Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
Postal address: Covent Garden 2, Place Charles Rogier 16, Office 10/179
Town: Brussels
NUTS code:
BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-HoofdstadPostal code: 1210
Country: Belgium
E-mail:
easme-procurement@ec.europa.euInternet address(es): Main address:
http://ec.europa.eu/EASMEAddress of the buyer profile:
https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en I.3)CommunicationAdditional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4)Type of the contracting authorityEuropean institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activityGeneral public services
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Blueprint for sectoral cooperation on skills. Towards a common vision on addressing SMEs skills needs in the automotive sector: strengthening the development of upskilling and reskilling strategies
Reference number: EASME/COSME/2018/006
II.1.2)Main CPV code79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
EASME wishes to enter into a service contract to support the automotive industry in retaining key skills and acquiring new ones, in order to maintain and strengthen the competitive edge of the European automotive sector on a global market, and thus to contribute to the overall Blueprint sectoral skills strategy. The goal is to improve awareness of the existing best practices of relevant policies and initiatives on up/reskilling (in particular for SMEs) in the EU and in countries outside of the EU where the automotive sector holds a strong position.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 800 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
Main site or place of performance:
The tasks are to be performed at the premises designated by the contractor, save where meetings are to beheld at EASME's or the European Commission’s premise.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
EASME wishes to enter into a service contract to support the automotive industry in retaining key skills and acquiring new ones, in order to maintain and strengthen the competitive edge of the European automotive sector on a global market, and thus to contribute to the overall Blueprint sectoral skills strategy.
The work will be split in 2 main phases:
1st phase (Month 1 – Month 9):
Tasks to be performed under WP 1: The first phase will be dedicated to the structured collection and analysis of information and data, based on desk research, online surveys, workshops and interviews of key stakeholders:
2nd phase (Month 10 – Month 18)
Tasks to be performed under WP2: country reports to be delivered as an annex, best practices, bench marking of polices and industry initiatives to be delivered as part of the final report, elaboration of a set of supportive actions and recommendations to be delivered in the form of implementation roadmap:
Tasks to be performed under WP3: finalisation, validation and dissemination activities:
II.2.5)Award criteriaPrice is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 800 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 18
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Identification of the project: Programme for Competitveness of Entreprises and small and medium-sized entreprises C(2017)4563 final
II.2.14)Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registersList and brief description of conditions:
See the Internet address provided in Section I.3.
III.1.2)Economic and financial standingSelection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)Technical and professional abilitySelection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
See the Internet address provided in Section I.3.
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contractObligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participateDate: 10/07/2018
Local time: 16:00
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tenderDuration in months: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 11/07/2018
Local time: 10:00
Place:
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-size Enterprises (EASME) Covent Garden 2 Place Rogier 16 1210 Brussels Belgium.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
See internet address provided at section I.3.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
See Internet address provided in Section I.3.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:27/04/2018