monitoring tools. If you make assumptions, clearly list your assumptions and state for each of these assumptions if they are part of your offered solution. If ownership of the assumption is not listed, Europol considers the solution to your assumption is part of the solution. 

## 7.4.2. Requirements for Purchase of Goods 

Mandatory requirements are: 

• The tenderer must supply all Goods related to replacement, expansion, enhancement and/or customization and modifications of any existing and/or new Europol racks, cabling and all their active and passive components with respect to the existing functionality and integration. 

• All Goods shall include a 2 year warranty and minimum 1 year maintenance for active components. 

• The tenderer must offer secure storage facilities, if needed. 

• The tenderer shall include a brief presentation of its main suppliers and width of Goods that may be offered to Europol related to this call for tender. 

• The tenderer shall include prices for all of their offered components and solutions related to this tender. 

• The tenderer must be able to supply advice related to solution concepts, new technology, expansion, enhancement and/or modifications of existing racks, cabling and all their active and passive components with respect to the existing functionality and integration. 

• The tenderer must be able to supply project consultancy related to implementation of projects. 

• Tenderer will describe their approach regarding: 

o Product Knowledge / Expertise regarding goods and services offered; 

o On-going documentation and updates 

o Yearly product firmware updates 

o Maintenance stock 

o Proactive and corrective maintenance of active components like but not limited to: ATS, PDUs, Cameras, sensors etc. 

• Requirements for patch cables: 

The minimum requirements for the patch cables (which are also currently in use by Europol) are the following: 

- Flexible copper of at least CAT6A RJ45 

- OM3 Multimode Fiber 50/125µ, duplex LC-LC 

- OS1 Single Mode for dark fiber connection, duplex LC APC 

For the copper patch cables, the following colours shall be provided (these colours are also currently used by Europol): 

