Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
Postal address: Covent Garden 2, Place Rogier 16, Office 10/012
Town: Brussels
NUTS code:
BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-HoofdstadPostal code: 1210
Country: Belgium
E-mail:
easme-procurement@ec.europa.euInternet address(es): Main address:
http://ec.europa.eu/EASMEAddress of the buyer profile:
https://ec.europa.eu/easme/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 activityGeneral public services
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Hosting, Maintaining and Developing the Learning Environment for Intercultural Business Communication
Reference number: EASME/H2020/2018/022
II.1.2)Main CPV code79410000 Business and management consultancy services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
EASME wishes to enter into a service contract to increase SMEs’ awareness of intercultural business communication and the cultural dimension of markets in emerging economies in order to increase their chances of doing business with those countries and innovate for them. The specific objective of this contract is the update and further development of the learning environment that helps European SMEs in capturing innovation impulses from emerging economies.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 400 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
Main site or place of performance:
The tasks are to be performed at the premises designated by the contractor, save where meetings are to beheld at EASME or the European Commission’s premises.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
EASME wishes to enter into a service contract to increase SMEs’ awareness of intercultural business communication and the cultural dimension of markets in emerging economies in order to increase their chances of doing business with those countries and innovate for them. The work will be organised in tasks to be implemented in parallel:
— Task 1: Surveys of EEN members,
— Task 2: Update and development of the self-assessment tools,
— Task 3: Update and enrichment of the document library,
— Task 4: Organisation and delivery of live webinars,
— Task 5: Promotion, communication and feedback activities,
— Task 6: IT hosting and maintenance,
— Task 7: Handover.
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: 400 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
Please refer to Section 1.7 of the tender specifications.
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: yes
Identification of the project:
Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018 – 2020 "Other action 6" adopted by the Commission on 27 October 2017
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 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.
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 system
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: 20/12/2018
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: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 21/12/2018
Local time: 10:30
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.3)Additional information:
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.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:13/11/2018