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Services - 609417-2022

Submission deadline has been amended by:  661115-2022
04/11/2022    S213

Germany-Frankfurt am Main: Legal Services

2022/S 213-609417

Contract notice

Services

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

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
Postal address: Westhafenplatz 1
Town: Frankfurt am Main
NUTS code: DE712 Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
Postal code: 60327
Country: Germany
Contact person: Finance and Corporate Services Unit
E-mail: procurement@eiopa.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/
I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Postal address: 201-203 rue de Bercy
Town: Paris
NUTS code: FR101 Paris
Postal code: 75012
Country: France
Contact person: Finance and Procurement Unit
E-mail: procurement@esma.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.esma.europa.eu/
I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: European Banking Authority (EBA)
Postal address: 20 avenue André Prothin, CS 30154
Town: Paris
NUTS code: FR105 Hauts-de-Seine
Postal code: 92927
Country: France
Contact person: Legal Unit / Finance and Corporate Support Unit
E-mail: procurement@eba.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.eba.europa.eu/
I.2)Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3)Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=12158
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=12158
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object

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

Legal Services

Reference number: EIOPA-OP-117-2022
II.1.2)Main CPV code
79100000 Legal services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

Legal services.

II.1.5)Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 515 600.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:

Legal Services on Information Technology and Intellectual Property Rights

Lot No: 1
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
79100000 Legal services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: DE712 Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
NUTS code: FR101 Paris
NUTS code: FR105 Hauts-de-Seine
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

See internet address provided in Section I.3).

II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 270 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:

See internet address provided in Section I.3).

II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
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: yes
Identification of the project:

EU administrative appropriations.

II.2.14)Additional information

See internet address provided in Section I.3).

II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:

Legal Services on Public Access to Documents

Lot No: 2
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
79100000 Legal services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: DE712 Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
NUTS code: FR105 Hauts-de-Seine
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

See internet address provided in Section I.3).

II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 245 600.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in days: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:

See internet address provided in Section I.3).

II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
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: yes
Identification of the project:

EU administrative appropriations.

II.2.14)Additional information

See internet address provided in Section I.3).

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 registers
List and brief description of conditions:

See internet address provided in Section I.3).

III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Selection 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 contract
Obligation 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 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
Framework agreement with a single operator
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 participate
Date: 29/11/2022
Local time: 23:59
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:
English, Bulgarian, Danish, German, Greek, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Czech
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 30/11/2022
Local time: 14:00
Place:

Online, via videoconference call. See internet address provided in Section I.3).

Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:

See internet address provided in Section I.3).

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3)Additional information:

The procurement documents (including tender specifications) and additional documents (including questions and answers) will be available at the following web address: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=12158

Interested parties are invited to register via the website. They will then be notified by the online public procurement system of any updates available for this invitation to tender. Parties not registered on the site are requested to consult it regularly. EIOPA cannot be held responsible should tenderers not be aware of any additional information on this invitation to tender given on this website. The website will be updated regularly: it Is the responsibility of tenderers to check for any updates and modifications during the tendering period.

Additional information on contract terms, contract renewals, conditions for participation, minimum levels of capacity required, total estimated contract volume, etc. can be found in the tender specifications available on the aforementioned website. No paper version will be issued. During the three years following conclusion of the initial contract, the contracting authority will be able to use the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice for new services involving the repetition of similar services assigned to the party(ies) awarded this contract by the contracting authority.

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: GeneralCourt.Registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 43031
Fax: +352 43032100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

If you believe that there was maladministration, you may lodge a complaint to the European Ombudsman within two years of the date when you became aware of the facts on which the complaint is based (see http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu).

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
28/10/2022