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1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: European Commission, DG REGIO - Regional and Urban Policy
Legal type of the buyer: EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: Capacity-building for the Implementation of Interreg and Cohesion Policy (BiH-MNE)
Description: The overall objective is to prepare candidate countries for implementing cohesion policy in the lead up to and upon accession. The specific objectives are: 1) to train staff from administrations at central and local/regional level participating in Interreg programmes (and IPA III programmes, if staff overlaps) and responsible for accession negotiations to reinforce their capacities for participating in and later on implementing cohesion policy programmes 2) to organise thematic peer exchanges and technical clinics to reinforce and apply the knowledge gained during the training sessions, by allowing direct interaction with experienced Member State administrations and promote transfer of concrete practices In order to build up on activities already delivered and paradigm shifts initiated, these activities will be closely coordinated with other capacity building initiatives as well as other bilateral support measures the candidate countries currently benefit from IPA country programmes as well as Interact, TAIEX and Twinning, or other relevant activities.
Procedure identifier: e8030ff8-dea3-457b-80d7-a318915c8875
Internal identifier: EC-REGIO/2026/OP/0021
Type of procedure: Open
The procedure is accelerated: no
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere in the European Economic Area
Additional information: Please consult the procurement documents.
2.1.3.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000,00 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) 2024/2509
2.1.6.
Grounds for exclusion
Sources of grounds for exclusion: Procurement Document
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0001
Title: Capacity-building for the Implementation of Interreg and Cohesion Policy (BiH-MNE)
Description: The overall objective is to prepare candidate countries for implementing cohesion policy in the lead up to and upon accession. The specific objectives are: 1) to train staff from administrations at central and local/regional level participating in Interreg programmes (and IPA III programmes, if staff overlaps) and responsible for accession negotiations to reinforce their capacities for participating in and later on implementing cohesion policy programmes 2) to organise thematic peer exchanges and technical clinics to reinforce and apply the knowledge gained during the training sessions, by allowing direct interaction with experienced Member State administrations and promote transfer of concrete practices In order to build up on activities already delivered and paradigm shifts initiated, these activities will be closely coordinated with other capacity building initiatives as well as other bilateral support measures the candidate countries currently benefit from IPA country programmes as well as Interact, TAIEX and Twinning, or other relevant activities.
Internal identifier: EC-REGIO/2026/OP/0021
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics
Additional classification (cpv): 79315000 Social research services, 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere in the European Economic Area
Additional information: Please consult the procurement documents.
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Duration: 12 Months
5.1.5.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 200 000,00 EUR
5.1.6.
General information
Reserved participation:
Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
Information about European Union funds:
EU funds programme: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (2021/2027)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
5.1.9.
Selection criteria
Sources of selection criteria: Procurement Document
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: 60
Criterion:
Type: Price
Description: Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number: 40
5.1.11.
Procurement documents
Deadline for requesting additional information: 15/04/2026 23:59:59 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
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: 04/05/2026 16:00:59 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Duration during which the tender must remain valid: 6 Months
Information about public opening:
Opening date: 04/05/2026 16:30:00 (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: yes
Electronic payment will be used: yes
5.1.15.
Techniques
Framework agreement:
No framework agreement
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
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures: European Commission, DG REGIO - Regional and Urban Policy
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: European Commission, DG REGIO - Regional and Urban Policy
Registration number: COM
Department: REGIO.D - European Territorial Cooperation, Macro-regions, Interreg and Programme Implementation I
Postal address: CSM1, rue Père de Deken 23
Town: Brussels
Postcode: B-1040
Country subdivision (NUTS): Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad (BE100)
Country: Belgium
Telephone: +32 2 299 11 11
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
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
10. Change
Version of the previous notice to be changed: 647c9c62-5c3b-4f1b-a9d5-d46ba3dc6d58-01
Main reason for change: Information updated
Description: Please kindly note that we have been contacted by two economics operators regarding a submission issue linked to the security questions. This appears to be a cross-domain issue of higher complexity, and it will require additional time to resolve. We therefore consider an extension of the procedure deadline until at least Monday, 4 May, to allow our development team sufficient time to address the issue and enable tenderers to submit their offers. Thank you for your understanding.
Notice information
Notice identifier/version: cc5acb9c-1598-470e-9e6a-97a3c3f9c113 - 01
Form type: Competition
Notice type: Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 16
Notice dispatch date: 29/04/2026 11:40:38 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 298706-2026
OJ S issue number: 84/2026
Publication date: 30/04/2026