Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: European Commission — Directorate-General Agriculture and Rural Development
Postal address: rue de la Loi 130 (L-130 03/172)
Town: Brussels
NUTS code:
BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk GewestPostal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
Contact person: Margaret Bateson-Missen
E-mail:
AGRI-AUDIT-COCE@ec.europa.euTelephone: +32 229-66117
Internet address(es): Main address:
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/ I.3)CommunicationAdditional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address
I.4)Type of the contracting authorityEuropean institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activityOther activity: Agriculture and rural development
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Framework contract for the provision of audit of Information Systems Security and IT applications of the Paying Agencies in the EU Member States and in IPARD II Beneficiary Countries
Reference number: AGRI/2017/H1/02
II.1.2)Main CPV code79212000 Auditing services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
The purpose of the contract is to make available an external audit capacity of high professional quality for DGAGRI to perform the following services:
1) Information Systems Security (ISS) audits in the Paying Agencies, and possibly Delegated Bodies andCoordinating Bodies, in the EU Member States and in IPARD II Beneficiary countries in the name of DG AGRI; and/or
2) application audits (data integrity) in the Paying Agencies, and possibly Delegated Bodies and/or Coordinating Bodies, in the EU Member States only, in the name of DG AGRI.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 1 090 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)79212000 Auditing services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
Main site or place of performance:
In the EU Member States and in IPARD II Beneficiary countries.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The purpose of the Framework contract is to audit Information Systems Security and IT applications of the Paying Agencies in the EU Member States and in IPARD II Beneficiary Countries.
II.2.5)Award criteriaPrice is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 1 090 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Identification of the project: Audit of agricultural expenditure
II.2.14)Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registersList and brief description of conditions:
See internet address provided in Section I.3.
III.1.2)Economic and financial standingSelection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)Technical and professional abilitySelection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
See Internet address provided in Section I.3.
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contractObligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing systemThe procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 3
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participateDate: 08/03/2018
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.2.4)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
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tenderDuration in months: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 22/03/2018
Local time: 10:30
Place:
DG AGRI - Rue de la Loi 130, 1049 Brussels, Belgium.
Office: L-130 05/20.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
See Internet address provided in Section I.3.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:11/01/2018