Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
Postal address: Covent Garden 2, place Rogier 16, Office 12/27
Town: Brussels
NUTS code:
BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-HoofdstadPostal code: 1210
Country: Belgium
E-mail:
easme-procurement@ec.europa.euInternet address(es): Main address:
http://ec.europa.eu/EASME 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:
Secretariat for EMODnet and European ocean observing system.
Reference number: EASME/EMFF/2017/005.
II.1.2)Main CPV code79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
EASME is launching this invitation to tender with a view to concluding a service contract to run a Secretariat to administer the EMODnet, and the European Atlas of the Seas and to support the development of an EOOS.
The Secretariat shall have its premises at the InovOcean site in Ostend, where it will benefit from offices and infrastructure provided by the Flanders Marine Institute, as well as proximity to the offices of the European Marine Board and the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE).
Specific objectives of the service contract are to:
1. promote coherence between the different partners working on EMODnet;
2. monitor their outputs;
3. disseminate information on EMODnet;
4. support the development of an integrated European ocean observing system;
5. maintain and develop the European Atlas of the Seas.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 3 000 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: BE255 Arr. Oostende
Main site or place of performance:
The Secretariat shall have its premises at the InovOcean site in Ostend, where it will benefit from offices and infrastructure provided by the Flanders Marine Institute and proximity to EMB/IODE.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
EASME is launching this invitation to tender with a view to concluding a service contract to run a Secretariat to administer the EMODnet, and the European Atlas of the Seas and to support the development of an EOOS.
The Secretariat shall have its premises at the InovOcean site in Ostend, where it will benefit from offices and infrastructure provided by the Flanders Marine Institute, as well as proximity to the offices of the European Marine Board and the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE).
Specific objectives of the service contract are to:
1. promote coherence between the different partners working on EMODnet;
2. monitor their outputs;
3. disseminate information on EMODnet;
4. support the development of an integrated European ocean observing system;
5. maintain and develop the European Atlas of the Seas.
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: 3 000 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
See Internet address provided in Section I.3 of the contract notice.
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: Commission Implementing Decision of 15.12.2016 concerning the adoption of the work programme for 2017 and the financing decision for the implementation of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (C(2016) 8422 final).
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
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
See Internet address provided in Section I.3 of the contract notice.
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 system
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: 19/06/2017
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: 26/06/2017
Local time: 10:30
Place:
Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), Covent Garden 2, RoomCOV2,10/191, place Rogier 16, 1210 Brussels, BELGIUM.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
See Internet address provided in Section I.3 of the contract notice.
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 of the contract notice.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:05/05/2017