Information

Tender reference number	2019-03
Title	Provision of Legal Support in the Field of Intellectual Property Rights to the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)
Description	The scope of the present call for tender is to obtain provision of services for legal support to the Community Plant Variety Office in the field of intellectual property under the supervision of its legal unit and its president.
Contract type	Services
Procedure type	Open procedure
Status	Open
Published on TED
Submission Method	Electronic
Tenders may be submitted	All lots
Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)	Framework agreement
Address of the buyer profile: (URL)	https://cpvo.europa.eu/en/about-us/procurement
Main CPV	79111000

Conditions for participation

Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers	According to tender specifications.
Economic and financial standing - List and brief description of selection criteria	Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Economic and financial standing- Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required	Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability - List and brief description of selection criteria	Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability - Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required	Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Milestones

TED publication date	08/10/2019 00:00
Question deadline	15/11/2019 23:59 UTC+01:00
Answer deadline	22/11/2019 23:59 UTC+01:00
Time limit for receipt of tenders	29/11/2019 14:00 UTC+01:00
Conditions for opening tenders (date)	04/12/2019 11:00 UTC+01:00

Lots

Lot number	Title	Description
Lot 1	Provision of Legal Support before the Court of Justice of the EU in English and French	The legal support and advice will cover the following areas:— litigation relating to Intellectual Property Rights in the EU (before the Court of Justice of the EU),— litigation relating to Plant Variety Rights in the EU (before the Court of Justice of the EU),— more specifically, but not exhaustively, legal analysis, drafting of pleadings, defending the CPVO before the Court of Justice of the EU and any other kind of support and advice regarding cases standing before the Court of Justice of the EU.
Lot 2	Provision of Legal Support Before the Court of Justice of the EU in English and Dutch.	Legal support and advice will cover the following areas:— litigation relating to intellectual property rights in the EU (before the Court of Justice of the EU),— litigation relating to plant variety rights in the EU (before the Court of Justice of the EU),— more specifically, but not exhaustively, legal analysis, drafting of pleadings, defending the CPVO before the Court of Justice of the EU and any other kind of support and advice regarding cases standing before the Court of Justice of the EU.
Lot 3	Provision of Legal Support before the Court of Justice of the EU in English and German	Legal support and advice will cover the following areas:— litigation relating to intellectual property rights in the EU (before the Court of Justice of the EU),— litigation relating to plant variety rights in the EU (before the Court of Justice of the EU),— more specifically, but not exhaustively, legal analysis, drafting of pleadings, defending the CPVO before the Court of Justice of the EU and any other kind of support and advice regarding cases standing before the Court of Justice of the EU.

Notices

Reference	Notice type	Publication date
2019/S 194-470408	Contract notice	08/10/2019 00:00