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            <cbc:Description languageID="ENG">See Article 2 of EPO´s General Conditions of Tender for exclusion grounds</cbc:Description>
            <cbc:Description languageID="DEU">Zu den Ausschlussgründen siehe Artikel 2 der Allgemeinen Ausschreibungsbedingungen der EPO</cbc:Description>
            <cbc:Description languageID="FRA">Voir l'article 2 des Conditions générales relatives aux appels à la concurrence de l'OEB pour les motifs d'exclusion.</cbc:Description>
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      <cbc:Name languageID="ENG"> Stationery and IT consumables</cbc:Name>
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      <cbc:Description languageID="ENG">Purchase and delivery of stationery &amp; IT consumables including paper and possible associated services to the EPO's sites in the Netherlands &amp; Germany.</cbc:Description>
      <cbc:Description languageID="DEU">Kauf und Lieferung von Büromaterial und IT-Verbrauchsmaterialien einschließlich etwaiger damit verbundener Dienstleistungen und Papier an/für die Dienststellen des EPA in Deutschland und den Niederlanden</cbc:Description>
      <cbc:Description languageID="FRA">Achat et livraison de papeterie et de consommables informatiques, y compris les services éventuels services associés ainsi que du papier, vers les sites de l'OEB aux Pays-Bas et en Allemagne.</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:
30.10.2024 23:30

Final date for receipt by the EPO of requests for clarification:
18.10.2024 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:
30.10.2024 23:30

Annahmeschluss für Rückfragen bei der EPO:
18.10.2024 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

Date limite pour le téléchargement du cahier des charges:
30.10.2024 23:30

Date limite de réception par l'OEB des demandes de précisions:
18.10.2024 12:00
Les questions sont à adresser par le Cockpit de Soumission d'Offres AI.</cbc:Note>
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                        <cbc:Description languageID="FRA">Voir le cahier des charges</cbc:Description>
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                        <cbc:Description languageID="ENG">See procurement documents</cbc:Description>
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                  <cbc:Description languageID="ENG">See award criteria</cbc:Description>
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                  <cbc:Description languageID="ENG">See procurement documents</cbc:Description>
                  <cbc:Description languageID="DEU">Siehe Ausschreibungsunterlagen</cbc:Description>
                  <cbc:Description languageID="FRA">Voir le cahier des charges</cbc:Description>
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               <cbc:Description languageID="ENG">Please note that EPO's procurement procedures are governed solely by EPO's own procurement rules. The relevant rules are described in the EPO's General Conditions of Tender, which are available at the EPO's website https://www.epo.org/about-us/tenders/general-conditions.html.</cbc:Description>
               <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:Name languageID="ENG"> Stationery and IT consumables</cbc:Name>
         <cbc:Name languageID="DEU">Büromaterial und IT-Verbrauchsmaterialien</cbc:Name>
         <cbc:Name languageID="FRA">Fournitures de bureau et consommables informatiques</cbc:Name>
         <cbc:Description languageID="ENG">See procurement documents</cbc:Description>
         <cbc:Description languageID="DEU">Siehe Ausschreibungsunterlagen</cbc:Description>
         <cbc:Description languageID="FRA">Voir le cahier des charges</cbc:Description>
         <cbc:ProcurementTypeCode listName="contract-nature">supplies</cbc:ProcurementTypeCode>
         <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>
         <cbc:Note languageID="DEU">Änderungsvorschläge, die sich in einer erheblichen Einschränkung der Rechte und Sicherheiten der EPO niederschlagen würden, sind nicht zulässig.
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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         <cac:ContractExtension>
            <cbc:OptionsDescription languageID="ENG">Duration of Contract is 2 (two) years with the EPO’s exclusive option to extend the contract by 3 (three) further periods of 12 (twelve) months each</cbc:OptionsDescription>
            <cbc:OptionsDescription languageID="DEU">Vertragslaufzeit 2 (zwei) Jahre, wobei die EPO den Vertrag 3 (drei) Mal um jeweils 12 (zwölf) Monate verlängern kann.</cbc:OptionsDescription>
            <cbc:OptionsDescription languageID="FRA">Durée du contrat 2 (deux) ans prorogeable, à la discrétion exclusive de l'OEB, 	pour 3 (trois) périodes supplémentaires de 12 (douze) mois chacune</cbc:OptionsDescription>
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