Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Framework Service Contract for the Provision of Subscriptions to Specialist Periodicals, in All Formats, and Other Electronic Resources
Reference number: OP/2022/OP/0002
II.1.2)Main CPV code79980000 Subscription services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
The subject matter of the framework contract is to arrange and manage the provision, to the contracting authority, of subscriptions to, and single items of:
— specialist periodicals, in all formats, and
— other electronic resources, including databases and datasets.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 170 000 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)79980000 Subscription services
22212000 Periodicals
64216200 Electronic information services
72319000 Data supply services
72316000 Data analysis services
22200000 Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines
22120000 Publications
22212100 Serials
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: AT130 Wien
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
NUTS code: DE712 Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
NUTS code: DEA2 Köln
NUTS code: DK011 Byen København
NUTS code: EE001 Põhja-Eesti
NUTS code: EL522 Θεσσαλονίκη / Thessaloniki
NUTS code: ES511 Barcelona
NUTS code: ES521 Alicante / Alacant
NUTS code: ES618 Sevilla
NUTS code: FR101 Paris
NUTS code: FRE11 Nord
NUTS code: HU110 Budapest
NUTS code: IE061 Dublin
NUTS code: ITC11 Torino
NUTS code: ITC41 Varese
NUTS code: ITH52 Parma
NUTS code: LU000 Luxembourg
NUTS code: LV006 Rīga
NUTS code: MT00 Malta
NUTS code: NL329 Groot-Amsterdam
NUTS code: NL332 Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage
NUTS code: PL91 Warszawski stołeczny
NUTS code: PT17 Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
NUTS code: SE110 Stockholms län
NUTS code: SI041 Osrednjeslovenska
NUTS code: SK010 Bratislavský kraj
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Framework service contract for the provision of subscriptions to specialist periodicals, in all formats, and other electronic resources.
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: 170 000 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
Please consult the procurement documents available at the address indicated in Section I.3).
II.2.10)Information about variantsVariants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
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:
As stated in procurement documents.
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.2.3)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 a single operator
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: 05/07/2022
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 tenderDuration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 06/07/2022
Local time: 10:00
Place:
Tenders will be opened electronically on the date and time indicated in the contract notice. It is possible to attend the opening by videoconference.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
As indicated in the invitation to tender.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: yes
VI.2)Information about electronic workflowsElectronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review bodyOfficial name: General Court of the European Union
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: L-2925
Country: Luxembourg
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Internet address:
http://curia.europa.eu VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Please consult the procurement documents available at the address indicated in Section I.3).
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:20/05/2022