Phase 2c of the European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems (EPHOS)
The European Commission has published an open call for tenders for phase 2c of the European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems (EPHOS). The tenders will cover: Group A: Technical tasks: - Authoring of texts covering new technical areas to be proposed by the tenderers; - Authoring of texts covering the following specific technical areas: . Client-server architectures; . Programming languages; . Use of CD-ROMs; . Object-oriented environments; . High-speed media and networks; . Computer graphics; . Electronic commerce and CALS; - Maintenance of existing EPHOS texts. Group B: Project coordination tasks: - Management of the project review cycles; - Performing of the editorial coordination tasks; - Management of electronic document flow and the EPHOS document repository; - Support for multilingual availability of EPHOS: . Administration of the EPHOS key-concepts thesaurus; . Coordination of the translation of EPHOS texts. Group C: Promotion, awareness and dissemination of information tasks: - Expansion of the existing promotion and awareness mechanisms; - Awareness and dissemination of information to the EFTA countries; - Awareness and dissemination of information to Eastern European countries; - Organization of an EPHOS event (i.e. conference or launch day). Any organization wishing to prepare the various component work tasks will need to show active participation in similar activities at Community and worldwide levels. An EPHOS-2c information package is available from: European Commission Directorate-General for Industry Unit B/2 (Standardization) Attn. Mr. K. Thompson or Mr. C. Paleologos 200 rue de la Loi (RP 3/4-21) B-1049 Brussels Tel. +32-22968985; Fax +32-2-2969500 Tenders must be delivered to: European Commission Directorate-General for Industry Unit B/2 Standardization APITS Secretariat 200 rue de la Loi (RP-3 4/21) B-1049 Brussels