usenet@mcdchg.UUCP (09/30/87)
[Even though this arrived too late to do anyone much good, (It was sent
on 9/25!) I'm posting it as an item of interest. -mod]
The Commission of the European Communities, a international organisation with
an annual computing budget, of the order of 50 million dollars, has just
published a call for tenders for Unix hardware and software, and data
communications equipment.
Anyone can apply, but the first deadline is short (29 September 1987, see point
6 below) so interested parties should act VERY QUICKLY!
The text of the call for tenders is given in summary form below:
(It is published in The Official Journal of European Communities, Supplement
S, No 181 of 18(or 19) September 1987).
1. Name and address of the authority awarding the contract:
Commission of European Communities
Directorate general for personnel and administration
IX.F.1 - IPA
Attention of Mr P. Ravier
IMCO 5/3
200, Rue de la Loi
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium
Telex: 21877 Comeu B
Telefax: +32 2 235.77.02
2. The award procedure chosen:
Restricted invitation to tender, reference IX/IPA/PER-2
3. (a) The site:
Brussels and Luxemburg
(b) Nature and extent of the services to be provided and the general
description of the work:
Acquisition of the following:
I) computers and software for UNIX environments:
Lot 1: local computer with UNIX
Lot 2: software products for Unix environments
Lot 3: personal computer UNIX
Lot 4: character terminal
II) equipment for data communications:
Lot 5: Data Over Voice Equipment (DOVE)
Lot 6: X25 equipment
Lot 7: encryption X25
Lot 8: Multiprotocol converter (MPC)
Lot 9: Data Communications equipment
Lot 10: Test equipment
Lot 11: Cabling
Lot 12: Reconfiguration cabinets for telecommunications equipment
Lot 13: telex-teletex gateway
Lot 14: LAN infrastructure equipment
(c) If the contract is subdivided into several lots, the size of
the different lots and the possibility of tendering for
one,for several, or for all the lots:
4. Any time limit for the completion of the works:
5. Where applicable, the specific legal form which must be assumed by
the group of contractors to whom the contract is awarded:
6. (a) Final date for the receipt of requests to participate:
29 September 1987, as evidenced by the postmark or, where delivered
by hand, the receipt dated and signed by an offi-
cial of the department designated in 1.
(b) Address to which they must be sent:
As in 1.
(c) Language or languages in which they must be drawn up:
Any of the official Community languages (Danish, French, German, Greek,
Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, English).
7. Final date for the dispatch of invitations to tender:
19 October 1987
8. Information concerning the contractor's personal position, and the
minimum economic and technical standards required:
Applications must be accompanied by the following documents to permit
selection of applicants to be invited to tender:
The articles of association
The most recent accounts
Bank references
Turnover for the past financial year
9. Criteria for the award of the contract if these are not stated in
the invitation to tender:
The award criteria will be set out in the invitation to tender.
10. Other information:
This invitation to tender is the second of a number of invitations to
tender which will be issued regularly for distributed equipment.
To avoid unnecessary mailing of documentation, applications must state
clearly and fully the lot number from 1 to 12 for which candidates
intend to bid, otherwise their applications will be rejected.
11. Date of dispatch of the notice:
15 September 1987