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Published notice: International open invitation to tender no. 1354 (D - Munich)

Building work

1. Awarding Authority:

   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. It now has 34 member states (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, 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 6 700 staff at EPO headquarters in Munich, a branch at The Hague (NL-Rijswijk) and sub-offices in Berlin and Vienna (the number of member states and staff members is subject to change).

2. Award procedure:

   International open invitation to tender with discretionary award of contract

3. Description of the contract:

   1. Purpose of contract:

      Building work
      
      Work: Lifts and escalators

      Escalators

      • new installation, incl. disassembly and disposal of handrail lighting (24)
      • installation of an automatic start/stop mechanism (8)

      Period: November 2008 to October 2010

      Lifts

      • optimisation of lift control (group control) and door-closing speeds (2)

      Period: November 2008 to October 2010

   2. Division into lots:

      Not applicable

   3. Deposits and guarantees required:

      Performance bond amounting to 10% of the net contract sum
      Defects liability bond amounting to 5% of the net final-invoice amount

   4. Main terms concerning payment:

      Subject to Part B of the Building Contract Code ("VOB/B") (payment period for instalments 18 working days / final invoice 30 working days)

   5. Qualifications required by law:

      Not applicable

4. Place and period of performance:

   1. Place:

      Headquarters as specified in Point 1

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

      Period for performance of work: see Point 3(a)

5. Variants:

   permitted
   The elements and the planned performance of any work concerned by proposed variants must be described in the bid in a comprehensive and verifiable manner. Variants and supplementary bids may be submitted only with a main bid.

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

   1. Department to which requests for procurement documents and additional information must be addressed:

      European Patent Office
      Central Procurement (Dept. 4.4.4)
      Tender No.: 1354
      Erhardtstrasse 27
      D-80469 Munich

      Postal address: EPO, D-80298 Munich

      Fax: +49 (0)89 2399-4497
      mntenderclarifications@epo.org

      The Procurement Documents may be requested by letter, fax or e mail.
      The EPO does not expect to send the Procurement Documents before early June 2008 and would therefore ask bidders to refrain from requesting clarification before then.

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

      6 June 2008, 12.00 hrs (CET)

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

      16 June 2008, 12.00 hrs (CET)
      queries must be submitted by letter, fax or e mail.

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

      27 June 2008, 12.00 hrs (CET)
      Two copies, in addition to the original bid to be marked as such
      The bid must be filed in writing by post or courier service; bids submitted by fax or e-mail will be eliminated.

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

      As in Point 6(a), but please note the requirements in Point 6(d)

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

      German
      The Procurement Documents are available only in German.

7. Legal form of consortium 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 obligations under the contract.

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

   See Procurement Documents

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

   Seven months as from final date for submitting bids as per point 6(d) above

10. Criteria for the award of contract:

    Criteria group I: Economic efficiency (weighting 70%)

    • Price

    Criteria group II: Competence / capacity (weighting 30%)

    • In-house performance of services
    • Managerial and operational staff
    • References relating to the provision of similar services in the last three financial years
    • Technical equipment available for performance of the services
    • Planned on-site deployment of staff, with breakdown according to function
    • Turnover in the last three financial years
    • Any pending legal proceedings
    • Average number of staff employed in the last three financial years, with breakdown according to function

11. Other information:

    The EPO reserves the right to invite bidders to a meeting to clarify their bid. The costs incurred by bidders in attending such meetings are not reimbursable.
    Contract award is expected to take place in the first week of November 2008.
    NUTS Code: DE 212
    CPV Codes: 45313000, 45316000