706290-2025 - Competition
France – Expert witness services – Call for expressions of interest (CEI) to establish a list of independent experts to provide expertise to the European Union Agency for Railways in the field of Vehicle Authorisation .
OJ S 206/2025 27/10/2025
Prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice used as a call for competition – standard regime
Services
1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: European Union Agency for Railways
Email: procurement@era.europa.eu
Legal type of the buyer: EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: Call for expressions of interest (CEI) to establish a list of independent experts to provide expertise to the European Union Agency for Railways in the field of Vehicle Authorisation .
Description: Call for expressions of interest (CEI) to establish a list of Independent experts to provide expertise to the European Union Agency for Railways in the field of Vehicle Authorisation.
Procedure identifier: 0d3f5c38-49f2-4372-a59c-12b852fb79d4
Internal identifier: ERA/2025/CEI/0003
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 71319000 Expert witness services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere in the European Economic Area
Additional information: Please consult the procurement documents.
2.1.4.
General information
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: Call for expressions of interest (CEI) to establish a list of independent experts to provide expertise to the European Union Agency for Railways in the field of Vehicle Authorisation .
Description: Call for expressions of interest (CEI) to establish a list of Independent experts to provide expertise to the European Union Agency for Railways in the field of Vehicle Authorisation.
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 71319000 Expert witness services
Additional classification (cpv): 71241000 Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere in the European Economic Area
Additional information: Please consult the procurement documents.
5.1.3.
Duration of the call for expressions of interest
Duration: 60 Months
5.1.6.
General information
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
5.1.9.
Conditions for participation
Sources of selection criteria: Procurement Document
5.1.11.
Procurement documents
Address of the procurement documents: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/tender-details/0d3f5c38-49f2-4372-a59c-12b852fb79d4-CN?#anchorDocuments
Ad hoc communication channel: 
URL: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/tender-details/0d3f5c38-49f2-4372-a59c-12b852fb79d4-CN?#anchorDocuments
5.1.12.
Terms of procurement
Terms of submission: 
Electronic submission: Not allowed
Languages in which the expressions of interest 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
Deadline for receipt of expressions of interest: 22/10/2030 12:00:59 (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
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation: Court of Justice of the European Union
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure: European Union Agency for Railways
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: European Union Agency for Railways
Registration number: ERA
Department: ERA.ED - Executive Director,ERA.ED.PAD - Planning & Approvals Delivery Unit
Postal address: BP 20392
Town: Valenciennes
Postcode: F-59307
Country subdivision (NUTS): Nord (FRE11)
Country: France
Email: procurement@era.europa.eu
Telephone: +33 3 27 09 65 00
Internet address: https://www.era.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation: 
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
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
Email: GC.Registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
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
Email: procurement@era.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 2 299 11 11
Internet address: https://commission.europa.eu/
Roles of this organisation: 
TED eSender
Notice information
Notice identifier/version: 781687d0-3b5d-45dd-b2b7-62fef17e6c32  -  01
Form type: Competition
Notice type: Prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice used as a call for competition – standard regime
Notice subtype: CEI
Notice dispatch date: 23/10/2025 13:48:38 (UTC+02:00) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer Time
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 706290-2025
OJ S issue number: 206/2025
Publication date: 27/10/2025