Legal Basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046
Section I: Contracting authority
I.2)Information about joint procurementThe contract involves 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:
External and Internet Connectivity Services
Reference number: DIGIT/2020/OP/0004
II.1.2)Main CPV code72400000 Internet services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
Provision of external network and internet connectivity services to the European Commission and other institutions, agencies and bodies of the European Union.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 90 000 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)72400000 Internet services
32412110 Internet network
32430000 Wide area network
72411000 Internet service providers ISP
72720000 Wide area network services
72410000 Provider services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Main site or place of performance:
15 07/P001, rue Montoyer 15,B-1049 Brussels, BELGIUM
The main places of delivery are all premises of participating EU institutions, agencies and bodies. See internet address provided in Section I.3).
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
External and internet connectivity services.
II.2.5)Award criteriaCriteria below
Price
II.2.6)Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 90 000 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 48
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 cataloguesTenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue
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:
See internet address provided in section I.3).
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 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.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
See internet address provided in section I.3).
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
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 6
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.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participateDate: 01/09/2020
Local time: 15:00
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: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 04/09/2020
Local time: 10:30
Place:
15 07/P001, rue Montoyer 15, B-1049 Brussels, BELGIUM.
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 workflowsElectronic payment will be used
VI.3)Additional information:
Apart from the European commission, 36 EU institutions/Agencies/Bodies will be participating as contracting authorities under EXICON. For details see internet address provided in Section I.3).
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
See internet address provided in section I.3).
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:08/06/2020