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Services - 172682-2021
07/04/2021    S67

Latvia-Riga: Provision of Interim Workers Services to the Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office)

2021/S 067-172682

Contract notice

Services

Legal Basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office)
Postal address: Z.A. Meierovica bulvaris 14, 2nd floor
Town: Riga
NUTS code: LV006 Rīga
Postal code: LV-1050
Country: Latvia
E-mail: procurement@berec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://berec.europa.eu/
I.3)Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=8076
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=8076
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:

Provision of Interim Workers Services to the Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office)

Reference number: BEREC/2021/03/OT
II.1.2)Main CPV code
79610000 Placement services of personnel
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

The objective of this call for tenders is the conclusion of a framework contract in cascade with up to 3 (three) contractors for the provision of interim workers services to the BEREC Office.

II.1.5)Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 1 900 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: LV006 Rīga
Main site or place of performance:

Interim workers will mainly work at the BEREC Office premises, in duly justified cases also in the territory of Latvia or outside Latvia.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The overall objective of the framework contract(s) is to provide the BEREC Office with the necessary interim worker's services in a timely fashion and in line with the profiles requested. The BEREC Office may need interim workers as a complement to its staff under the following, indicative but not limited, circumstances:

(a) temporary replacement of BEREC Office staff member(s) in the event of (long-term) absences or leave;

(b) periods of a heavy workload, which require additional workforce for a fixed period of time;

(c) specific projects and/or tasks, to be performed on a temporary basis, which require specific competencies.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 1 900 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 12
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:

The FWC is renewed automatically three times for 12 months each unless one of the parties receives a formal notification to the contrary at least 3 months before the end of the ongoing duration. Renewal does not change or postpone any existing obligations.

II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The 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 participate
Date: 17/05/2021
Local time: 16:00
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 tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 18/05/2021
Local time: 11:00

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review body
Official name: General Court of the European Union
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2925
Country: Luxembourg
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
31/03/2021