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03/03/2020    S44

Belgium-Brussels: Call for Expressions of Interest to be Part of the List of Vendors to be Invited to Tender for Contracts related to Economic Analysis of Trade Policy

2020/S 044-102935

Call for Expressions of Interest

 Section 1Contracting authority

1.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Official name: European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade, Directorate Trade Strategy and Analysis, Market Access Town: Bruxelles-Brussels Postal code: 1049 Country: BELGIUM (BE)
Email: TRADE-CONTRACTS@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es)
General address of the contracting authority (URL): https://ec.europa.eu/trade/
Electronic access to information (URL): https://ec.europa.eu/trade/
Electronic submission of applications (URL): https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=5982
Further information can be obtained from: The above-mentioned contact point(s)
Applications must be sent to: The above-mentioned contact point(s)
I.2) Type of the contracting authority: European institution/agency or international organisation
I.3) Main activity: General public services
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
 Section 2Object of the call for expressions of interest

II. 1) Title attributed to the call for expressions of interest:
Call for expressions of interest to be part of the list of vendors to be invited to tender for contracts related to economic analysis of trade policy
II.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services
Service category No: 27 other services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
The work should normally be carried out on the contractor's premises. However, depending on the service to be provided, the contractor may be asked to attend meetings with the Commission on the Commission's premises in Brussels or elsewhere in the EU NUTS code: BE 10
II.3) Description of the field or fields covered by the call for expressions of interest: the objective of establishing the list of vendors is to facilitate procurement of studies and analytical work in the area of trade, the potential development of analytical tools for trade policy, carrying out trade policy related surveys and peer reviews.
II.4) Information about lots
This call for expressions of interest is divided into lots: yes
Applications may be submitted for: 1 or more lots
II.5) Information about subcontracting
The subcontracting is accepted: yes
Maximum proportion:75 %
Conditions for subcontracting:
Subcontracting is permitted but the contractor will retain full liability towards the contracting authority for performance of the contract as a whole. Further conditions for subcontracting to be identified in future invitations to tender.
II.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Main object: 79311400-1
Additional object(s): 79314000-8, 79300000-7, 79311410-4, 72212460
II.7) Additional information:
The list of vendors is established to facilitate procurement of studies and analytical work in the area of trade, the potential development of analytical tools for trade policy, carrying out trade policy related surveys and peer reviews. This list comprises of lots (see Annexes B).
Where a specific contract relating to a specific lot is to be concluded, the contracting authority will invite all the vendors on list of the lot(s) to submit either a tender (procedure in 1 step) or a request to participate followed by a tender (procedure in 2 steps).
In the case of a procedure in one-step, the contracting authority will send the vendors the tender specifications relating to the contract in question. In the case of a procedure in 2 steps, contracting authority will send the vendors only the subject matter of the contract and the exclusion and selection criteria. In a second step, only the vendors fulfilling these criteria will receive the tender specification and be invited to submit tenders.
 Section 3Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom a contract might be awarded:
Participation in procurement procedures is open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons falling within the scope of the Treaties. This includes all legal entities registered in the EU and all natural persons having their domicile in the EU. Participation is also open to all natural and legal persons registered or having their domicile in a non-EU country which has an agreement with the European Union in the field of public procurement on the conditions laid down in that agreement. The rules of access to the market do not apply to subcontractors.
III.2) Economic and financial standing: Not applicable
III.3) Technical competence: Not applicable
III.4) Professional competence: Not applicable
 Section 4Procedure

IV.1) Type of procedure: Restricted
IV.2) Grounds for exclusion:
Applicants shall be excluded from participating in a contract if:
(a) they are bankrupt, being wound up or have suspended business activities, their affairs are being administered by the court, they have entered into an arrangement with creditors or similar measures or are the subject of any proceedings of that nature or are in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in national legislation or regulations;
(b) they have been convicted of an offence concerning their professional conduct by a judgment which is not open to appeal;
(c) they have been guilty of grave professional misconduct;
(d) they have not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions or taxes;
(e) they are guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required by the authorizing department;
(f) other:
IV.3) Selection criteria: Not applicable
IV.4) Administrative information
IV.4.1) File reference number: TRADE 2020 LoV
IV.4.2) Period of validity of the list resulting from this call for expressions of interests: The list will be valid for 3 years from the date on which this notice is sent to the Office for Official Publications of the European Union.
Applications to appear on this list may be submitted at any time during the period of validity of this list, with the exception of the last 3 months of that period.
Expiry date of the list resulting from the call for expressions of interest:
IV.4.3) Time-limit for the submission of applications: 2.12.2022, 23.59
IV.4.4) Language(s) in which applications may be submitted: Any EU official language
Official EU language(s): Other: Please note: English will be the working language
 Section 6Complementary information

VI.1) Presentation and submission of applications:
Please note: application via eTendering only (‘Express interest’) by economic operators operating in areas of the CPV codes indicated in this publication (see information per lot): https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=5982
Questions must be made in writing only through the above eTendering website in the ‘Questions and answers’ tab, by clicking ‘Create a question’. They may be sent any time during the validity of the eNotice, except for the last 3 months prior to the end of validity of the lists.
VI.2) Additional information:
Any personal data included in or relating to this call for expression of interest shall be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. Such data shall be processed solely for the purpose of the establishment and maintenance of the list of vendors by the data controller.
The contractor or any other person whose personal data is processed by the data controller in relation to this list has specific rights as a data subject under Chapter III (Articles 14-25) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, in particular the right to access, rectify or erase their personal data and the right to restrict or, where applicable, the right to object to processing or the right to data portability.
Should the contractor or any other person whose personal data is processed in relation to this list have any queries concerning the processing of its personal data, it shall address itself to the data controller. They may also address themselves to the Data Protection Officer of the data controller. They have the right to lodge a complaint at any time to the European Data Protection Supervisor.
The data controller is Head of Unit DG TRADE A1 — Resources, HR Business Correspondent and Planning
The data protection notice is available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/data-protection-public-procurementprocedures_en
Please note: the list resulting from this notice will be used exclusively for service contracts below 139 000 EUR per contract, including low-value contracts.
VI.3) Date of dispatch of this notice: 21.2.2020