Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: Banque centrale du Luxembourg
Postal address: 2, boulevard Royal
Town: Luxembourg
NUTS code:
LU LUXEMBOURGPostal code: 2983
Country: Luxembourg
Contact person: Section achats
E-mail:
soumission@bcl.luInternet address(es): Main address:
http://www.bcl.lu/en/ I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: Banque de France
Postal address: 31 rue Croix des petits-Champs
Town: Paris Cedex 01
NUTS code:
FR FRANCEPostal code: 75049
Country: France
E-mail:
soumission@bcl.luInternet address(es): Main address:
https://www.banque-france.fr/ I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: Central Bank of Cyprus
Postal address: 80 Kennedy Avenue
Town: Nicosia
NUTS code:
CY ΚΥΠΡΟΣPostal code: 1076
Country: Cyprus
E-mail:
soumission@bcl.luInternet address(es): Main address:
https://www.centralbank.cy/ I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: Central Bank of Ireland
Postal address: New Wapping Street, North Wall Quay
Town: Dublin 1
NUTS code:
IE IRELANDPostal code: F7X3
Country: Ireland
E-mail:
soumission@bcl.luInternet address(es): Main address:
https://www.centralbank.ie/ I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: Croatian National Bank
Postal address: 3 Trg hrvatskih velikana
Town: Zagreb
NUTS code:
HR HRVATSKAPostal code: 10000
Country: Croatia
E-mail:
soumission@bcl.luInternet address(es): Main address:
https://www.hnb.hr/en/home I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: De Nederlandsche Bank
Postal address: 1 Westeinde
Town: Amsterdam
NUTS code:
NL NEDERLANDPostal code: 1017
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail:
soumission@bcl.luInternet address(es): Main address:
https://www.dnb.nl/ I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: Deutsche Bundesbank
Postal address: 14 Wilhelm-Epstein-Strasse
Town: Frankfurt am Main
NUTS code:
DE DEUTSCHLANDPostal code: 60431
Country: Germany
E-mail:
soumission@bcl.luInternet address(es): Main address:
https://www.bundesbank.de/en I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: National Bank of Belgium
Postal address: 14 boulevard de Berlaimont
Town: Brussels
NUTS code:
BE BELGIQUE-BELGIËPostal code: 1000
Country: Belgium
E-mail:
soumission@bcl.luInternet address(es): Main address:
https://www.nbb.be/en I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Postal address: 3 Otto-Wagner-Platz
Town: Vienna
NUTS code:
AT ÖSTERREICHPostal code: 1090
Country: Austria
E-mail:
soumission@bcl.luInternet address(es): Main address:
https://www.oenb.at/en/ I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: European Investment Bank
Postal address: 98, boulevard Konrad Adenauer
Town: Luxembourg
NUTS code:
LU LUXEMBOURGPostal code: 2950
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail:
soumission@bcl.luInternet address(es): Main address:
https://www.eib.org/en/index.htm I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: Financial Services and Markets Authority
Postal address: 12-14 rue du Congrès — Congresstraat
Town: Brussels
NUTS code:
BE BELGIQUE-BELGIËPostal code: 1000
Country: Belgium
E-mail:
soumission@bcl.luInternet address(es): Main address:
https://www.fsma.be/en I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: Other entitled participating institutions (see Section 2.2 of the call for applications)
Postal address: 2, boulevard Royal
Town: Luxembourg
NUTS code:
LU LUXEMBOURGPostal code: 2983
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail:
soumission@bcl.luInternet address(es): Main address:
http://www.epco.lu/links.php I.2)Information about joint procurementThe contract involves joint procurement
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law:
Luxembourgish law and Grand Ducal Regulation of 8.4.2018 on public procurement, and decision of the ECB of 17.11.2008 for joint Eurosystem procurement (see §2.5 of the call for applications).
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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 authorityBody governed by public law
I.5)Main activityEconomic and financial affairs
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Provision of Research and Advisory Services in the IT Domain and Some Connected Additional Business Areas
Reference number: 1901225
II.1.2)Main CPV code72246000 Systems consultancy services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
To support decision-making at operational, tactical and strategic levels for the application and governance of ICT (Information and Communication Technology), the beneficiaries need to have access to external information offering specific and generic ICT market research and advisory information, as well as best practices, based on market analyses by a proven independent research and advisory agency.
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)72246000 Systems consultancy services
72220000 Systems and technical consultancy services
72266000 Software consultancy services
72100000 Hardware consultancy services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: LU LUXEMBOURG
Main site or place of performance:
Premises of the participating institutions around the European Union (EU).
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
To support decision-making at operational, tactical and strategic levels for the application and governance of ICT (Information and Communication Technology), the beneficiaries need to have access to external information offering specific and generic ICT market research and advisory information, as well as best practices, based on market analyses by a proven independent research and advisory agency.
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: 20 000 000.00 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.2.9)Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invitedEnvisaged number of candidates: 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
See Section 3.1 of the call for applications.
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:
See Section 3.2 of the call for applications.
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureCompetitive procedure with negotiation
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.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogueRecourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.5)Information about negotiationThe contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
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 participateDate: 18/09/2019
Local time: 10:00
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
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tenderDuration in months: 5 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.3)Additional information:
Banque centrale du Luxembourg carries out this Joint tender procedure as Lead Central Bank, within the context of a cross-border procurement cooperation between the ESCB central banks and certain entitled non-ESCB institutions, as established by Decision ECB/2008/17. For the present joint tender procedure, Banque centrale du Luxembourg has been mandated by the Governing Council of the ECB to carry out the procedure for the benefit of the Beneficiaries in view of establishing a multi-supplier framework contract, with a maximum of three (3) economic operators. An electronic version of the tender documents is made available via the Luxembourg public procurement portal www.marches.public.lu
For further instructions on how to obtain the tender documents, please write a message to soumission@bcl.lu
Applications must be submitted in English, received no later than 18.9.2019, 10.00 a.m., through the webportal ‘portail des marchés publics’: https://pmp.b2g.etat.lu
Candidates are invited to submit a backup copy of the application form. The backup copy will be submitted on a USB key containing the application form in an ocerised pdf file. The backup copy must be identical to the electronic application. The backup copy shall be delivered in a sealed envelope containing the words ‘Provision of Research and Advisory Services in the IT domain and some connected additional business areas’ otherwise the application form will be declared void. The envelope must also mention the addressee, i.e.: Banque centrale du Luxembourg Procurement Office, 2, boulevard Royal, L-2983 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review bodyOfficial name: Tribunal administratif de Luxembourg
Postal address: 1, rue du Fort Thüngen
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 1499
Country: Luxembourg
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:31/07/2019