Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)
Name, addresses and contact point(s):
European Commission, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, attn: Mr Jaakko Aarnio, BU 31 04/59, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel. Tel.
(32-2) 298 74 34. Fax
(32-2) 296 01 81. E-mail: INFSO-H1@ec.europa.eu.
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)
Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities:
European institution/agency or international organisation.
General public services.
Information Society.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Requirements and options for actions in RFID in healthcare (SMART 2007/0049).
II.1.2)
Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services.
Service category No 10.
Main place of performance:
the contractor's premises.
II.1.3)
The notice involves:
A public contract.
II.1.5)
Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
Patient safety and quality of care are important aspects of an eHealth Action Plan (COM (2004) 356 final) that deals with best practices and experiences from across the European Union. Part of a public consultation on radio frequency identification (RFID) in 2006 (COM(2007) 96 final) concludes that in hospitals and healthcare the use of RFID technology to enhance patient safety should be explored. The main objective of this study is to provide expert input necessary to assess prospective aspects of the applications of RFID in the healthcare market focusing on visions and scenarios with identification of associated obstacles and needs for specific policy actions or research activities.
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
74131500.
II.1.7)
Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8)
Division into lots:
No.
II.1.9)
Variants will be accepted:
No.
II.2)
Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)
Total quantity or scope:
See tender specifications — maximum amount EUR 350 000.
II.3)
Duration of the contract or time-limit for completion:
Duration: 18 months from the award of the contract.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)
Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)
Deposits and guarantees required:
See tender specifications and model contract.
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
See tender specifications and model contract.
III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
See tender specifications and model contract.
III.1.4)
Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:
No.
III.2)
Conditions for participation
III.2.1)
Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: see tender specifications.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: see tender specifications.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: see tender specifications.
III.2.4)
Reserved contracts:
No.
III.3)
Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
No.
III.3.2)
Legal entities 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:
Open.
IV.2)
Award criteria
IV.2.1)
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.
IV.2.2)
An electronic auction will be used:
No.
IV.3)
Administrative information
IV.3.1)
File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
SMART 2007/0049.
IV.3.2)
Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 10.9.2007 (16:00).
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
17.9.2007 (16:00).
IV.3.6)
Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
IV.3.7)
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
Duration: 9 months from the date stated for receipt of tender.
IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders:
25.9.2007 (10:00).
Place: Beaulieu 31, B-Bruxelles/Brussel.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
The tenderer's representatives.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)
This is a recurrent procurement:
No.
VI.2)
Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by EU funds:
Yes.
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): IST programme.
VI.3)
Additional information:
VI.4)
Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals:
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 knowledge. 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.
VI.5)
Date of dispatch of this notice:
3.7.2007.
