Contract notice. Services

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1 1/5 This notice in TED website: Belgium-Brussels: Multiple framework contract with reopening of competition for the provision of evaluation services to the European Commission in the field of trade 2014/S Contract notice Services Directive 2004/18/EC Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s) European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade, Unit 01 rue de la Loi 200 Contact point(s): Mr João Pereira For the attention of: Ms Delphine Sallard, Head of Unit Brussels BELGIUM Telephone: Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority: Electronic access to information: Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s) Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: European Commission, Directorate General for Trade, Unit 01 CHAR 08/107, rue de la Loi 170 Contact point(s): Mr João Pereira For the attention of: Ms Delphine Sallard 1049 Brussels BELGIUM Telephone: trade-contracts@ec.europa.eu Fax: Internet address: Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s) I.2) I.3) I.4) Type of the contracting authority European institution/agency or international organisation Main activity Other: Trade policy. Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no Section II: Object of the contract S221 1/5

2 2/5 II.1) II.1.1) II.1.2) II.1.3) II.1.4) II.1.5) II.1.6) II.1.7) II.1.8) II.1.9) II.2) II.2.1) II.2.2) II.2.3) II.3) Description Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Multiple framework contract with reopening of competition for the provision of evaluation services to the European Commission in the field of trade. Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance Services Service category No 11: Management consulting services [6] and related services Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Brussels. NUTS code Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS) The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement Information on framework agreement Framework agreement with several operators maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 5 Duration of the framework agreement Duration in years: 4 Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR Short description of the contract or purchase(s) The objective is to set up a framework contract for conducting background studies which could feed into an impact assessment of a possible trade or investment negotiation, for sustainability impact assessments (SIAs) of trade negotiations and for 'ex-post' evaluations of trade or investment agreements. For the purpose of this framework contract, 'trade or investment negotiations' and 'trade or investment agreements' shall be understood as referring to bilateral, plurilateral or multilateral agreements as well as unilateral preferential trade arrangements. Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes Lots This contract is divided into lots: no Information about variants Variants will be accepted: no Quantity or scope of the contract Total quantity or scope: Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR Information about options Options: no Information about renewals This contract is subject to renewal: no Duration of the contract or time limit for completion Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract) S221 2/5

3 3/5 Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information III.1) Conditions relating to the contract III.1.1) III.1.2) III.1.3) III.1.4) III.2) III.2.1) III.2.2) III.2.3) III.2.4) III.3) III.3.1) III.3.2) Deposits and guarantees required: Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Other particular conditions The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes Description of particular conditions: This contract is based on the system of multiple framework contracts with reopening of competition. Conditions for participation Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please refer to tender documents. Economic and financial ability Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please refer to tender documents. Technical capacity Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Information about reserved contracts Conditions specific to services contracts Information about a particular profession Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no Staff responsible for the execution of the service Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: yes Section IV: Procedure IV.1) Type of procedure IV.1.1) IV.1.2) IV.1.3) IV.2) IV.2.1) IV.2.2) Type of procedure Open Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue Award criteria Award criteria The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document Information about electronic auction An electronic auction will be used: no S221 3/5

4 4/5 IV.3) IV.3.1) IV.3.2) IV.3.3) IV.3.4) IV.3.5) IV.3.6) IV.3.7) IV.3.8) Administrative information File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: TRADE/2014/01/01. Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract no Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate :00 Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up Any EU official language Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender Duration in months: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender) Conditions for opening of tenders Date: :00 Place: Charlemagne Building, rue de la Loi 170, 1049 Brussels, BELGIUM. Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: Requests to attend the public opening must be submitted by at the latest, exclusively by to the contact point and address mentioned in I.1. The exact time and location will be communicated to those having sent an to show their interest in attending the opening session. Section VI: Complementary information VI.1) Information about recurrence This is a recurrent procurement: no VI.2) VI.3) VI.4) VI.4.1) VI.4.2) Information about European Union funds The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no Additional information Tender documents will be available for download at the address indicated under heading I.1. The website will be updated regularly and it is the tenderers' responsibility to check for updates and modifications during the tendering period. Procedures for appeal Body responsible for appeal procedures General Court rue du Fort Niedergrünewald 2925 Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG generalcourt.registry@curia.europa.eu Telephone: Internet address: Fax: Lodging of appeals S221 4/5

5 5/5 VI.4.3) VI.5) Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff, or, in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to the knowledge of the plaintiff. A complaint to the European Ombudsman does not have as an effect either to suspend this period or to open a new period for lodging appeals. Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained Date of dispatch of this notice: S221 5/5