1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: European Parliament, FINS - Directorate-General for Finance
Legal type of the buyer: EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: Financial and compliance audit of European political parties and political foundations 2025-2029
Description: The European Parliament has decided to issue an invitation to tender for awarding a service framework contract for audit reports of the annual financial statements of European political parties and European political foundations.
Procedure identifier: bc72532b-38c0-4c98-b5b7-9db89e974156
Internal identifier: EP-FINS/2025/OP/0002
Type of procedure: Open
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79212000 Auditing services
2.1.3.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 300 000,00 EUR
2.1.4.
General information
Additional information: In case of unavailability or disruptions in the functioning of the electronic means of communication provided in Section 5.1.11 in the last 5 calendar days before the time limit for receipt indicated in Section 5.1.12, the contracting authority reserves the right to extend this time limit and publish the extension at the Internet address provided in Section 5.1.11, without a preceding publication of a corrigendum to this notice. Economic operators interested in this procurement are invited to subscribe to the call for tenders at the address in Section 5.1.11 in order to get notified when new information or documents are published.
Legal basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046
2.1.6.
Grounds for exclusion
Bankruptcy: For the full list of exclusion grounds please consult the procurement documents.
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0001
Title: Financial and compliance audit of European political parties and political foundations 2025-2029
Description: The European Parliament has decided to issue an invitation to tender for awarding a service framework contract for audit reports of the annual financial statements of European political parties and European political foundations.
Internal identifier: EP-FINS/2025/OP/0002
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79212000 Auditing services
Additional classification (cpv): 79212100 Financial auditing services
Options:
Description of the options: provided they are in conformity with the basic project, new services or works consisting in the repetition of similar services or works, may be entrusted up to 50 % of the initial contract to the initial contractor by negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice.
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Duration: 60 Months
5.1.4.
Renewal
Other information about renewals: The framework contract is concluded for an initial period of 24 (twenty-four) months, renewable 3 (three) time(s). Please consult the draft framework contract in the procurement documents.
5.1.5.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 3 300 000,00 EUR
5.1.6.
General information
Reserved participation:
Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
5.1.9.
Selection criteria
Criterion:
Type: Suitability to pursue the professional activity
Description of selection criterion: Please consult the procurement documents.
Criterion:
Type: Economic and financial standing
Description of selection criterion: Please consult the procurement documents.
Criterion:
Type: Technical and professional ability
Description of selection criterion: Please consult the procurement documents.
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Description: Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number: 70
Criterion:
Type: Price
Description: Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number: 30
5.1.11.
Procurement documents
Deadline for requesting additional information: 06/06/2025
Ad hoc communication channel:
Name: Funding and Tenders Portal
5.1.12.
Terms of procurement
Terms of submission:
Electronic submission: Required
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
Electronic catalogue: Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of tenders: 16/06/2025 12:00:59 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Duration during which the tender must remain valid: 9 Months
Information about public opening:
Opening date: 16/06/2025 15:00:00 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Terms of contract:
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes: No
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used: no
Electronic payment will be used: yes
5.1.15.
Techniques
Framework agreement:
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Information about the dynamic purchasing system:
No dynamic purchase system
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation: Court of Justice of the European Union
TED eSender: European Commission
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: European Parliament, FINS - Directorate-General for Finance
Registration number: EP
Department: Directorate for Political Structures Financing and Resources,Financing of Political Parties and Foundations Unit
Postal address: 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
Town: Brussels
Postcode: B-1047
Country subdivision (NUTS): Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad (BE100)
Country: Belgium
Telephone: +32 2 2842111
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name: Court of Justice of the European Union
Registration number: CURIA
Postal address: Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postcode: L-2925
Country subdivision (NUTS): Luxembourg (LU000)
Country: Luxembourg
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Roles of this organisation:
Review organisation
8.1.
ORG-0003
Official name: European Commission
Registration number: EUCOM
Postal address: Mondrian (CDMA), Rue du Champ de Mars 21
Town: Brussels
Postcode: B-1050
Country subdivision (NUTS): Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad (BE100)
Country: Belgium
Telephone: +32 2 299 11 11
Roles of this organisation:
TED eSender
Notice identifier/version: a064dad4-e2b2-4a1a-801d-e78f328f5d96 - 01
Form type: Competition
Notice type: Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 16
Notice dispatch date: 06/05/2025 20:11:10 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 294872-2025
OJ S issue number: 89/2025
Publication date: 08/05/2025