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(2) Verstöße gegen Vergabevorschriften, die aufgrund der Bekanntmachung erkennbar sind, sind nach § 160 Abs. 3 Nr. 2 GWB spätestens bis zum Ablauf der in der Bekanntmachung benannten Frist zur Abgabe der Bewerbung oder der Angebote gegenüber dem Auftraggeber zu rügen.
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We intend to procure a follow-up contract in order to prolong the hardware and software/firmware maintenance support initially for one year. The offered maintenance support contract must also include the option for prolongation up to the end of service life.

The offered support contract for hardware and software/firmware M maintenance needs to have an initial term for one year.

The offered support contract for hardware and software/firmware maintenance must include the option for annual extension, on a year-by- year basis, up to (and including) the end of service life. The option can be exercised by the LRZ unilaterally and without the consent of the contractual partner. The option must be exercised no later than one month before the end of the respective contract period. The basis for deciding whether to take up the option are the available budgetary funds and the possibility of continuing to operate the system in an economically viable manner.</cbc:Description><cbc:ProcurementTypeCode listName="contract-nature">services</cbc:ProcurementTypeCode><cac:ProcurementAdditionalType><cbc:ProcurementTypeCode listName="strategic-procurement">none</cbc:ProcurementTypeCode></cac:ProcurementAdditionalType><cac:MainCommodityClassification><cbc:ItemClassificationCode listName="cpv">50320000</cbc:ItemClassificationCode></cac:MainCommodityClassification><cac:RealizedLocation><cac:Address><cbc:CountrySubentityCode listName="nuts">DE21H</cbc:CountrySubentityCode><cac:Country><cbc:IdentificationCode listName="country">DEU</cbc:IdentificationCode></cac:Country></cac:Address></cac:RealizedLocation><cac:ContractExtension><cac:Renewal><cac:Period><cbc:Description languageID="DEU">We intend to procure a follow-up contract in order to prolong the hardware and software/firmware maintenance support for the described systems initially for one year. The offered maintenance support contract must also include the option for prolongation up to the end of service life.

The offered support contract for hardware and software/firmware M maintenance needs to have an initial term for one year.

The offered support contract for hardware and software/firmware maintenance must include the option for annual extension, on a year-by- year basis, up to (and including) the end of service life. The option can be exercised by the LRZ unilaterally and without the consent of the contractual partner. The option must be exercised no later than one month before the end of the respective contract period. The basis for deciding whether to take up the option are the available budgetary funds and the possibility of continuing to operate the system in an economically viable manner.</cbc:Description></cac:Period></cac:Renewal></cac:ContractExtension></cac:ProcurementProject></cac:ProcurementProjectLot><cac:TenderResult><cbc:AwardDate>2025-02-20+00:00</cbc:AwardDate></cac:TenderResult></ContractAwardNotice>