Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: European Commission, Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union
Postal address: rue Joseph II 79, Office 05/40
Town: Bruxelles
NUTS code:
BE BELGIQUE-BELGIËPostal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
Contact person: Mr Stéphane Mail Fouilleul
E-mail:
taxud-tenders@ec.europa.euInternet address(es): Main address:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en 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 activityOther activity: Taxation and Customs Union.
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Cascading framework contracts for the provision of tax and customs information services.
Reference number: TAXUD/2017/AO-07.
II.1.2)Main CPV code79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
Cascading framework contracts to carry out studies and comparative analysis in various tax and customs areas.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)79311400 Economic research services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: 00 Not specified
Main site or place of performance:
From the contractor's usual premises.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The contractor shall conduct studies on various taxation and customs issues. The topics to be covered and the delivery dates are determined by the Commission on a case-by-case basis following a request for service sent to the contractor. The taxation-related topics to be examined are related either to the monitoring of legislation, the analysis of fiscal aspects of the Commission work programme, to important tax developments on the national, European and international level or to preliminary assessments of the EU-law compliance of Member States' tax legislation and its practical implementation.
The customs-related topics to be examined are related either to analysing the existing or expected impact of EU customs policy and legislation, to their practical implementation in Member States, or with a view to proposing new policy. They may relate to the interaction between customs policy and implementation of customs measures in the enforcement of other policies (such as agriculture, health and safety, environment).
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 value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
Up to 2 renewals of 12 months.
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 the 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 several operators
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 3
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: 25/09/2017
Local time: 17:00
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:English, Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Czech
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tenderDuration in months: 12 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 02/10/2017
Local time: 10:00
Place:
rue Joseph II 79, 1000 Brussels, BELGIUM.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Subject to prior request, 1 representative per tenderer only.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.3)Additional information:
Complementary services may be requested by the Commission according to the conditions foreseen in Article 104.5 of the Financial Regulation and in Article 134.1(e) of the rules of application, for a maximum value of 50 % of the framework contract's awarded amount.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review bodyOfficial name: General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail:
cfi.registry@curia.europa.euTelephone: +32 4303-1
Fax: +352 4303-2100
Internet address:
http://curia.europa.eu VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation proceduresOfficial name: The European Ombudsman
Postal address: 1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman, CS 30403
Town: Strasbourg Cedex
Postal code: 67001
Country: France
Telephone: +33 388172313
Fax: +33 388179062
Internet address:
http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:11/08/2017