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
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:
Provision of Intellectual Property (IP) services to European Universities and Public Research Organisations
Reference number: 2018/RTD/B3/OP/PP-7141-2018
II.1.2)Main CPV code79120000
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
A service contract for on-demand services to promote the general objective of boosting the commercialisation of research results from European Universities and Public research organisations. These services will comprise of:
— initial IP audit or evaluation,
— patent landscaping,
— a more complete IP evaluation or due diligence,
— preparation for patent applications and design and trademark applications,
— advice and support in negotiating technology transfer agreements.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 2 500 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)79410000
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: BE100
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
See Internet address provided in Section I.3.
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: 2 500 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 31
This contract is subject to renewal: no
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: yes
Identification of the project: Horizon 2020
II.2.14)Additional information
See Internet address provided in Section I.3.
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 registers
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 system
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: yes
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: 18/07/2018
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: 25/07/2018
Local time: 15:00
Place:
Square Frère Orban 8, B-1049 Brussels; room 07/066.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
See Internet address provided in Section I.3.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
See Internet address provided in Section I.3.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
See Internet address provided in Section I.3.
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:08/06/2018
