Modification of a contract/concession during its term
Legal Basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046
Section I: Contracting authority/entity
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
National registration number: 2900764882
Postal address: Gedimino av. 16
Town: Vilnius
NUTS code:
LT011 Vilniaus apskritisPostal code: LT-01103
Country: Lithuania
Contact person: EIGE Procurement
E-mail:
procurement@eige.europa.euInternet address(es): Main address:
www.eige.europa.eu Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Survey of Gender Gaps in Unpaid Care, Individual and Social Activities
Reference number: EIGE/2021/OPER/10
II.1.2)Main CPV code79311300 Survey analysis services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: LT Lietuva
II.2.4)Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
The main objective of this procedure is to select the best proposal for the study to support the conceptual revision of the time domain of the Gender Equality Index and to collect EU-wide data on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities.
This study will be based on mixed-methods research, adopt gender and intersectional perspective and shall conduct the following activities:
— development of conceptual and measurement framework to estimate gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities;
— stakeholder consultations to discuss and validate the conceptual framework and survey questionnaire to estimate gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities;
— implementation of online panel survey to collect EU-wide data gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities;
— analysis of survey data and reporting of results.
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concessionDuration in months: 13
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
Section IV: Procedure
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Contract award notice concerning this contract Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: EIGE/2021/OPER/10
Title:
Survey of Gender Gaps in Unpaid Care, Individual and Social Activities
V.2)Award of contract/concession
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:26/11/2021
V.2.2)Information about tendersThe contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor/concessionaireOfficial name: Eurocarers – Association Européenne Travaillant avec et pour les Aidants Non-Professionnels A.I.S.B.L
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE Belgique / België
Country: Belgium
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor/concessionaireOfficial name: IPSOS GmbH
Town: Hamburg
NUTS code: DE Deutschland
Country: Germany
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor/concessionaireOfficial name: European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
Town: Vienna
NUTS code: AT Österreich
Country: Austria
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor/concessionaireOfficial name: INRCA (Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Curia per Anziani)
Town: Ancona
NUTS code: IT Italia
Country: Italy
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: yes
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)Total value of the procurement: 449 981.00 EUR
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation proceduresOfficial name: The European Ombudsman
Town: Strasbourg
Country: France
Telephone: +33 388172313
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Within two months of the notification of the plaintiff, or, in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to knowledge. A complaint to the European Ombudsman does not have as an effect either to suspend this periodor to open a new period for lodging appeals.
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:22/04/2022
Section VII: Modifications to the contract/concession
VII.1)Description of the procurement after the modifications
VII.1.1)Main CPV code79311300 Survey analysis services
VII.1.2)Additional CPV code(s)
VII.1.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: LT Lietuva
VII.1.4)Description of the procurement:
Overall objective
The overall objective of the study is to fill in data gaps in the EU policy priority area by collecting EU wide survey data on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities.
Specific objective(s)
The specific objective(s) are:
Specific objective 1: to improve the capacity of the Gender Equality Index to capture changes in the domain of Time in a more conceptually sound, coherent and regular way;
Specific objective 2: to support the monitoring of the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, in particular in its priority area on closing the gender care gap.
VII.1.5)Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concessionDuration in months: 13
VII.1.6)Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 471 481.00 EUR
VII.1.7)Name and address of the contractor/concessionaireOfficial name: Eurocarers – Association Européenne Travaillant avec et pour les Aidants Non-Professionnels A.I.S.B.L
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE Belgique / België
Country: Belgium
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: yes
VII.1.7)Name and address of the contractor/concessionaireOfficial name: IPSOS GmbH
Town: Hamburg
NUTS code: DE Deutschland
Country: Germany
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: yes
VII.1.7)Name and address of the contractor/concessionaireOfficial name: European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
Town: Vienna
NUTS code: AT Österreich
Country: Austria
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: yes
VII.1.7)Name and address of the contractor/concessionaireOfficial name: INRCA (Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Curia per Anziani)
Town: Ancona
NUTS code: IT Italia
Country: Italy
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME: yes
VII.2)Information about modifications
VII.2.1)Description of the modificationsNature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
Article 172(3): Performance and modifications of the contract of the EU Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046, and if the relevant conditions are fulfilled, as amended:
3. A contract or a specific contract under a framework contract may be modified without a new procurement procedure in any of the following cases:
(c) where the value of the modification is below both of the following values (also known as the ‘double de minimis rule’):
(i) the Directive thresholds applicable at the time of the modification; and
(ii) 10 % of the initial contract value for service and supply contracts and works or services concession contracts and 15 % of the initial contract value for works contracts.
The net cumulative value of several successive modifications under point (c) cannot exceed the limits indicated in point (c).
VII.2.2)Reasons for modificationNeed for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire (Art. 43(1)(b) of Directive 2014/23/EU, Art. 72(1)(b) of Directive 2014/24/EU, Art. 89(1)(b) of Directive 2014/25/EU)
Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
The contract is implemented by the same contractor.
VII.2.3)Increase in priceUpdated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications and price adaptions and, in the case of Directive 2014/23/EU, average inflation in the Member State concerned)
Value excluding VAT: 449 981.00 EUR
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: 471 481.00 EUR