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1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: European Commission, Directorate General for Communication
Legal type of the buyer: EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Services Related to Citizen Participation and Deliberation Processes –Category 1 – Pan-European or Multinational Participatory and Deliberative Processes
Description: Pan-European or multinational participatory and deliberative processes Under this category, participating institutions and bodies will request fully integrated (except logistical support which will rely on another procurement procedure) services related to the design, methodology, and facilitation of pan-European or multinational participatory processes, including deliberative ones such as the European Citizens’ Panels, and ones relying on co-creation techniques, such as those described in the TS. For further details please consult the procurement documents. The services may also include the selection of participants, digital support and communication.
Procedure identifier: 9003f91d-d51a-48c6-bac8-9bd69875dfd2
Previous notice: 438876-2023
Internal identifier: COMM/C3/DPS/2023/0001
Type of procedure: Restricted
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79952000 Event services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Country subdivision (NUTS): Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad (BE100)
Country: Belgium
2.1.3.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 000,00 EUR
2.1.4.
General information
Legal basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0000
Title: Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Services Related to Citizen Participation and Deliberation Processes –Category 1 – Pan-European or Multinational Participatory and Deliberative Processes
Description: Pan-European or multinational participatory and deliberative processes Under this category, participating institutions and bodies will request fully integrated (except logistical support which will rely on another procurement procedure) services related to the design, methodology, and facilitation of pan-European or multinational participatory processes, including deliberative ones such as the European Citizens’ Panels, and ones relying on co-creation techniques, such as those described in the TS. For further details please consult the procurement documents. The services may also include the selection of participants, digital support and communication.
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79952000 Event services
Additional classification (cpv): 79952000 Event services, 79952100 Cultural event organisation services, 79320000 Public-opinion polling services, 79311210 Telephone survey services, 79600000 Recruitment services, 98000000 Other community, social and personal services, 98110000 Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations, 98300000 Miscellaneous services, 72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Duration: 48 Months
5.1.5.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 000,00 EUR
5.1.6.
General information
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Description: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents.
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents.
5.1.15.
Techniques
Framework agreement:
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system:
Dynamic purchasing system, only usable by buyers listed in this notice
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation: General Court of the European Union
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure: European Commission, Directorate General for Communication
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents: European Commission, Directorate General for Communication
6. Results
Value of all contracts awarded in this notice: 499 875,00 EUR
6.1.
Result lot identifier: LOT-0000
Winner selection status: At least one winner was chosen.
6.1.2.
Information about winners
Winner:
Name of the tendering party: IFOK Consortium
Leader of tendering party: IFOK - INSTITUT FÜR ORGANISATIONS KOMMUNIKATION GMBH
Official name: Missions Publiques SAS
Tender:
Tender identifier: IFOK GmbH
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0000
Value of the tender: 499 875,00 EUR
The tender was ranked: yes
Rank of the tender: 1
The tender is a variant: no
Subcontracting: No
Contract information:
Identifier of the contract: COMM/C3/DPS/2023/0001/COMM.B3/010
Title: European Citizens’ Panel on Democratic Resilience
Date of the conclusion of the contract: 19/06/2026
6.1.4.
Statistical information
Received tenders or requests to participate:
Type of received submissions: Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 3
Type of received submissions: Tenders submitted electronically
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 3
Type of received submissions: Tenders from tenders registered in countries outside of the European Economic Area
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 0
Type of received submissions: Tenders from micro, small or medium tenderers
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 3
Type of received submissions: Tenders from tenderers registered in other European Economic Area countries than the country of the buyer
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 3
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name: General Court 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: IFOK - INSTITUT FÜR ORGANISATIONS KOMMUNIKATION GMBH
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium
Registration number: HRB25159
Postal address: Berliner Ring 89
Town: Bensheim
Postcode: 64625
Country subdivision (NUTS): Darmstadt-Dieburg (DE716)
Country: Germany
Telephone: +4962518263100
Roles of this organisation:
Procurement service provider
Tenderer
Leader of tendering party
Winner of these lots: LOT-0000
8.1.
ORG-0004
Official name: Missions Publiques SAS
Size of the economic operator: Medium
Registration number: 419739677
Postal address: 35 rue du Sentier
Town: Paris
Postcode: 75002
Country subdivision (NUTS): Paris (FR101)
Country: France
Telephone: +33143 142 450
Roles of this organisation:
Procurement service provider
Tenderer
Winner of these lots: LOT-0000
8.1.
ORG-0005
Official name: European Commission, Directorate General for Communication
Registration number: DG COMM
Postal address: Rue de la Loi 56
Town: Brussels
Postcode: 1049
Country subdivision (NUTS): Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad (BE100)
Country: Belgium
Telephone: +32 22991111
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents
8.1.
ORG-0000
Official name: Publications Office of the European Union
Registration number: PUBL
Town: Luxembourg
Postcode: 2417
Country subdivision (NUTS): Luxembourg (LU000)
Country: Luxembourg
Telephone: +352 29291
Roles of this organisation:
TED eSender
Notice information
Notice identifier/version: 1ba76607-d48c-41e0-b8c2-c656f9527f12 - 01
Form type: Result
Notice type: Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 29
Notice dispatch date: 26/06/2026 09:17:56 (UTC+00:00) Western European Time, GMT
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Notice publication number: 442410-2026
OJ S issue number: 122/2026
Publication date: 29/06/2026