Slovakia – Personal computer (PC) operating system software package – Centralised procurement of licences for operating systems, office suites, server user access and related services

Opportunity description

The subject matter of contracts awarded under the established Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) will be the purchase of desktop and server licences (goods, service/subscription), such as operating systems, client access licences (CAL), cloud software licences, office software systems for creating documents, and their extensions for mutual communication and collaboration. The objective of establishing the DPS is to create a platform for the state and public administration for awarding contracts under the DPS, in order to enable contracting authorities and contracting entities to award contracts flexibly in accordance with the Public Procurement Act based on their actual needs, i.e. at a time and to an extent known to them, while also enabling the central management and monitoring, at the level of the state licensing administrator, of licence purchases by individual controlled entities. The subject matter of partial contract No. 78 for the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic was the supply of Microsoft products and services for the existing equipment in the following scope: Item name Product code Software assurance Number of units Win RDS User CAL (AAA-03871) no 1 400 a) If original licences are supplied, the contracting authority requires the licences to be registered in the contracting authority’s existing profile (Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic), with MPSA agreement customer number 4100138837 and purchasing account number 0005859267. b) The contracting authority also permits the supply of licences from the secondary market in accordance with Directive 2009/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the legal protection of computer programs and the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union dated 03. 07. 2012. For licences from the secondary market, the following licence version is required – Win RDS User CAL version 2025, in a total quantity of 1 400 licences. Earlier licence versions, e.g. 2022, are not permitted. c) If the term “equivalent” is stated in the description of the subject matter of the contract, or if the description of the subject matter of the contract contains a reference or link to a specific manufacturer, manufacturing process, trade designation, patent, type, area or place of origin or production, the COO allows tenderers to offer an equivalent to the required subject matter of the contract; in such a case, an equivalent means a solution/device that meets the utility, operational and functional characteristics necessary to ensure the purpose for which the subject matter of the contract is being procured. d) Tenderers are not permitted to submit an alternative solution in relation to the required subject matter of the contract. If the tender also includes an alternative solution, the alternative solution will not be included in the evaluation of tenders and will be regarded as if it had not been submitted. e) Equivalents are not considered alternative solutions. f) The subject matter of the contract must be delivered within five (5) calendar days of receipt of the binding order for the purchase of licences or the entry into force of the concluded licence agreement constituting the subject matter of the contract in the required scope. Procedure: restricted. Estimated value: 187,461,181.04 EUR. Review the original TED notice for the complete requirement, lots, amendments and attachments.