Preliminary assessment of the fourth payment request of Romania

2023) for the network and security equipment

• • contract No. 3 (355/1512/2022/15 May 2023)

       for network and security equipment.
3b   Framework Agreement No. 431/1512/2022/04          Contracts concluded between the
     August 2023 concluded by the Ministry of          Romanian Ministry of Justice
     Justice for the hardware and software             (beneficiary    authority)      and
     equipment for processing and storage (Lot 2)      contractors, for processing and
     and subsequent contracts:                         storage equipment purchase (Lot 2).

• • Contract No. 1 (566/1512/2022/24 August

2023) for the processing and storage equipment.

• • Contract . 2 (645/1512/2022/13 December

       2023) for the processing and storage
       equipment.
4a   • Certificates of acceptance corresponding to     Certificates of acceptance signed by
       Framework            Agreement           No.    the Ministry of Justice and the
       147/1512/2022/23 November 2022:                 contractors corresponding to the
       o Certificate of acceptance No. 120/1           first     framework      agreement,
           February 2023.                              demonstrating the purchase and
       o Certificate of acceptance No. 796/19 June     delivery of the IT infrastructure
           2023.                                       technological upgrade.
       o Certificate of acceptance No. 543/ 21 April
           2023.
4b   • Certificates of acceptance corresponding to     Certificates of acceptance signed by

       Framework Agreement No. 431/1512/2022/4         the Ministry of Justice and the
       August 2023:                                    contractors, corresponding to the
       o Certificate of acceptance No. 4221/29         second      framework    agreement,
           November 2023.                              demonstrating the IT infrastructure
       o Certificate of acceptance No. 4240/20         technological upgrade.
           December 2023.

5    Independent expert audit report issued on 23      Report issued by an independent
     February 2024, and Certificate of acceptance of   expert, including justification that
     the report No. 672/1512/2022/28 February          the result of the investment is
     2024.                                             aligned with the description of the
                                                       milestone and of the description of
                                                       the investment in the CID. The
                                                       report was presented together with
                                                       a certificate of acceptance issued by
                                                       the Ministry of Justice.
6    Print screens from the application.               Since the access to the National
                                                       Electronic File platform is restricted
                                                       to Romanian citizens who are

                                                       directly involved in ongoing judicial
                                                       proceedings, it is not publicly
                                                       accessible      for     demonstration
                                                       purposes. Therefore, screenshots of

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