Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)Official name: European Commission, Eurostat
Postal address: Jean Monnet Building, rue Alcide de Gasperi
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2920
Country: Luxembourg
For the attention of: Mr Marcel Jortay, Director of Directorate E — ‘Sectoral and regional statistics’
E-mail: estat-directorate-e-call-for-tenders@ec.europa.eu
Fax: +352 4301-37316
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
Electronic access to information: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=825
Further information can be obtained from:
Official name: European Commission, Eurostat, Directorate E — ‘Sectoral and regional statistics‘, Financial Cell of Directorate E
Postal address: Jean Monnet Building, rue Alcide de Gasperi
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2920
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: estat-directorate-e-call-for-tenders@ec.europa.eu
Fax: +352 4301-37316
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:
Official name: European Commission, Eurostat, Directorate E — ‘Sectoral and regional statistics‘, Financial Cell of Directorate E
Postal address: Jean Monnet Building, rue Alcide de Gasperi
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2920
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: estat-directorate-e-call-for-tenders@ec.europa.eu
Fax: +352 4301-37316
Internet address: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=825
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:
Official name: European Commission, Eurostat, Unit A.5
Postal address: (CAD) BECH F2/907, Jean Monnet Building — main entrance, rue Albert Wehrer
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2920
Country: Luxembourg
I.2)Type of the contracting authorityEuropean institution/agency or international organisation
I.3)Main activityOther: Statistics.
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authoritiesThe contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Preparation of publications and methodological documents in the context of indicators for long-term policy.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceServices
Service category No 15: Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract basis
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Contractor's premises.
NUTS code
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
This invitation to tender covers:
Preparation of publications and methodological documents in the context of long-term policy indicators.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)79330000 Statistical services
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8)LotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
The overall duration of execution of the tasks will be 3 years, divided into 3 contracts covering the execution of tasks for 12 months each.
The different tasks will be distributed over the years as follows:
year 1: task 1, task 3, task 4;
year 2: task 1, task 2;
year 3: task 1, task 3, task 4.
An estimation of the volume of work expressed in man-days is listed below:
task 1: 150 man-days * 3 years;
task 2: 200 man-days * 1 year;
task 3: 125 man-days * 2 years;
task 4: 75 man-days * 2 years.
For more details, please see tender specifications https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=825
II.2.2)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.3)Information about renewalsThis contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completionDuration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required: III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: III.1.4)Other particular conditionsThe performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers III.2.2)Economic and financial ability III.2.3)Technical capacity III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular professionExecution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the serviceLegal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: yes
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteriaThe most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auctionAn electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
ESTAT/E/2015/013.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contractno
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 3.8.2015
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate10.8.2015 - 16:30
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn upAny EU official language
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tenderDuration in months: 12 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 18.8.2015 - 10:00
Place:
Eurostat, room B4/444, Joseph Bech Building, 5, rue Alphonse Weicker, 2721 Luxembourg (Kirchberg), LUXEMBOURG.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes
Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: 1 authorised representative of each tenderer may be present at this opening session. A written authorisation signed by the tenderer or his duly authorised agent must be presented to the chairman of the opening committee.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union fundsThe contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information
Tender documents will be available for download at the address indicated under heading I.1. The website will be updated regularly and it is the tenderers' responsibility to check for updates and modifications during the tendering period.
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures VI.4.2)Lodging of appealsPrecise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: You may submit any observations concerning the award procedure to the contracting authority indicated under heading I.1.
If you believe that there was maladministration, you may lodge a complaint to the European Ombudsman within 2 years of the date when you became aware of the facts on which the complaint is based (see http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu). Such complaint does not have as an effect either to suspend the time limit to launch an appeal or to open a new period for lodging an appeal.
Within 2 months of the notification of the award decision you may lodge an appeal to the body referred to in VI.4.1.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:18.6.2015