Provision of Metropolitan Area Network Services

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. It has two bodies, the European Patent Office and the Administrative Council.

The European Patent Office, the executive arm of the European Patent Organisation, offers inventors a uniform application procedure which enables them to seek patent protection in up to 44 countries. The Office is supervised by the Administrative Council.

Objective of this tender

The network connectivity between the different EPO buildings in Munich is provided through dark fibre connections from each building to the Isar building and to the Pschorrhöfe BT7 building and to the Haar building. As with the inter-building connections, each connection between the buildings in Munich is duplicated for technical security of the network services. Together, all these connections form the Metropolitan Area Network for the EPO Office in Munich. The EPO is looking to renew the existing MAN (Metropolitan Area Network) links.

Metropolitan Area Network Services (EPO-2022-0019)