The subject-matter of the contract is to provide IT expertise for corrective, adaptive and evolutive maintenance of the Financial Management System (FMS) of the European Parliament, based on a S4/HANA (SAP) solution. Adaptive maintenance refers to upgrade to new S4/HANA version (17/09 version will be used for go-live) and evolutive maintenance refers to other collateral SAP projects in close association to FMS (e.g. Cost accounting extension, new tracking procedures, WH database improvements, reinforcement of reporting, electronic signature, etc.),or other European Parliament SAP projects.

This call for tenders covers the provision of on-site (intra-muros) and off-site (extra-muros) services on a time and means, quoted time and means and fixed price basis.

The contract will be concluded with the three tenderers submitting the best offers as external service providers for the provision of the IT services, provided that there is sufficient number of tenderers who fulfil the exclusion, selection and award criteria.

The contracts resulting from the present call for tenders will be a multiple framework contract without reopening of competition concluded with the European Parliament. Performance of the contract shall not begin until the framework contract is signed. Any renewal of the contract shall take place in accordance with the terms laid down in the contract.