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 Charles Rogier 16, Office 10/179
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/EASMEAddress of the buyer profile:
https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en I.3)CommunicationAdditional information can be obtained from 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:
Fostering collaboration through mapping, analysing and interlinking of European Entrepreneurial Regions.
Reference number: EASME/COSME/2017/041
II.1.2)Main CPV code79311400 Economic research services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
EASME wishes to enter into a service contract aiming at fostering collaboration through interconnecting selected entrepreneurial ecosystems across the European Union in order to enable more innovation driven start-ups and SMEs to scale across Europe and globally. For this purpose, the present action will tap into the expertise of the EER labelled regions, identifying practices which can be transferred to other regions and building on them to fill gaps existing in different regions as well as finding synergies and complementarities through closer collaboration in areas identified as crucial.
This will be done through mapping, analysing and interlinking EER labelled regions; tenderers will identify strategic topic areas and consequently develop and implement concrete action plans to foster collaboration and boost synergies.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 1 310 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
Main site or place of performance:
The tasks are to be performed at the premises designated by the contractor, save where meetings are to beheld at EASME's or the European Commission’s premises.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
EASME wishes to enter into a service contract aiming at fostering collaboration through interconnecting selected entrepreneurial ecosystems across the European Union in order to enable more innovation driven start-ups and SMEs to scale across Europe and globally. Tenderers must provide an offer addressing in detail the following Work Packages:
WP I: Analytical work on the selected entrepreneurial ecosystems of the selected EER labelled regions and their strategies.
WP II: Interlinking EER labelled regions.
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: 1 310 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
See Internet address provided in Section I.3.
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: Programme for Competitveness of Entreprises and small and medium-sized entreprises C(2017)4563 final
II.2.14)Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registersList and brief description of conditions:
See the Internet address provided in Section I.3.
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 the Internet address provided in Section I.3.
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: 07/06/2018
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 tenderDuration in months: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 08/06/2018
Local time: 10:30
Place:
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-size Enterprises (EASME).
Covent Garden 2
Place Rogier 16
1210 Brussels
Belgium
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
See internet address provided at section I.3.
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.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:23/04/2018