Legal Basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046
Section I: Contracting authority
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 activityGeneral public services
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Development, Delivery and Evaluation of a Leadership Development Programme for EFSA’s Managerial Community
II.1.2)Main CPV code73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
The main objective of the present procurement procedure is to select a provider for the development, delivery and evaluation of a Leadership Development Programme for EFSA’s managerial community over the next 4 years. Components of the programme can be attended also by staff in positions such as programme managers, Chief Scientists and HR Business Partners.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 2 000 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: ITH52 Parma
Main site or place of performance:
The main place of performance will be EFSA premises, in the Parma region, Italy. However the contractor will work also in its premises in some occasions (e.g in the preparation phase).
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Nature of expense services
Type of contract framework (FWC)
Type of FWC multiple FWC in cascade
Maximum number of possible framework contractors: 3
Place of performance: EFSA premises/Parma region/contractor’s premises (for preparation).
Duration of FWC: 1 year + automatic renewal up to 3 times for an overall maximum duration of four consecutive years.
Budget information: the financial ceiling available for specific contracts/order forms under the framework contract during an overall maximum period of 4 consecutive years is EUR 2 000 000. A contingency of 10 % and possible price indexations are already included in this ceiling.
Possible increase of FWC envelope: In accordance with Annex I, Section 2, article 11.1 e) of the Financial Regulation, EFSA reserves the right to launch a future negotiated procedure with the contractor chosen as a result of this call for tender, for new services consisting in the repetition of similar services during the 3 years following the signature of the original framework contract. The increase will not go beyond 50 % of the original envelope of EUR 2 000 000.
II.2.5)Award criteriaCriteria below
Quality criterion - Name: Submission of a business case, methodology and format proposed, quality of deliverables / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 2 000 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 12
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
Duration of FWC:
One year + automatic renewal up to 3 times for an overall maximum duration of four consecutive years.
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: no
II.2.14)Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions for participation
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
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: no
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participateDate: 03/05/2021
Local time: 14:30
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: 04/05/2021
Local time: 14:30
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about electronic workflowsElectronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:15/03/2021