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Servizi - 36917-2022
24/01/2022    S16

Greece-Thessaloniki: Ensuring Transparency and Transferability of Learning Outcomes; Analysing Two Decades of European and National Initiatives

2022/S 016-036917

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Services

Legal Basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)
Postal address: 'Service Post', Europe 123
Town: Thessaloniki
NUTS code: EL522 Θεσσαλονίκη / Thessaloniki
Postal code: 57001
Country: Greece
E-mail: c4t-services@cedefop.europa.eu
Telephone: +30 2310490192
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activity
Education

Section II: Object

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

Ensuring Transparency and Transferability of Learning Outcomes; Analysing Two Decades of European and National Initiatives

Reference number: AO/DSI/JB-ZAZZA/Transparency&Transferability_LO/008/21
II.1.2)Main CPV code
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

The study will analyse the efforts since the turn of the century to increase the flexibility of European education, training and learning systems; making it possible for individual citizens to enter, re-enter and combine education, training and learning according to their needs and current circumstances. The study looks at developments over time and in a comprehensive, cross-national and cross-sectoral perspective.

II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: 539 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: EL Ελλάδα  / Elláda
Main site or place of performance:

Contractor's premises.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The estimated budget for the required services described in this call for tenders is of the order of EUR 600 000 (without VAT) over a three-year period.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Award criterion 1: The level of demonstrated insight into the nature of the assignment, its context and results to be achieved / Weighting: 21
Quality criterion - Name: Award criterion 2: The quality and appropriateness of the methods suggested for carrying out the work / Weighting: 28
Quality criterion - Name: Award criterion 3: The organisation and management arrangements / Weighting: 21
Price - Weighting: 30
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

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
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.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 146-384527
IV.2.8)Information about termination of dynamic purchasing system
IV.2.9)Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 2021- FWC8/AO/DSI/JB-ZAZZA/Transparency&Transferability_LO/008/21
Title:

Ensuring Transparency and Transferability of Learning Outcomes; Analysing Two Decades of European and National Initiatives

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
22/12/2021
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Tavistock Institut gGmbH
Postal address: Rheindorfer-Burg-Weg 39
Town: Bornheim, Köln
NUTS code: DEA2 Köln
Postal code: 53332
Country: Germany
The contractor is an SME: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale (IRS)
Postal address: Via Venti Settembre, 24
Town: Milano
NUTS code: ITC4C Milano
Postal code: 20123
Country: Italy
The contractor is an SME: yes
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 600 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 539 000.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review body
Official name: General Court
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: L-2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: cfi.registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Fax: +352 43032100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Within two months of the notification to the plaintiff, or, in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to the knowledge. A complaint to the European Ombudsman does not have as an effect either to suspend this period or to open a new period for lodging appeals.

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: General Court
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: L-2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: cfi.registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Fax: +352 43032100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
17/01/2022