1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: European Parliament, SG - Directorate-General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences
Legal type of the buyer: EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: Provision of support services to enable Multilingual Remote Participation and/or Remote/Distant Simultaneous Interpretation in hybrid and online conferences held on the European Parliament’s corporate multilingual video-conferencing system
Description: The resulting Framework Contract will cover the provision of support staff to execute tasks related to facilitating multilingual remote participation (MRP) and/or Remote Simultaneous Interpretation (RSI) and/or Distant Interpretation in hybrid and online conferences held on the EP’s corporate multilingual video-conferencing system (EPVC). These also include back-office tasks related to the provision of support to hybrid and remote conferences.
Procedure identifier: 872ce36a-3d39-481d-ae14-57950795f630
Internal identifier: EP-LINC/2026/OP/0003
Type of procedure: Open
The procedure is accelerated: no
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 72253000 Helpdesk and support services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
Additional information: Please consult the procurement documents.
2.1.3.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 19 500 000,00 EUR
2.1.4.
General information
Additional information: The European Parliament reserves the right to use a negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice under point 11.1 e) and subject to the conditions set out in point 11.4 of Annex I of the Financial regulation, for new services consisting in the repetition of similar services entrusted to the economic operator to which the same contracting authority awarded an original contract, provided that those services or works are in conformity with a basic project for which the original contract was awarded after publication of a contract notice.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: Provision of support services to enable Multilingual Remote Participation and/or Remote/Distant Simultaneous Interpretation in hybrid and online conferences held on the European Parliament’s corporate multilingual video-conferencing system
Description: The resulting Framework Contract will cover the provision of support staff to execute tasks related to facilitating multilingual remote participation (MRP) and/or Remote Simultaneous Interpretation (RSI) and/or Distant Interpretation in hybrid and online conferences held on the EP’s corporate multilingual video-conferencing system (EPVC). These also include back-office tasks related to the provision of support to hybrid and remote conferences.
Internal identifier: EP-LINC/2026/OP/0003
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 72253000 Helpdesk and support services
Additional classification (cpv): 64224000 Teleconferencing services, 72212515 Video conferencing software development services, 72227000 Software integration consultancy services, 72254000 Software testing, 72267000 Software maintenance and repair services, 79600000 Recruitment services, 79952000 Event services
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
Additional information: Please consult the procurement documents.
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Duration: 60 Months
5.1.4.
Renewal
Maximum renewals: 4
Other information about renewals: The framework contract is concluded for an initial period of 12 (twelve) months, renewable 4 (four) time(s). Please consult the draft framework contract in the procurement documents.
5.1.5.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 19 500 000,00 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
Information about previous notices:
Identifier of the previous notice: 496729-2026
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: 50
Criterion:
Type: Price
Description: Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number: 50
5.1.11.
Procurement documents
Deadline for requesting additional information: 29/10/2026 23:59:59 (UTC+01:00) Central European Time, Western 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: 09/11/2026 14:00:59 (UTC+01:00) Central European Time, Western European Summer Time
Duration during which the tender must remain valid: 9 Months
Information about public opening:
Opening date: 11/11/2026 11:00:00 (UTC+01:00) Central European Time, Western 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:
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Maximum number of participants: 1
Justification for the duration of the framework agreement: The duration of the contract is one year, tacitly renewed up to 3 times, with the possibility of extending it for a fifth year by specific agreement. Performance of the contract shall not begin until the framework contract is signed. Any renewal of the contract shall take place in accordance with the terms laid down in the contract.
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 Parliament, SG - Directorate-General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: European Parliament, SG - Directorate-General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences
Registration number: EP
Department: Directorate for Conference Organisation
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
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
Notice identifier/version: aac10779-389d-4921-bdd7-af3f17d3d055 - 01
Form type: Competition
Notice type: Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 16
Notice dispatch date: 30/09/2026 11:14:11 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 675251-2026
OJ S issue number: 190/2026
Publication date: 01/10/2026