665677-2026 - Result
Luxembourg – Social research services – Small Places Matter and the Right to Stay: New Perspectives
OJ S 187/2026 28/09/2026
Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Services
1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: ESPON EGTC
Email: tenders@espon.eu
Legal type of the buyer: Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: Small Places Matter and the Right to Stay: New Perspectives
Description: This territorial study aims to deliver territorial evidence on development opportunities in Norway’s rural and peripheral regions, with a particular focus on the role of small places as active agents of change and consider the "right to stay" as a potential guiding principle for territorial cohesion. The project will develop a conceptual framework integrating agency, connectivity, and resilience to reconsider what constitutes "success" for small places; provide a territorial typology of small and peripheral places based on identified key drivers of success and systemic barriers in the Norwegian context; present a series of showcases illustrating diverse development pathways; and deliver a set of actionable policy recommendations on governance models, capacity building and financing approaches that can enable change agency in local communities.
Procedure identifier: c2476409-56e0-4983-92a2-ff9db84f558f
Previous notice: 321095-2026
Internal identifier: 2601201
Type of procedure: Open
The procedure is accelerated: no
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79315000 Social research services
Additional classification (cpv): 79311400 Economic research services, 73110000 Research services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Country subdivision (NUTS): Luxembourg (LU000)
Country: Luxembourg
2.1.4.
General information
Additional information: Modalités de retrait du dossier : Luxembourg Public Procurement Portal (www.pmp.lu). Réception des offres/candidatures : Electronic submission is mandatory via the Luxembourg Public Procurement Portal (www.pmp.lu).
Legal basis: 
Directive 2014/24/EU
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0001
Title: Small Places Matter and the Right to Stay: New Perspectives
Description: This territorial study aims to deliver territorial evidence on development opportunities in Norway’s rural and peripheral regions, with a particular focus on the role of small places as active agents of change and consider the "right to stay" as a potential guiding principle for territorial cohesion. The project will develop a conceptual framework integrating agency, connectivity, and resilience to reconsider what constitutes "success" for small places; provide a territorial typology of small and peripheral places based on identified key drivers of success and systemic barriers in the Norwegian context; present a series of showcases illustrating diverse development pathways; and deliver a set of actionable policy recommendations on governance models, capacity building and financing approaches that can enable change agency in local communities.
Internal identifier: 0
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 79315000 Social research services
Additional classification (cpv): 79311400 Economic research services, 73110000 Research services
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Country subdivision (NUTS): Luxembourg (LU000)
Country: Luxembourg
5.1.6.
General information
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion: 
Type: Quality
Description: Most Economically Advantageous Tender.
Criterion: 
Type: Price
Description: Most Economically Advantageous Tender.
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria: Most Economically Advantageous Tender. Assessed on the basis of the best price-quality ratio.
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: Juridictions administratives
Information about review deadlines: https://justice.public.lu/fr/organisation-justice/juridictions-administratives.html
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure: ESPON EGTC
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents: ESPON EGTC
Organisation signing the contract: ESPON EGTC
6. Results
Value of all contracts awarded in this notice: 95 000,00 EUR
6.1.
Result lot identifier: LOT-0001
Winner selection status: At least one winner was chosen.
6.1.2.
Information about winners
Winner: 
Official name: Prognos AG
Tender: 
Tender identifier: Tender 2
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0001
Value of the tender: 95 000,00 EUR
Subcontracting: No
Contract information: 
Identifier of the contract: 321095-2026
Title: 100/2026 “Small Places Matter and the Right to Stay: New Perspectives"
Date on which the winner was chosen: 21/07/2026
Date of the conclusion of the contract: 16/09/2026
Information about European Union funds: 
Name of EU-financed project or programme: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (2021/2027)
Identifier of EU funds: ESPON 2030 Programme CCI 2021TC16RFIR004- Adopted by European Commission.
Organisation signing the contract: ESPON EGTC
6.1.4.
Statistical information
Received tenders or requests to participate: 
Type of received submissions: Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 2
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: ESPON EGTC
Registration number: LU27883700
Postal address: 11 Avenue John F. Kennedy
Town: Luxembourg
Postcode: L1855
Country subdivision (NUTS): Luxembourg (LU000)
Country: Luxembourg
Contact point: ESPON EGTC
Email: tenders@espon.eu
Telephone: 2060028020
Internet address: https://www.espon.eu/
Buyer profile: https://www.espon.eu/
Roles of this organisation: 
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents
Organisation signing the contract
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name: Juridictions administratives
Registration number: JURAD
Postal address: 1, rue du Fort Thüngen
Town: Luxembourg
Postcode: 1499
Country subdivision (NUTS): Luxembourg (LU000)
Country: Luxembourg
Contact point: Tribunal administratif - greffe
Email: greffe.tribunal@ja.etat.lu
Telephone: 42105-1
Internet address: https://justice.public.lu/fr/organisation-justice/juridictions-administratives.html
Roles of this organisation: 
Review organisation
8.1.
ORG-0003
Official name: Prognos AG
Size of the economic operator: Micro, small, or medium
Registration number: BE674604613
Town: Bruxelles
Postcode: 1040
Country subdivision (NUTS): Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad (BE100)
Country: Belgium
Email: neysan.khabirpour@prognos.com
Telephone: +49 173 318 63 77
Internet address: www.prognos.com
Roles of this organisation: 
Tenderer
Winner of these lots: LOT-0001
Notice information
Notice identifier/version: 90c18e83-71c0-4bdf-9ed4-f9268a35fb6f  -  01
Form type: Result
Notice type: Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 29
Notice dispatch date: 23/09/2026 08:56:40 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 665677-2026
OJ S issue number: 187/2026
Publication date: 28/09/2026