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CENTRE OF REGISTERS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS - Estonia
The Centre of Registers and Information Systems (RIK) is an agency in the jurisdiction of Estonia’s Ministry of Justice. RIK serves to provide an innovative environment by supplying integrated e-services for a more efficient implementation of the national administration, legal and criminal policies.
This particular procurement process was for a joint framework agreement for the purchase of personal computers (PCs) and computer monitors by several Estonian entities, and was carried out by RIK in March/April 2012.
A market consultation exercise was established to facilitate dialogue between manufacturers’ representatives and joint procurers. Technical specifications were prepared based on the results of the market research.
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Results
Environmental Impacts
Subject matter of the contract
Purchase or lease at least 1,000 PCs (with software licences) and 1,000 monitors, additional equipment and components, together with transportation and take-back of the leased products.
Technical specifications
- All PCs are required to meet the Energy Star 5.0 requirements, or equivalent;
- All monitors are required to meet the TCO’ 5.0requirements, or equivalent;
- Power supply efficiency must be at least 85% (regardless of load) and power cord must be included in the set;
- Sound power level (sound pressure level) at operating mode (CPU load of 90%) should not exceed 33.3 dB (measured in accordance with ISO 9296);
- Monitors must be LED-backlit LCD (liquid crystal display);
- PCs must have the possibility to extend RAM size.
Award Criteria
The award criteria were based on the most economically advantageous tender. The various criteria were weighted as follows:
- 80% for price;
- 10% for energy consumption in operating mode. Bids with PCs and monitors with the lowest energy consumption receive the most points.
- 4% if the device included an integrated smart card reader in the keyboard;
- 6% of the points for other criteria related to monitors only.