{"id":16414,"date":"2023-06-06T15:55:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T13:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abante.de\/fachdienst\/04-case-law-interpretation-of-the-specifications-in-the-it-context-exclusion-of-a-bidder-due-to-changes-to-the-tender-documents\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T10:56:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T08:56:51","slug":"04-case-law-interpretation-of-the-specifications-in-the-it-context-exclusion-of-a-bidder-due-to-changes-to-the-tender-documents","status":"publish","type":"fachdienst","link":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/fachdienst\/04-case-law-interpretation-of-the-specifications-in-the-it-context-exclusion-of-a-bidder-due-to-changes-to-the-tender-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"04. case law: inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtion of the spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions in the IT con\u00adtext, exclu\u00adsion of a bid\u00adder due to changes to the ten\u00adder doc\u00adu\u00adments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exclu\u00adsion of a bid due to changes or addi\u00adtions to the ten\u00adder doc\u00adu\u00adments pur\u00adsuant to Sec\u00adtion 57 para. 1 No. 4 ARC may also be jus\u00adti\u00adfied if, accord\u00ading to the under\u00adstand\u00ading of an infor\u00adma\u00adtion tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy layper\u00adson, a bid was sub\u00admit\u00adted which cor\u00adre\u00adsponds to the spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions. The deci\u00adsive fac\u00adtor for deter\u00admin\u00ading whether an amend\u00adment or sup\u00adple\u00adment is present is the objec\u00adtive recip\u00adi\u00aden\u00adt\u2019s hori\u00adzon of a poten\u00adtial bid\u00adder from the addressed group of bid\u00adders of the respec\u00adtive invi\u00adta\u00adtion to ten\u00adder.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>The descrip\u00adtion of the respec\u00adtive intend\u00aded use can there\u00adfore be inter\u00adpret\u00aded in accor\u00addance with Sec\u00adtions 133 and 157 of the Ger\u00adman Civ\u00adil Code to mean that prod\u00aducts must nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly have cer\u00adtain func\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adties, even if these are not explic\u00adit\u00adly list\u00aded in the per\u00adfor\u00admance descrip\u00adtion.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>It is true that the per\u00adfor\u00admance descrip\u00adtion must be as clear as pos\u00adsi\u00adble, \u00a7 121 para. 1 sen\u00adtence 1 GWB. How\u00adev\u00ader, this does not mean that the per\u00adfor\u00admance spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion must nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly be designed in such a way that it con\u00adtains only one pos\u00adsi\u00adble inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtion, tak\u00ading into account all log\u00adi\u00adcal pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties. Even if a ser\u00advice descrip\u00adtion is care\u00adful\u00adly pre\u00adpared, it can\u00adnot be ruled out that minor ambi\u00adgu\u00adi\u00adties may occur. The lim\u00adit to a lack of unam\u00adbi\u00adgu\u00adi\u00adty is only exceed\u00aded if sev\u00ader\u00adal pos\u00adsi\u00adble inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtions remain even after efforts at inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtion by expert com\u00adpa\u00adnies.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>If the cus\u00adtomer spec\u00adi\u00adfies that servers are to be pro\u00adcured for a high-per\u00adfor\u00admance het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adput\u00ading clus\u00adter for AI appli\u00adca\u00adtions, the spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions must be inter\u00adpret\u00aded in this con\u00adtext.<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Exclu\u00adsion of a bid\u00adder is there\u00adfore jus\u00adti\u00adfied if the bid\u00adder offers ser\u00advices that do not fit the require\u00adments pro\u00adfile of the invi\u00adta\u00adtion to ten\u00adder. This also applies if, from the point of view of an IT lay\u00adman, the offer cor\u00adre\u00adsponds to the spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions, since the objec\u00adtive cri\u00adte\u00adria of the spec\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions for the goods in them\u00adselves are ful\u00adfilled. How\u00adev\u00ader, if it is clear to an expert bid\u00adder from the IT sec\u00adtor that the goods are not suit\u00adable for the assumed pur\u00adpose from the out\u00adset (in this case, due to the inabil\u00adi\u00adty to arrange and inter\u00adcon\u00adnect more than two GPUs), it can be exclud\u00aded with bids that do not meet the per\u00adfor\u00admance cri\u00adte\u00adria.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Judg\u00adment: VK West\u00adfalen, deci\u00adsion dat\u00aded 09.11.2022, VK 3 \u2014 42 \/ 22<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","fachdienst_kategorien":[276],"class_list":["post-16414","fachdienst","type-fachdienst","status-publish","hentry","fachdienst_kategorien-it-specialist-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fachdienst\/16414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fachdienst"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fachdienst"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fachdienst_kategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abante.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fachdienst_kategorien?post=16414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}