Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
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:
Multiple Framework Service Contracts in Cascade for the Provision of Interim Staff to the European Chemicals Agency
Reference number: ECHA/2019/359
II.1.2)Main CPV code79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
Establishment of multiple framework service contracts in cascade with several service providers for the provision of interim services for ECHA to perform the tasks corresponding to the profiles mentioned in the tender specifications.
II.1.5)Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 8 000 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: FI1B1 Helsinki-Uusimaa
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Establishment of multiple framework service contracts in cascade with at least 2 service providers for the provision of interim services for the Agency in Helsinki.
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: 8 000 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing systemDuration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
The initial duration of the framework contracts shall be 2 years. The framework contracts may be renewed 2 times for a period of 1 year each time.
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
By virtue of point 11.1(e) and point 11.4 of the common provision in Annex I to the Financial Regulation ECHA reserves the option to launch a negotiated procedure with the contractor chosen as a result of the present call for tenders for new services consisting in the repetition of similar services, during the 3 years following the signature of the original contract.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.2)Economic and financial standingList and brief description of selection criteria:
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
III.1.3)Technical and professional abilityList and brief description of selection criteria:
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
As described in the procurement documents.
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: no
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participateDate: 09/01/2020
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: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tendersDate: 10/01/2020
Local time: 11:00
Place:
Tenders will be opened in public at the ECHA's premises, Telakkaranta, Telakkakatu 6, 00150 Helsinki.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
A maximum of 2 representatives per tender may attend the opening session.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrenceThis is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about electronic workflowsElectronic invoicing will be accepted
VI.3)Additional information:
Tenderers and participants in this procurement procedure are informed that for the purposes of safeguarding the financial interests of the union, their personal data may be transferred to internal audit services, to the European Court of Auditors, to the financial irregularities panel or to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). The contracting authority and OLAF may also check or require an audit on the implementation of the contract resulting from this procurement procedure.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
You may submit any observations concerning the award procedure to the contracting authority indicated under Heading I.1). If you believe that there was maladministration, you may lodge a complaint to the European Ombudsman within 2 years of the date when you became aware of the facts on which the complaint is based (see http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu). Such complaint does not have as an effect either to suspend the time-limit to launch an appeal or to open a new period for lodging an appeal. Within 2 months of the notification of the award decision you may lodge an appeal to the body referred to in VI.4.1).
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:21/11/2019