Legal Basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046
Section I: Contracting authority
I.3)CommunicationAdditional information can be obtained from 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:
Hire of chauffeur-driven official vehicles and minibuses
II.1.2)Main CPV code60171000 Hire of passenger cars with driver
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
Hire of chauffeur-driven official vehicles (luxury limousine-type) and minibuses for multilateral summits.
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)60172000 Hire of buses and coaches with driver
60130000 Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: BE1 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Hire of chauffeur-driven official vehicles (limousine-type) and minibuses for multilateral summits between the European Union and non-EU countries or similar events involving the participation of heads of state or government.
II.2.5)Award criteriaCriteria below
Price
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.10)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.1.2)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: 24/11/2021
Local time: 14:00
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: 25/11/2021
Local time: 11:00
Place:
Council of the European Union, Secrétariat général, Rue de la Loi 175 Brussels, BELGIUM.
The opening of offers may have to be rescheduled at short notice in case of unforeseen events taking place in or around the general secretariat's premises on the planned date for the opening of offers.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: yes
VI.3)Additional information:
In case of unavailability or disruptions in the functioning of the electronic means of communication provided in Section I.3) in the last five calendar days before the time limit for receipt indicated in Section IV.2.2), the Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend this time limit and publish the extension at the internet address provided in Section I.3), without a preceding publication of a corrigendum to this notice. Economic operators interested in this procurement are invited to subscribe to the call for tenders at the address in section I.3) in order to get notified when new information or documents are published.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Any appeal has to be lodged with the General Court within two months of the notification to the plaintiff or, in the absence thereof, on the day on which it came to the knowledge of the plaintiff. A complaint made to the European Ombudsman neither suspends this period nor opens a new period for lodging appeals. Time limits are extended on account of distance by a fixed period of ten days regardless of the place of establishment or habitual residence of the person concerned.
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:15/10/2021