Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
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:
Measuring the use of audiovisual material produced by the EU institutions and broadcast by television channels. Interinstitutional procedure (European Commission and European Parliament).
Reference number: COMM/DG/AWD/2016/387.
II.1.2)Main CPV code79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
Provision of a service to monitor and measure the use of audiovisual material produced by the institutions and made available to the media and other interested parties. The requested service involves monitoring and measuring the use of video footage broadcast by all channels of the 2 European institutions via a set of television channels to be defined in advance by the institutions. This set consists of channels from Member States, countries outside the European Union and pan-European channels.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 1 800 000.00 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
NUTS code: FR421 Bas-Rhin
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The requested service involves monitoring and measuring the use of video footage broadcast by all channels of the 2 European institutions via a set of television channels to be defined in advance by the institutions.
This set comprises 220 television channels from the 28 Member States, countries outside the European Union and pan-European channels. It involves the channels with the highest viewing figures for a country or region and/or those which are of particular interest to the European institutions. These 220 channels will need to be monitored continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Monitoring is understood as being the ability to pick up the TV channels in the set and locate the images produced and broadcast by the institutions within the schedules of these TV channels.
The highest level of accuracy in detecting images of the institutions (expressed to the nearest second) is required and will need to be clearly stipulated in the tender.
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: 1 800 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 12
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
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:
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
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: 18/08/2016
Local time: 12:00
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: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 25/08/2016
Local time: 10:00
Place:
European Parliament, 60 rue Wiertz, bâtiment Jozsef Antall, bureau -2Q129, 1047 Bruxelles, BELGIUM.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
on pain of being denied access to the opening of tenders, tenderers wishing to attend should confirm this by e-mail (avtenders@europarl.europa.eu) no later than 2 working days before the tender opening date, limiting their representation to 1 person. See specifications.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
VI.3)Additional information:
During the 3 years following conclusion of the original framework contract, the Parliament may initiate a negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice, in accordance with Article 134(1)(e) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25.10.2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002, as amended by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2015/1929 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28.10.2015.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:21/06/2016