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Document 280852-2009-
Accès au document : http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:280852-2009:TEXT:EN:HTML
10/10/2009
S196
Community institutions – Commission – Services – General information
B-Brussels: study on the cooperation between higher education institutions and public and private organisations in Europe
2009/S 196-280852
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1)
NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture, Directorate 'Lifelong Learning', Unit A3 Jean Monnet, University-Business Cooperation, relations with agencies, MADO 07/03, Contact: Peter Baur, Attn: Ms Belen Bernaldo de Quiros, B-1049 Brussels. E-mail: eac-A3-tender@ec.europa.eu. Fax +32 22974153.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://ec.europa.eu/education/index_en.htm.
Address of the buyer profile: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/calls/tenders_en.html.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
I.2)
TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
European institution/agency or international organisation.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1)
DESCRIPTION
Study on the cooperation between higher education institutions and public and private organisations in Europe.
II.1.2)
Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services.
Service category: No 11.
Main place of performance: Contractor's premises.
Service category: No 11.
Main place of performance: Contractor's premises.
II.1.3)
The notice involves:
A public contract.
II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement:
II.1.5)
Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
A study on university–business cooperation in the EU Member States, the candidate countries, and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The overall objective of this study is to get a better knowledge and understanding of university–business cooperation in these countries, from the perspective of the higher education institutions. The work implies analysis of existing literature, a survey based on a questionnaire to a representative number of higher education institutions, a number of case studies and the identification and description of approx. 30 examples of good practice.
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
73200000.
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:
The below mentioned value is the maximum budget available for this contract.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000 EUR.
II.2.2)
Options:
No.
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 14 (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:
Guarantee concerning pre-financing payment (see Section 13 of the specifications).
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
Pre-financing 25 %, interim payment 40 %, and final payment 35 % (see draft contract, Annex 2 of the specifications).
III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
See Section 7.2 of the specifications.
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 Sections 7, 8 and 9 of the specifications.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See Section 9.1 of the specifications.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
See Section 9.2 of the specifications.
See Section 9.2 of the 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
IV.1.2)
Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
IV.1.3)
Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:
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:
EAC/37/2009.
IV.3.2)
Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
Prior information notice
Notice number in OJ: 2009/S 158-229750 of 19.8.2009.
IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4)
Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
19.11.2009 - 16:00.
IV.3.5)
Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
IV.3.6)
Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
Spanish. Danish. German. Greek. English. French. Italian. Dutch. Portuguese. Finnish. Swedish. Czech. Estonian. Hungarian. Lithuanian. Latvian. Maltese. Polish. Slovak. Slovenian. Irish. Bulgarian. Romanian.
IV.3.7)
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
Duration in month(s): 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders:
Date: 26.11.2009 - 14:00.
Place: Madou Tower, MADO 16/044, place Madou 1, 1210 Brussels, BELGIUM.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
1 representative per tenderer.
Place: Madou Tower, MADO 16/044, place Madou 1, 1210 Brussels, BELGIUM.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
1 representative per tenderer.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.2)
CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:
Yes.
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): Lifelong learning programme (2007–2013).
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): Lifelong learning programme (2007–2013).
VI.3)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
VI.4)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals:
VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
VI.5)
DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
29.9.2009.
