Europol Public Information 1. Demonstration introduction  2. Security requirements  All tenderers’ staff / consultants visiting Europol for the purpose of the Demonstration will have to submit  at least 48 hours prior to date of the Demonstration a certificate of good conduct (described in section 6 of  the Technical Specifications and a signed Declaration of Confidentiality (included in Annex 3 – Draft  Contract.  The Demonstration is a  mandatory  requirement of the tendering procedure: Any tenderer who does not  participate in the Demonstration of their offered solution, despite having been explicitly invited, will be  excluded from the tender procedure.  Europol will not reimburse any costs related to the Demonstration. All costs will be borne by the tenderer.  If the tenderer fails in one or more of the parts of the Conformity test, the tenderer will be excluded  without further evaluation. In that case Europol will then invite the second tenderer in the provisional  ranking. The second tenderer in the provisional ranking will then be invited to do the Conformity test. If the  second tenderer does not pass the Conformity test the next tenderer on the provisional ranking will be  invited etc. If the tenderer passes all the parts of the Conformity test (as described below) the tenderer will have  passed the Demonstration of Conformity. The Demonstration will not change the scoring of the technical evaluation in any way. The purpose of the  Demonstration is only to get confirmation that the tenderer’s offered solution can be managed and  controlled from existing Europol Data Centre management systems for monitoring and control.  Please note:  The Demonstration will be performed on all active components of the tenderer’s offered solution that are  different from the current set up and configuration of a customized rack of the same type that is deployed  in Europol remote sites (Annex 2 - Tender Specifications section 7.3.3 - Remote Sites (RS)). Please see Annex  2.1 – Overview of components for an exhaustive list of active components in use. The Demonstration will take place at Europol Premises (more specifically at Europol Headquarters) in The  Hague (NL) as further described in this document. Europol will communicate the date of the Demonstration  to the tenderer in writing at least one week in advance.  Following the technical and financial evaluation of the submitted tenders but before the award decision is  taken, Europol will invite the tenderer provisionally ranked in the first place prior to the Demonstration to  prove that the active components of the tenderer’s offered solution can be managed and controlled from  Europol Data Center management systems. The purpose of the Demonstration will be to verify the  compliance of the proposed solution with the statements made in the technical offer.  • Only active component(s) deviating from the list in Annex 2.1, Overview of components, will be  tested  • Active components of the next generation of the same brand do not have to be tested  • Active components listed in Annex 2.1 do not have to be tested 1. Demonstration introduction  .................................................................................. 2 2. Security requirements  ........................................................................................... 2 3. Demonstration set up  ........................................................................................... 3 4. Conformity test  .................................................................................................... 3 5. COVID-19 restrictions  ............................................................................................ 3