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10/12/2008
S240
Community institutions – Commission – Services – General information
B-Brussels: public open tender on 'Design and testing the feasibility of a multi-dimensional Global University Ranking'
2008/S 240-318523
Contract notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)
Name, addresses and contact point(s):
European Commission, Education and Culture DG, attention: Barbara Nolan, Unit B-3, MADO 11/021, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel. Fax (32-2) 299 82 92. E-mail: EAC-unite-B3@ec.europa.eu.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://ec.europa.eu.
Address of the buyer profile: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/calls/tenders_en.html.
Further information can be obtained at:
As in abovementioned contact point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As in abovementioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:
As in abovementioned 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.1.1)
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Public open tender on 'Design and testing the feasibility of a multi-dimensional Global University Ranking'.
II.1.2)
Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services.
Service category: No 8.
Main place of performance: contractor's premises.
Service category: No 8.
Main place of performance: contractor's premises.
II.1.3)
The notice involves:
A public contract.
II.1.5)
Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
The new ranking to be designed and tested would aim to make it possible to compare and benchmark similar institutions within and outside the EU, both at the level of the institution as a whole and focusing on different study fields. This would help institutions to better position themselves and improve their development strategies, quality and performances. Accessible, transparent and comparable information will make it easier for stakeholders and, in particular, students to make informed choices between the different institutions and their programmes. Many existing rankings do not fulfil this purpose because they only focus on certain aspects of research and on entire institutions, rather than on individual programmes and disciplines. The project will cover all types of universities and other higher education institutions as well as research institutes.
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
73000000, 73300000.
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:
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 100 000.
II.2.2)
Options:
No.
II.3)
Duration of the contract or time limit for completion:
Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract).
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)
Deposits and guarantees required:
The contracting authority will require the contractor to provide a guarantee to cover the full amount of pre-financing.
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
See draft contract (Annex 2 to the tender specifications).
III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
See point 7.2 of the tender 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 point 8 of the tender specifications.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: see point 9 of the tender specifications.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: see point 9 of the 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.1.1)
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:
EAC/36/2008.
IV.3.2)
Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No.
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:
27.2.2009 (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 in month(s): 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
IV.3.8)
Conditions for opening tenders:
Date: 9.3.2009 (10:00).
Place: DG EAC, room MADO 19/044, B-1040 Bruxelles/Brussel.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
See point 3. Invitation to tender.
Place: DG EAC, room MADO 19/044, B-1040 Bruxelles/Brussel.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
See point 3. Invitation to tender.
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): Life Long Learning.
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): Life Long Learning.
VI.4)
Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures:
Court of First Instance of the European Communities, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2925 Luxembourg. Tel. (352) 43 03-1. Fax (352) 43 03-2100. E-mail: CFI.registry@curia.europa.eu. URL: http://curia.europa.eu.
VI.5)
Date of dispatch of this notice:
28.11.2008.
