Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.2)Joint procurement
I.3)Communication
Additional 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 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:
Service contract for the continuation of technical support for the EU platform on coexistence between people and large carnivores.
Reference number: ENV.D.3/SER/2017/0021.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
90700000
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:
This call for tender is for the provision of services to assist and support the work of the EU platform on coexistence between people and large carnivores. The objective of the platform is to facilitate exchanges of views and experiences among different stakeholders, to find and promote agreed solutions to conflicts related to large carnivores. The contractor will act as the secretariat of the platform, assisting its members in the implementation of the agreed actions. The contractor will provide text (in Word document) for updates on the website on the EU platform on coexistence between people and large carnivores http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/species/carnivores/coexistence_platform.htm
The contractor will organise 1 annual plenary meeting of 1 day of the platform. The contractor will work directly with the members and will assist them with the organisation of the regional workshops and other ad hoc meetings.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 450 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: 00
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Open call for tender — service contract.
The contract is renewable 2 times (total 36 months), 150 000 EUR per year renewable twice (total budget therefore 450 000 EUR).
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: 450 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
Contract renewable 2 times per 12 months (total 36 months), 150 000 EUR per year renewable twice (total budget therefore 450 000 EUR).
II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The 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.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Please refer to procurement documents (see point 1.1 and 1.7 of tender specifications).
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.1.5)Information about reserved contracts
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.1)Information about a particular profession
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
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
IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction
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.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 29/09/2017
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:
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: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 11/10/2017
Local time: 10:30
Place:
Room E, avenue de Beaulieu 5, 1160 Brussels, BELGIUM.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
A maximum of 2 representatives per tender may attend the opening (no expenses paid).
For organisational and security reasons, the tenderer must provide the full name and ID or passport number of the representatives at least 3 working days in advance to: MTJjbHQrcmNsYmNwcT5jYSxjc3Btbl8sY3M=
Failing that, the contracting authority reserves the right to refuse access to its premises.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
In line with Article 134.1.e) and f) of the rules of application to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2015/1929 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28.10.2015 (Financial Regulation), during the 3 years following conclusion of the original contract, the contracting authority will be able to use the negotiated procedure for additional services (without prior publication of a contract notice) for new services or works consisting in the repetition of similar services or works entrusted to the economic operator to which the same contracting authority awarded an original contract, provided that these services or works are in conformity with a basic project for which the original contract was awarded after publication of a contract notice, subject to the conditions set out in paragraph 4 of Article 134.
Procurement documents will be available for download at the address indicated under heading I.3. The website will be updated regularly and it is the tenderers' responsibility to check for updates and modifications during the tendering period.
Please note this was previously published in the PIN OJ 2017/S 044-079856 on 3.3.2017 with the title ‘Technical support for an EU platform on large carnivores’.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise 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:
31/07/2017