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      <cbc:Description languageID="DEU">Umfassende Leistungen an Testmanagement- und Automatisierungsdiensten, bestehend aus den Bereichen Testmanagement, Ausführung und Automatisierungsdienste, Testinfrastruktur und Datendienste sowie erweiterte Testtechniken</cbc:Description>
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      <cbc:Note languageID="ENG">Only electronic bids may be submitted. Please note that a qualified electronic signature is required as specified on EPO's website: https://www.epo.org/about-us/tenders/signatures.html

Final date to download the Procurement Documents:
09.01.2026 23:59

Final date for receipt by the EPO of requests for clarification:
07.11.2025 12:00
Questions must be submitted via the Bidding Cockpit.</cbc:Note>
      <cbc:Note languageID="DEU">Nur elektronische Angebote dürfen eingereicht werden. Bitte beachten Sie, dass eine qualifizierte elektronische Signatur erforderlich ist, siehe die Angaben auf der Webseite des EPA: https://www.epo.org/about-us/tenders/signatures_de.html

Enddatum um die Verdingungsunterlagen herunterzuladen:
09.01.2026 23:59

Annahmeschluss für Rückfragen bei der EPO:
07.11.2025 12:00
Rückfragen sind über das Bietercockpit einzureichen.</cbc:Note>
      <cbc:Note languageID="FRA">Il n'est possible de soumettre que des offres électroniques. Veuillez noter qu'une signature électronique qualifiée est requise, comme indiqué à l'adresse: https://www.epo.org/about-us/tenders/signatures_fr.html

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09.01.2026 23:59

Date limite de réception par l'OEB des demandes de précisions:
07.11.2025 12:00
Les questions sont à adresser par le Cockpit de Soumission d'Offres AI.</cbc:Note>
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               <cbc:Description languageID="DEU">Bitte berücksichtigen Sie, dass die Beschaffungsverfahren der EPO ausschließlich den eigenen Beschaffungsvorschriften der EPO unterliegen. Die relevanten Vorschriften sind in den Allgemeinen Ausschreibungsbedingungen der EPO beschrieben, welche auf der Website der EPO https://www.epo.org/about-us/tenders/general-conditions_de.html abrufbar sind.</cbc:Description>
               <cbc:Description languageID="FRA">Veuillez noter que les procédures de passation de marchés de l'OEB sont régies uniquement par ses propres règles. Celles-ci figurent dans les Conditions générales relatives aux appels à la concurrence de l'OEB, qui sont disponibles à l'adresse https://www.epo.org/about-us/tenders/general-conditions_fr.html.</cbc:Description>
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         <cbc:Description languageID="ENG">See procurement documents</cbc:Description>
         <cbc:Description languageID="DEU">Siehe Ausschreibungsunterlagen</cbc:Description>
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         <cbc:Note languageID="ENG">Proposals for variants, the effect of which would be to reduce significantly the rights and safeguards of the EPO, are not allowed.
Questions submitted after the deadline for receipt of requests for clarification will not be answered. After expiry of the deadline, the questions submitted by others and the corresponding clarifications will be available in the BIDDING COCKPIT.</cbc:Note>
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Fragen, die nach der Annahmefrist für Rückfragen eingehen, werden nicht beantwortet. Es ist jedoch nach Fristablauf möglich, eine Liste der von anderen Bietern eingereichten Fragen und der entsprechenden Antworten im BIETERCOCKPIT einzusehen.</cbc:Note>
         <cbc:Note languageID="FRA">Les propositions de variantes susceptibles de réduire de façon significative les droits et garanties de l'OEB ne sont pas autorisées.
Les questions soumises après la date limite ne recevront pas de réponse. Après l'expiration du délai imparti, les questions posées par les autres candidats et les réponses correspondantes seront disponibles dans le cockpit de soumission d'offres.</cbc:Note>
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