Volume Purchase Agreement for the World-Wide Provision of IT Equipment Under the WIPO Technical Assistance and Cooperation Activities
Deadline for submission: 24.08.2007
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an intergovernmental organization with
its headquarters in Geneva. It is one of the 16 United Nations specialized agencies and is
responsible for promoting the protection of intellectual property throughout the world, including
the administration of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), and also the international registration
of marks.
WIPO is about to issue an Invitation To Bid in order to select a supplier for the provision of
Information Technology (IT) equipment (servers, desktops computers, scanners, laptops, network
printers, software and peripherals) within its Cooperation for Development activities via a
five-year Volume Purchase Agreement (VPA).
Only well-known proposed brands with world wide after sales support including maintenance and
spare parts only will be considered.
The purpose of this call for EOI is to identify eligible suppliers who can potentially fulfill
the requirements. This EOI does not constitute an invitation to tender. Only suppliers deemed
qualified by WIPO will receive the invitation to tender.
Any interested company wishing to participate in the prequalification procedure is invited to
download the electronic version of the questionnaire [
DOC] and to return it duly completed and signed to the following address
on or
before August 24, 2007:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Expression of Interest (EOI) No. PCD/07/059
Procurement and Contracts Division
34, chemin des Colombettes
1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
e-mail: procurement@wipo.int
fax : +41 (0) 22 338 8210
WIPO will be the sole judge as to the preselection of the companies. The selection will
take into account the answers to the questionnaire according to the following criteria:
a) - The firm’s qualification and financial stability.
b) - Willingness to guarantee transparent price conditions for the duration of the
contract.
c) - References to similar contract with other UN Organizations.