Services - 531264-2020

06/11/2020    S217

Luxembourg-Luxembourg: Research services

2020/S 217-531264

Prior information notice

This notice is for prior information only

Services

Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: ESPON EGTC (European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation)
Postal address: 4, rue Erasme
Town: Luxemburg
NUTS code: LU000 Luxembourg
Postal code: 1468
Country: Luxembourg
Contact person: ESPON EGTC
E-mail: tenders@espon.eu
Telephone: +352 20600280
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.espon.eu/
I.3)Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at: https://pmp.b2g.etat.lu/?page=entreprise.EntrepriseDetailsConsultation&refConsultation=21214&orgAcronyme=t5y
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
Other type: European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation
I.5)Main activity
Other activity: Research

Section II: Object

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

Call for Competition: Dissemination of ESPON Results among the Scientific Community

II.1.2)Main CPV code
73110000 Research services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

The ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme aims at promoting and fostering a European territorial dimension in development and cooperation by providing evidence, knowledge transfer and policy learning to public authorities and other policy actors at all levels. The main activity of ESPON lies in its research, that covers different aspects of territorial development across Europe. In doing so, it collects valuable data at national, regional and local levels as well as at functional levels. The objective of this call for competition is to contract a maximum of 20 (twenty) early career researchers (PhD and/or Postdoc students) to promote the uptake of ESPON territorial evidence within the scientific community. More information and the conditions for participation can be found on the ESPON website at www.espon.eu and https://tenders.espon.eu/tender/call-competition-dissemination-espon-results-among-scientific-community.

II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
73110000 Research services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: LU000 Luxembourg
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme aims at promoting and fostering a European territorial dimension in development and cooperation by providing evidence, knowledge transfer and policy learning to public authorities and other policy actors at all levels. The main activity of ESPON lies in its research, that covers different aspects of territorial development across Europe. In doing so, it collects valuable data at national, regional and local levels as well as at functional levels. The objective of this call for competition is to contract a maximum of 20 (twenty) early career researchers (PhD and/or Postdoc students) to promote the uptake of ESPON territorial evidence within the scientific community. More information and the conditions for participation can be found on the ESPON website at www.espon.eu and https://tenders.espon.eu/tender/call-competition-dissemination-espon-results-among-scientific-community.

II.2.14)Additional information
II.3)Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
15/01/2021

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)Additional information:

The ESPON Cooperation programme is keen to increase the attention of the scientific community to the issue of territorial evidence in policymaking. The ESPON EGTC hereby introduces a new scheme with an aim to contract early career European researchers to ensure a wider outreach of ESPON’s evidence. This activity shall contribute to developing the use of ESPON territorial evidence in their scientific work, manifested in papers presented at scientific conferences and/or published in scientific journals or books. Papers and presentations developed throughout this activity shall be drafted in English and in one of the other official language of the EU. They shall aim at impactful scientific events and publications not only at European level but also within the different Member or Partner States of the ESPON Cooperation Programme.

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
02/11/2020