criteria for the award of contract:

    • Compliance with any legislative requirements (including qualifications) for the performance of the tasks
    • Price in relation to the services offered
    • Ability to provide services in an international, multi-lingual and multi-cultural environment
    • Ability to provide services in an evenly spread manner over the course of any given 12 (twelve) month period
    • Capacity to carry out major part of the services at the contractor's location
    • Previous experience of performing similar tasks in an equivalent environment
    • References
    • Compliance with the Procurement Documents

11. Other information:

    Contract award is expected to take place in the 1st quarter of 2008.
    A bidders' information meeting will be held in the European Patent Office in Rijswijk. The date will be communicated in the invitation to tender.