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Call for tenders' details

Title:
Trans-European Services for Telematics between Administrations (TESTA)
Contracting authority:
European Commission, DG Informatics (DIGIT)
TED publication date:
23/05/2019
Time limit for receipt of tenders:
22/07/2020
Status:
Closed
Status
05/06/2019
11/06/2019
English (en)
Question details
Point of presence
In regards to the PoP (Point of Presence) could you please clarify whether an actual presence (6 mandatory countries as well as 31 out of 43 countries listed in Annex 7.c.)) of the telecommunication provider for each country is required, or whether a partnership in some countries with a local provider who is having PoPs would be sufficient. The local partners would deliver the traffic to our interconnections in Europe
11/06/2019
The Contracting authority confirms that an actual presence in 31 (of the 43) countries, of which 6 are the mandatory ones, is required. In case the tenderer (or the group of tenderers) does not meet this minimum capacity requirement on itself, it may rely on the capacities of other entities, as suggested in the question at hand. In that case, those entities must necessarily be identified subcontractors, who need to submit a Declaration on Honour, a Commitment Letter (model in Annex 5.1 to the Tender Specifications) and evidence on no-exclusion.