At contract implementation stage, the contractor will submit an offer 9  naming the freight forwarder/logistics partner and containing evidence about the price of the transportation and related services offered as well as the uplift price in line with the percentage indicated in the Financial Tender Form (Annex C). 

If the received offer is considered to be too expensive, by benchmarking the offer price against any available market information, Europol may ask the contractor for one or more additional offer(s) or to contact (an) alternative freight forwarders at no additional cost for Europol. 

Upon acceptance of the offer by Europol, the contractor may apply the uplift price indicated in the offer, which shall be in accordance with the percentage indicated in the Financial Tender Form (Annex C). 

The freight forwarder/logistics partner will not become Europol’s contractor. It is the responsibility of the contractor to ensure that all invoices to Europol shall be issued by the contractor, and not by the freight forwarder/logistics partner. 

In order to be able to verify the prices of the services falling within this category, the contractor shall separately detail on the invoice the price charged by the freight forwarder/logistics partner and the contractor’ uplift. Europol reserves the right to ask the contractor for the original invoice of the freight forwarder/logistics partner in order to verify the price of the freight forwarder/logistics partner. 

The shipment of Goods under shall include three (3) types of delivery: 

• Shipment Type 1 : Door-to-door shipment of Goods 10 ; 

• Shipment Type 2 : Shipment of Goods with in-house transport at the delivery destination 11 ; 

• Shipment Type 3 : Shipment of Goods with in-house transport and deployment (including installation and commissioning) at the delivery destination 12 ; 

Specific on-site delivery requirement may apply and differ per site. 

Delivery to any of the Europol premises for Shipment Type 1 in The Netherlands shall be at no cost to Europol. 

Further information related to requirements and procedures concerning shipment of Goods can be found at Articles I-11 and I-14 of Annex 3 - draft framework contract. 

Europol may request the contractor to provide (temporary) storage of Goods following acceptance of the Goods by Europol. The contractor must be able to provide (temporary) storage of Goods in any contractor’s (or sub-contractor’s) locations and/or storage facilities. Further information related to requirements and procedures concerning (temporary) storage of Goods and transfer of ownership can be 

