The invitation to tender procedure will be in 2 stages, as follows.
A. First stage (preselection stage):
1. Interested economic operators must submit a request to participate in this contract, dated and signed by the person authorised to represent the company or the grouping. This request must contain the solemn declaration and the documents requested in section III of this contract notice (Legal, economic, financial and technical information).
A template of the declaration on honour of exclusion and selection criteria can be found with the other documentation for this invitation to tender at:
http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7009/#appels_encours
2. The request to participate shall be sent to:
Court of Justice of the European Union, direction générale des infrastructures, direction des bâtiments, plateau de Kirchberg, 2925 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG — Appel d'offres COJ-PROC-17/017.
The request to participate shall comprise 1 original and 2 copies.
Submissions must be made using a double envelope. The 2 envelopes must be sealed and bear the address below.
The outer envelope must bear the following:
'Cour de justice de l'Union européenne
Appel d'offres COJ-PROC-17/017
Nom du responsable du service: Mme Gabriele Dunker
L-2925 Luxembourg'.
The inner envelope must bear the following:
'Appel d'offres COJ-PROC-17/017
Offre de la firme …………………………………
À ne pas ouvrir par le service courrier'.
3. Candidates may submit their requests to participate:
— either by post or by private courier, by 8.5.2017 at the latest, as evidenced by the postmark or the date on the delivery receipt,
— or delivered to the address of the Court of Justice above, by 8.5.2017 (17:00) at the latest. Delivery of the tender will be confirmed in this case by a dated receipt signed by the official from the Court of Justice's Central Mail Department who takes delivery of the documents.
B. Second stage:
Candidates who have been shortlisted at the end of the preselection stage will be invited to submit a tender. The invitation to tender dossier (including the letter of invitation to tender, the specifications and the draft contract) will be sent to them directly without any other publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
NB: sending a request to participate or drawing up a tender does not give tenderers the right to be awarded a contract or to receive any compensation for costs incurred. This notice does not entail any obligation on the part of the contracting authority to award the contract.