Call for tenders' details

Title:
External and Internet Connectivity Services
Contracting authority:
European Commission, DG Informatics (DIGIT)
TED publication date:
15/06/2020
Time limit for receipt of tenders:
22/09/2020
Status:
Closed
Status
27/08/2020
03/09/2020
English (en)
Question details
Regarding clause “2.1.7. Stand–by System (outside the guarantee period)” of the “General Terms and Conditions for Information Technologies Contracts”.
As no Products with a guarantee period are in scope of the RFP, can you confirm this clause is not applicable? If you cannot confirm this, can you please: - Clarify the definition of complete system outage. Is it only applicable if a redundant solution has been ordered? - Clarify which annex is referred to in the last sentence of clause 2.1.7. Thank you
03/09/2020
The purpose of the current call for tenders is the acquisition of services as described in the procurement documents. For services, the paragraph 2.1.7. is indeed not applicable.