Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: European Parliament
Postal address: rue Wiertz 60
Town: Brussels
NUTS code:
BE BELGIQUE-BELGIËPostal code: 1047
Country: Belgium
Contact person: Biroul de Informare al Parlamentului European in Romania
E-mail:
epbucarest@europarl.europa.euTelephone: +40 214050880
Internet address(es): Main address:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu 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:
Media monitoring and analysis services for the European Parliament Information Office in Romania (EPIO Romania).
Reference number: COMM/DG/AWD/2017/344.
II.1.2)Main CPV code92400000 News-agency services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
Media monitoring and analysis services for the European Parliament Information Office in Romania, both printed press and audiovisual.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 190 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: RO ROMANIA
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Contract for daily monitoring of written press (national/regional), audiovisual media (radio, TV) and the main online (Internet) media. The purpose is to provide a timely, up-to-date compendium of daily information, in the form of press reviews, about the way in which topics of relevance to the European Parliament and the European Union are reported in the media. The European Parliament's Directorate-General for Communication is seeking to ensure it has the best possible knowledge of the media coverage across the EU on topics related to the European Union, the European Parliament and the activities of its President and MEPs.
Media analysis will ultimately help the EP to better communicate EU policies to EU citizens and specific target audiences. The initial duration of the contract shall be 1 year. It may be renewed tacitly on an annual basis up to 3 times. The maximum duration of the contract shall be 4 years.
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: 190 000.00 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:
This contract may be renewed up to a maximum of 4 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.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registersList and brief description of conditions:
Submission of a tender implies acceptance by the tenderer of the terms and conditions laid down in the documents making up this invitation to tender: the specifications, the draft framework contract and the draft order form. The above documents lay down the terms and conditions governing this invitation to tender and complement each other. In the event of contradictions between them, each document shall take precedence over the others in the order indicated in the ‘Final provisions’ of the draft framework contract.
III.1.2)Economic and financial standingList and brief description of selection criteria:
Minimum annual turnover of 50 000 EUR for the last 2 years for which accounts have been closed.
III.1.3)Technical and professional abilityList and brief description of selection criteria:
— at least 3 years' experience in services/deliveries similar to those required by the contract concerned,
— a team of experts in the field of media monitoring, among whom at least the project leader must have 3 years' proven experience in the field covered by the invitation to tender; the other members of the team will have at least 1 year experience. All staff is required to be fluent in English,
— technical facilities required to perform the contract: availability of keyword-search electronic program and news database.
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
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 systemThe procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator
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: 03/07/2017
Local time: 18:00
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:English
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tenderDuration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 13/07/2017
Local time: 11:00
Place:
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Tenderers wishing to attend the opening of the tenders are asked to notify the department responsible for managing this procurement procedure, no later than 2 working days before the tender opening date, by e-mail epbucarest@ep.europa.eu Only 2 representatives may attend. Tenderers failing to give notification will automatically be refused access to the opening. The names of the persons attending the opening of the tenders must be given.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation proceduresOfficial name: European Ombudsman
Postal address: 1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman, BP 403
Town: Strasbourg
Postal code: 67001
Country: France
Fax: +33 0388179062
Internet address:
http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:17/05/2017