Provision of standard ICT Hardware and related standard services (framework agreements with multiple suppliers)

Item Description:

The European Patent Organisation is an intergovernmental organisation that was set up on 7 October 1977 on the basis of the European Patent Convention (EPC) signed in Munich in 1973. At present it has 39 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, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye 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 6300 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).

Purpose of the contract:

Framework Agreements to be used for the commissioning of the provision of standard ICT hardware and related ICT hardware services, including hardware maintenance and support services as well as hardware installation, configuration and integration.

The ICT Hardware and Services to be provided by contractors relate to the following domains:

• Domain 1: End User Computing including Components and Peripherals,
• Domain 2: Audio/Visual,
• Domain 3: Server Computing and Storage,
• Domain 4: Network,
• Domain 5: Physical Security.

See Procurement documents for full details.

Hardware Acquisition Channel