Services - 260801-2020

05/06/2020    S108

Luxembourg-Luxembourg: Provision of Specialized Training Services in the Field of Work of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)

2020/S 108-260801

Contract notice

Services

Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
Postal address: Rue du Fort Thüngen 1
Town: Luxembourg
NUTS code: LU00 Luxembourg
Postal code: L-1499
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: EU-EPPO-Procurement@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/cross-border-cases/judicial-cooperation/networks-and-bodies-supporting-judicial-cooperation/european-public-prosecutors-office_en
I.3)Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=6491
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=6491
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:

Provision of Specialized Training Services in the Field of Work of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)

Reference number: JUST.EPPO/LUX/2020/OP/0001
II.1.2)Main CPV code
80510000 Specialist training services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

Provision of specialized training services in the field of work of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) — given the novelty of a European prosecution body and the diverse background of the staff, the EPPO needs to acquire training services in order to ensure a common understanding of the legal principles lying at its foundation and a common approach towards the investigation of the criminal offences under its competence.

II.1.5)Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 500 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:

Framework Contract for the Provision of Specialized Training Services in the Field of Work of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)

Lot No: 1
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
80510000 Specialist training services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: LU0 LUXEMBOURG
Main site or place of performance:

The services will be performed at the following locations:

— Luxembourg ;

— Any other location in the European Union territory.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The procurement procedure is an open call for tenders that aims at the establishment of a framework service contract with a single service provider.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 500 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:

The initial duration of the framework contract shall be 24 months. The framework contract may be renewed twice for a period of 12 months each time.

II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information

By virtue of point 11.1(e) and point 11.4 of the common provision in Annex I to the Financial Regulation EPPO reserves the option to launch a negotiated procedure with the contractor chosen as a result of the present call for tenders for new services consisting in the repetition of similar services, during the 3 years following the signature of the original contract.

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation 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 procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The 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 participate
Date: 08/07/2020
Local time: 16:00
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 tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 09/07/2020
Local time: 10:00
Place:

EPPO's premises, Rue du Fort Thüngen, 1 – 1499 LUXEMBOURG.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.3)Additional information:

Tenderers and participants in this procurement procedure are informed that for the purposes of safeguarding the financial interests of the Union, their personal data may be transferred to internal audit services, to the European Court of Auditors, to the financial irregularities panel or to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and between authorising officers of the Union bodies, the Commission and the executive agencies. The contracting authority and OLAF may also check or require an audit on the implementation of the contract resulting from this procurement procedure.

VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review body
Official name: General Court of the European Union
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: GC.Registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

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.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: European Public Prosecutor's Office
Postal address: Rue du Fort Thüngen 1
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 1499
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: EU-EPPO-PROCUREMENT@EC.EUROPA.EU
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
29/05/2020