European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS 2024)

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)

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:
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Procurement history
Date Document
2021-10-01 Contract notice
2021-10-14 Additional information
2022-07-04 Contract award notice
2024-02-09 Modification of a contract/concession during its term
Contract notice (2021-10-01)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name:
โ€œEuropean Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)โ€
Postal address: Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D18 K65
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact person: Sandra Brudenell-Bruce
Phone: +353 12043100 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: osutenders@eurofound.europa.eu ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +353 12826456 ๐Ÿ“ 
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/about-eurofound/procurement/opportunities/open ๐ŸŒ
Communication
Documents URL: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=9428 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=9428 ๐ŸŒ

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS 2024) 210702/5913
Products/services: Survey conduction services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Short description:
โ€œThe purpose of this contract is the preparation and implementation of the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS 2024) in all European Union (EU)...โ€    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 7 250 000 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Additional products/services: Survey services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Data collection and collation services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance: ร‰ire/Ireland ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Main site or place of performance:
โ€œAll European Union (EU) Member States. The tasks are to be performed at the premises designated by the contractor and agreed by Eurofound.โ€
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe 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...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
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 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
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 โœ…
Information about options
Options โœ…
Description of options:
โ€œThe European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS 2024) will cover all European Union (EU) Member States. Subject to the availability of funding it may also...โ€    Show more
Description
Additional information:
โ€œAs the working language of Eurofound is English, we would appreciate if the request to participate and the subsequent tender was in English.โ€

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 17:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2021-12-10 ๐Ÿ“…
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Bulgarian ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Czech ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Danish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: German ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Greek ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Spanish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Estonian ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Finnish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: French ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Croatian ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Hungarian ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Italian ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Lithuanian ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Latvian ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Maltese ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Dutch ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Polish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Portuguese ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Romanian ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Slovak ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Slovenian ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Swedish ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
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 Niedergrรผnewald
Postal town: Luxembourg
Postal code: L-2925
Country: Luxembourg ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ
Phone: +352 4303-1 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: cfi.registry@curia.europa.eu ๐Ÿ“ง
Fax: +352 4303-2100 ๐Ÿ“ 
URL: http://curia.europa.eu ๐ŸŒ
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
โ€œWithin two months of notification of the outcome of the procedure (award decision), tenderers may launch an action for its annulment. Any request tenderers...โ€    Show more
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 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 17:00
New value
Date: 2021-11-26 ๐Ÿ“…
Time: 17:00
Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number: IV.2.3)
Place of text to be modified:
โ€œEstimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidatesโ€
Old value
Date: 2021-12-10 ๐Ÿ“…
New value
Date: 2022-01-14 ๐Ÿ“…
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 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe 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...โ€    Show more
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name):
โ€œVarious criteria, see point 5.4. Award Criteria of Part B: Tender Specificationsโ€
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 ๐Ÿ“…
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 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช
Region: Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
URL: https://www.kantar.com ๐ŸŒ
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 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 7 227 065 ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Proportion (%): 70
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
โ€œThe number of subcontractors is considerable due to the character of the service sought.โ€
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:
โ€œThe 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...โ€    Show more

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/ ๐ŸŒ
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 7 227 065 ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Complementary information
Review body
Postal address: Rue du Fort Niedergrรผnewald
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
โ€œWithin 2 months of notification of the outcome of the procedure (award decision), tenderers may launch an action for its annulment. Any request tenderers...โ€    Show more
Source: OJS 2024/S 037-106430 (2024-02-09)