Portugal-Lisbon: FC.14.ADM Provision of language training services for the EMCDDA 2015/S Contract notice.

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1 1/7 This notice in TED website: Portugal-Lisbon: FC.14.ADM Provision of language training services for the EMCDDA 2015/S Contract notice Services Directive 2004/18/EC Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s) European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) Praça Europa 1, Cais do Sodré For the attention of: Dr Catherine Menier Lisbon PORTUGAL Telephone: Fax: Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority: 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: The above mentioned contact point(s) 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: Drugs and drug addiction. 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 II.1) Description II.1.1) II.1.2) II.1.3) II.1.4) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: FC.14.ADM Provision of language training services for the EMCDDA. Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance Services Service category No 24: Education and vocational education services NUTS code PT171 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 a single operator 1/7

2 2/7 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) 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 EMCDDA wishes to conclude framework contract(s) for the provision of Portuguese, English, French, German and online language courses. Courses will be provided to EMCDDA staff members. Under certain conditions, partners of staff, interims and trainees may also take part in the courses. Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no Lots This contract is divided into lots: yes Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots 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: yes Number of possible renewals: 1 In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts: in months: 24 (from the award of the contract) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract) Information about lots Lot No: 1 Lot title: Portuguese language courses Provide Portuguese courses from basic to advanced levels. Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR Lot No: 2 Lot title: English language courses 2/7

3 3/7 Provide English courses in upper-intermediate and advanced levels. Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR Lot No: 3 Lot title: German language courses Provide German courses from basic to advanced levels. Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR Lot No: 4 Lot title: French language courses Provide French courses from basic to advanced levels. Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR Lot No: 5 Lot title: Online language courses Provide ready-to-use online courses for all or a maximum of EU languages. All the levels should be available, from beginner to advanced, and structured according to the CEFR scale. Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information III.1) Conditions relating to the contract 3/7

4 4/7 III.1.1) III.1.2) III.1.3) III.1.4) III.2) III.2.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: Payments are made monthly, on the basis of the actual number of hours of lessons delivered. Payments are always made after receipt of the corresponding invoice(s) and attendance sheets and respective approvals by the EMCDDA. Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Participation in tendering procedures is open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons falling within the scope of the Treaties (this includes all economic operators registered in the EU and all EU citizens). Participation is also open to all natural and legal persons in any non-eu country which has an agreement with the European Union in the field of public procurement on the conditions laid down in that agreement. As a rule, subcontracting is allowed but the proposed subcontractors have to be approved by the EMCDDA. Tenderers should indicate in their bids any intended subcontracting, and the proportion of the contract they intend to subcontract. The selection and exclusion criteria are applied not just to the tenderer but also to any subcontractors proposed and supporting documentation should be provided accordingly. Consortia of economic operators are authorised to tender. For the submission of a tender, the EMCDDA does not require that consortia of economic operators have a specific legal form, but the consortium must specify the person heading the project and must also submit a copy of the document authorising this company or person to submit a bid or to sign a contract on behalf of the consortium. Other particular conditions The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no 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: Candidates or tenderers shall be excluded from participation in this procurement procedure if: a. they are bankrupt or being wound up, are having their affairs administered by the courts, have entered into an arrangement with creditors, have suspended business activities, are the subject of proceedings concerning those matters, or are in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in national legislation or regulations; b. they have been convicted of an offence concerning their professional conduct by a judgment which has the force of 'res judicata'; c. they have been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the EMCDDA can justify; d. they have not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which they are established or with those of the country of the EMCDDA or those of the country where the contract is to be performed; e. they have been the subject of a judgment which has the force of 'res judicata' for fraud, corruption, involvement in a criminal organisation or any other illegal activity detrimental to the Union's financial interests; f. following another procurement procedure or grant award procedure financed by the Union's budget, they have been declared to be in serious breach of contract for failure to comply with their contractual obligations. The tenderers are requested to submit with the tender the sworn declaration available as Appendix 3 on the Procurement Section on the EMCDDA website at the following address: in order to state that the tenderer is not in one of the abovementioned exclusion situations. 4/7

5 5/7 III.2.2) III.2.3) III.2.4) III.3) III.3.1) III.3.2) Contracts may not be awarded to candidates or tenderers who, during the procurement procedure, are guilty of misrepresentation in supplying the information required by the EMCDDA as a condition of participation in the contract procedure or fail to supply this information. Economic and financial ability Technical capacity Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The tenderer must include the following items in the tender: For lots 1 to 4: a. Professional experience and certification of the teachers proposed (based on recent curriculum vitae of the teachers and the coordinator(s) showing their educational qualifications, professional experience and expertise in delivering language courses). b. References of similar assignments in the past 3 years. c. Evidence of accreditation of the service provider for teaching and delivering certificates. d. Evidence of capacity to deal with an international working environment. For lot 5: a. Professional experience and expertise in delivering language courses. b. References of similar assignments in the past 3 years. c. Evidence of accreditation of the service provider for teaching and delivering certificates. d. Customer feedback. The information requested by the EMCDDA as proof of the technical and professional capacity of the candidate or tenderer may not go beyond the subject of the contract and shall take account of the legitimate interests of the economic operators as regards in particular the protection of the firm's technical and business secrets. 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) IV.3) 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 Administrative information 5/7

6 6/7 IV.3.1) IV.3.2) IV.3.3) IV.3.4) IV.3.5) IV.3.6) IV.3.7) IV.3.8) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: FC.14.ADM Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract no Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document Payable documents: no 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 English. Portuguese. 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: EMCDDA. Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: The opening session will be public. A representative of each tenderer may attend the opening of the bids. At the end of the opening session, the chairperson of the opening committee will indicate the name of the tenderers received. The prices indicated in each received bid will not be communicated. Should you wish to attend, please send a request (at least 5 days before the date of the opening) to the following address: info.procurement@emcdda.europa.eu indicating the name of the attending person and the tenderer he/she represents. Section VI: Complementary information VI.1) Information about recurrence This is a recurrent procurement: no VI.2) VI.3) VI.4) VI.4.1) Information about European Union funds The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no Additional information Procedures for appeal Body responsible for appeal procedures General Court of the European Union rue du Fort Niedergrünewald 2925 Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG cfi.registry@curia.europa.eu Telephone: Internet address: Fax: Body responsible for mediation procedures The European Ombudsman 1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman, PO Box 403 6/7

7 7/7 VI.4.2) VI.4.3) VI.5) Strasbourg FRANCE Telephone: Internet address: Fax: Lodging of appeals Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The time limit to lodge an appeal is within 2 months of notification of non-award. Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained General Court of the European Union 2925 Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG cfi.registry@curia.europa.eu Telephone: Internet address: Fax: Date of dispatch of this notice: /7