Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.2)Information about joint procurement
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:
Legal Support and Representation for Litigation before Union and National Judicatures
Reference number: OC/EFSA/LA/2019/02
II.1.2)Main CPV code79110000
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
EFSA is launching an open call for tender for the provision of services concerning pre-litigation and litigation support, representation before the competent Court or Tribunal and any related additional legal support.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 620 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)79110000
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: ITH52
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Legal support and representation before all Italian jurisdictions with respect to cases brought in the context of EFSA’s activities. This may include inter alia local labour law, contract law, real estate, administrative and tax law.
II.2.5)Award criteriaCriteria below
Quality criterion - Name: Quality score / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 60 000.00 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:
Automatic renewal up to 3 times for an overall maximum duration of 4 consecutive years.
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues
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
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)79110000
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: ITH52
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Legal support and representation before the competent jurisdictions with respect to cases brought in the context of EFSA’s activities pertaining to its core business, as defined in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and relevant EU legal acts.
II.2.5)Award criteriaCriteria below
Quality criterion - Name: Quality score / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 220 000.00 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:
Automatic renewal up to 3 times for an overall maximum duration of 4 consecutive years.
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues
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
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)79110000
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: ITH52
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Legal support and representation before the competent jurisdictions with respect to cases brought in the context of the implementation of the EU Staff Regulation.
II.2.5)Award criteriaCriteria below
Quality criterion - Name: Quality score / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 120 000.00 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:
Automatic renewal up to 3 times for an overall maximum duration of 4 consecutive years.
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues
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
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)79110000
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: ITH52
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Legal support and representation before the competent jurisdictions with respect to cases brought in the context of the implementation of EU institutional law, including the regulation on public access to documents, EU Financial Regulation, EFSA’s internal rules or any other applicable provision or legal instrument.
II.2.5)Award criteriaCriteria below
Quality criterion - Name: Quality score / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 220 000.00 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:
Automatic renewal up to 3 times for an overall maximum duration of 4 consecutive years.
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues
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:
See 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.1.5)Information about reserved contracts
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.1)Information about a particular profession
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
See 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 systemThe procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction
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.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participateDate: 19/06/2019
Local time: 14:30
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: 20/06/2019
Local time: 14:30
Place:
EFSA — Via Carlo Magno 1A, Parma, 43126, ITALY.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about electronic workflowsElectronic payment will be used
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.3)Review procedure
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:13/05/2019
