The purpose of this contract is the preparation and implementation of the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS 2024) in all European Union (EU) Member States.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-11-09.
The procurement was published on 2021-10-01.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS 2024)
210702/5913
Products/services: Survey conduction services📦
Short description:
“The purpose of this contract is the preparation and implementation of the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS 2024) in all European Union (EU)...”
Short description
The purpose of this contract is the preparation and implementation of the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS 2024) in all European Union (EU) Member States.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 7 250 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Survey services📦
Additional products/services: Data collection and collation services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance:
“All European Union (EU) Member States. The tasks are to be performed at the premises designated by the contractor and agreed by Eurofound.”
Description of the procurement:
“The purpose of this contract is the preparation and implementation of the EWCS 2024. It aims to meet three key objectives:
1. collecting data on job quality...”
Description of the procurement
The purpose of this contract is the preparation and implementation of the EWCS 2024. It aims to meet three key objectives:
1. collecting data on job quality and quality of working life:
— face-to-face, to allow for comparison with previous editions of the EWCS,
— online, to allow assessing mode differences and to link the existing face-to-face time series to a possible future online time series;
2. testing push-to-web designs:
— test the optimal questionnaire duration for the online questionnaires,
— test the effectiveness and efficiency of recruitment and reminder strategies and modes, including the use of incentives,
— collect data on the offline population (those invited to complete the survey online but unable or unwilling to do so);
3. testing a panel design:
— test the effectiveness and efficiency of recruitment and reminder strategies and modes.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 7 250 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 38
Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 3
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted ✅ Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“The European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS 2024) will cover all European Union (EU) Member States. Subject to the availability of funding it may also...”
Description of options
The European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS 2024) will cover all European Union (EU) Member States. Subject to the availability of funding it may also cover some or all of the following: the seven Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries (CPC; Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, the North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey), Norway and Switzerland.
Note that the part of the service related to the Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries, Norway and Switzerland is considered by Eurofound as an ‘option’ – i.e. quantitative extras, ancillary to the main purchase and which are optional for Eurofound which has the right to buy them or not.
The test of upfront recruitment into the panel of online target respondents might be deployed in some or all countries (as decided by Eurofound) if the push-to-web variant is selected to be implemented.
With regard to the respondents in the online segment, the four online follow-up waves might be carried out in some or all countries (as decided by Eurofound), either by Eurofound itself – in which case the contractor is required to transfer the contact details of the consenting respondents – or by the contractor.
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Additional information:
“As the working language of Eurofound is English, we would appreciate if the request to participate and the subsequent tender was in English.”
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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
Procedure Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with a single operator
Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-11-09
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Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2021-12-10 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Bulgarian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Czech 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Danish 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: German 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Greek 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Spanish 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Estonian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Finnish 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: French 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Croatian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Hungarian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Italian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Lithuanian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Latvian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Maltese 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Dutch 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Polish 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Portuguese 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Romanian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Slovak 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Slovenian 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Swedish 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 5
Complementary information Review body
Name: General Court of the European Union
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Postal town: Luxembourg
Postal code: L-2925
Country: Luxembourg 🇱🇺
Phone: +352 4303-1📞
E-mail: cfi.registry@curia.europa.eu📧
Fax: +352 4303-2100 📠
URL: http://curia.europa.eu🌏 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Within two months of notification of the outcome of the procedure (award decision), tenderers may launch an action for its annulment. Any request tenderers...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Within two months of notification of the outcome of the procedure (award decision), tenderers may launch an action for its annulment. Any request tenderers may make and any reply from Eurofound, or any complaint for maladministration, will have neither the purpose nor the effect of suspending the time-limit for launching an action for annulment nor open a new period for launching an action for annulment. The body responsible for hearing annulment procedures is indicated under Heading VI.4.1) of the contract notice.
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Source: OJS 2021/S 199-517885 (2021-10-01)
Additional information (2021-10-14)
Complementary information Original notice reference
Notice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 199-517885
Changes Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Old value
Date: 2021-11-09 📅
Time: 17:00
New value
Date: 2021-11-26 📅
Time: 17:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.3)
Place of text to be modified:
“Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates” Old value
Date: 2021-12-10 📅
New value
Date: 2022-01-14 📅
Source: OJS 2021/S 203-528978 (2021-10-14)
Contract award notice (2022-07-04) Object Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 7 227 065 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The purpose of this contract is the preparation and implementation of the EWCS 2024. It aims to meet three key objectives.
1. Collecting data on job quality...”
Description of the procurement
The purpose of this contract is the preparation and implementation of the EWCS 2024. It aims to meet three key objectives.
1. Collecting data on job quality and quality of working life:
— face-to-face, to allow for comparison with previous editions of the EWCS;
—online, to allow assessing mode differences and to link the existing face-to-face time series to a possible future online time series;
2. Testing push-to-web designs:
— test the optimal questionnaire duration for the online questionnaires;
— test the effectiveness and efficiency of recruitment and reminder strategies and modes, including the use of incentives;
— collect data on the offline population (those invited to complete the survey online but unable or unwilling to do so);
3. Testing a panel design:
— test the effectiveness and efficiency of recruitment and reminder strategies and modes.
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Quality criterion (name):
“Various criteria, see point 5.4. Award Criteria of Part B: Tender Specifications”
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Price (weighting): 50
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2021/S 199-517885
Award of contract
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Contract Number: 22-3030-28
Title: European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS 2024)
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2022-06-29 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Kantar Belgium SA
National registration number: 0428 913 808
Postal address: Rue du Marais 49-53
Postal town: Brussels
Postal code: 1000
Country: Belgium 🇧🇪
Region: Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad 🏙️
URL: https://www.kantar.com🌏
The contractor is an SME
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 7 250 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 7 227 065 💰
Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Proportion (%): 70
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
“The number of subcontractors is considerable due to the character of the service sought.”
Source: OJS 2022/S 135-381573 (2022-07-04)
Modification of a contract/concession during its term (2024-02-09) Object Description
Description of the procurement:
“The purpose of this contract is the preparation and implementation of the EWCS 2024. It aims to meet three key objectives:
1. collecting data on job quality...”
Description of the procurement
The purpose of this contract is the preparation and implementation of the EWCS 2024. It aims to meet three key objectives:
1. collecting data on job quality and quality of working life:
— face-to-face, to allow for comparison with previous editions of the EWCS;
— online, to allow assessing mode differences and to link the existing face-to-face time series to a possible future online time series;
2. testing push-to-web designs:
— test the optimal questionnaire duration for the online questionnaires;
— test the effectiveness and efficiency of recruitment and reminder strategies and modes, including the use of incentives;
— collect data on the offline population (those invited to complete the survey online but unable or unwilling to do so);
3. testing a panel design:
— test the effectiveness and efficiency of recruitment and reminder strategies and modes.
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2022/S 135-381573
Award of contract Name and address of the contractor
Name: Kantar Belgium SA t/a verian
Postal address: Avenue des Arts 58
URL: https://www.veriangroup.com/🌏 Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 7 227 065 💰
Complementary information Review body
Postal address: Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“Within 2 months of notification of the outcome of the procedure (award decision), tenderers may launch an action for its annulment. Any request tenderers...”
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Within 2 months of notification of the outcome of the procedure (award decision), tenderers may launch an action for its annulment. Any request tenderers may make and any reply from Eurofound, or any complaint for maladministration, will have neither the purpose nor the effect of suspending the time-limit for launching an action for annulment nor open a new period for launching an action for annulment. The body responsible for hearing annulment procedures is indicated under heading VI.4.1) of the contract notice.
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Source: OJS 2024/S 037-106430 (2024-02-09)