Contract notice Services Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): Eurofound — European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, attention: Sophia MacGoris, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Tel. smg@eurofound.europa.eu. Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu. Further information can be obtained at: As in abovementioned contact point(s). Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in abovementioned contact point(s). Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in abovementioned contact point(s). Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities: European institution/agency or international organisation. The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no. Object of the contract II.1) Description II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: 5th European Working Conditions Survey 2010. Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services. outside Eurofound with meetings being held at Eurofound's premises. The establishment of a framework agreement. Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with a single operator. Duration of the framework agreement: duration in months: 24. Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The procurement covers the data collection, processing and reporting for the 2010 European Working Conditions Survey. Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 73210000, 79311000, 72314000. Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. Quantity or scope of the contract II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The European Working Conditions Surveys (EWCS) aim at describing the conditions of work and employment in the 27 Member States of the European Union and in addition up to 11 other countries, and at providing policy makers with a picture of the main issues and developments in the field. The objectives of the European Working Conditions Surveys are to provide an overview of working conditions in order to analyse changes over time and relationships between changes and working conditions. They also aim to identify groups/work situations at risk, as well as work situations and workers' groups relevant to the interest of Eurofound stakeholders. The deliverables will be as follows: — draft questionnaire for pre-test, including French translation in electronic format in English/French, — pre-test report in electronic format in English, — draft questionnaires and showcards in electronic format in all languages, — preparation fieldwork reports: sampling plan, coding instructions, fieldwork force in electronic format in English, — final instructions to interviewers in English and the translated language versions in electronic format in English, — final questionnaires and showcards in electronic format in all languages, — fieldwork reports in electronic format in English, weekly once fieldwork starts, — draft fieldwork report in electronic format in English, — draft dataset in SPSS file format in English, — sampling report in electronic format in English, — coding report in electronic format in English, — weighting report in electronic format in English, — data editing and cleaning report in electronic format in English, — draft quality control and assurance report in electronic format in English, — final dataset in SPSS and ASCII text data file format in English, — initial data analysis — Standard tables A, B and C in electronic format in English, — final fieldwork report in electronic format + 2 hard copies in English, — final methodological report in electronic format + 2 hard copies in English, — final quality control and assurance report in electronic format + 2 hard copies in English, — separate final reports and datasets for CH, IS and NO in SPSS files + electronic formats + 2 hard copies in English. Duration of the contract or time limit for completion: Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract). Legal, economic, financial and technical information III.1) Conditions relating to the contract III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Eurofound requires a prefinancing guarantee from the contractor. Please refer to the tender specifications. Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Please refer to the draft framework contract as provided in the tender specifications. Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Please refer to the tender specifications. Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject: No. Conditions for participation III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: The exclusion criteria as detailed in the tender specifications must be met. Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Evidence of the financial and economic standing of the company must be provided by the following: (a) statement from the tenderer's bank indicating good financial viability of said company or proof of professional risk insurance covers; (b) balance sheets or summaries thereof for at least the past 2 financial years for which accounts have been closed, where publication of balance sheets is prescribed under company law in the country in which the tenderer is established; (c) statements of total turnover showing a minimum of EUR 570 000 per annum turnover relating to the provision of similar services, realised over a period which does not exceed the past 3 financial years. Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: A) Proposed company and staff requirements: a.1.1) comprehensive company profile with defined roles and tasks; a.1.2) proof of an established network of national agencies in the countries where the European Working Conditions Survey will take place (please complete table on contractor's network); a.1.3) the contractor and members of its network must belong to Esomar, WAPOR or an equivalent body (copy of certificate of membership to be provided) and comply with the following codes of conduct: ICC/Esomar International Code of Marketing and Social Research Practice or equivalent; and WAPOR/Esomar Guide to Opinion Polls or equivalent (please complete table on contractor's network). B) Professional and technical capacity of the coordination centre: b.1.1) experience in carrying out coordination work in the field of household surveys in different countries (list of references for recent contracts to be provided); b.1.2) responsibility for and experience in managing Europe-wide household surveys (list of references for similar surveys to be provided); b.1.3) good knowledge of English (minimum level required is 3) for coordinating work with national agencies and liaison with Eurofound (CVs of the coordination team in Standard Reply Form). C) Professional and technical capacity of the members of the network (national agencies): c.1.1) references should be provided for each national agency regarding recent household surveys undertaken; c.1.2) a sworn statement must be provided that each interviewer has relevant experience and has participated in at least 3 survey implementations in the past. The field force consists of exclusively native speakers of the language used in (the respective part of) each country and will have an extensive experience in the respective interview technique; c.1.3) a sworn statement must be provided that each interviewer will do no less than 10 and no more than 20 interviews. Conditions specific to services contracts III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: No. Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: Yes. Procedure IV.1) Type of procedure IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open. Award criteria IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document. An electronic auction will be used: No. Administrative information IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 08/0156/03. Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No. Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 17.2.2009 (13:00). Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 23.2.2009 (17:00). Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: English. Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: Duration in month(s): 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender). Tenders will be opened at the offices of Eurofound in Room No 7. Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes. 1 person representing the tenderer may be present at the opening; participation will be restricted to an observer role. Please advise Ms Sophia MacGoris (smg@eurofound.europa.eu) in advance if you intend to be present at the opening of tenders. Complementary information VI.1) This is a recurrent procurement: No. Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by EU funds: No. Conditions for tendering: Parties interested in participating in the tender procedure can access the tender information pack via the Internet: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/about/ procurement/index.htm which will be available from 5.1.2009. The tender information pack can also be obtained from the Foundation. Requests which should specify how the information pack is to be dispatched, i.e. electronic format or hard copy, must be made in writing to Sophia MacGoris either by post, facsimile ((353-1) 282 64 56/42 09) or e-mail (smg@eurofound.europa.eu), mentioning the complete contact details (name, address, telephone, facsimile, e-mail) of the person/institute issuing the request. Tenders must be submitted in triplicate (1 marked 'Original' — unbound/unstapled — and 2 copies) in a sealed envelope, which is enclosed in a second sealed envelope. The inner envelope must be marked, 'Invitation to tender No 08/0156/03. Sophia MacGoris. (name of tenderer). Not to be opened by the mail service. To be opened by the Opening Committee only'. If self-adhesive envelopes are used, they must be sealed with adhesive tape and the sender must sign across this tape. Submission of tenders by facsimile or by e-mail is not acceptable and renders these tenders inadmissible. Tenderers are requested not to use plastic covers or plastic binders, staples, etc., and not to include unnecessary amounts of paper. Please note that Eurofound will be closed from 24.12.2008 until 4.1.2009 inclusively. Procedures for appeal VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Court of First Instance of the European Communities, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2925 Luxembourg. Tel. cfi.registry@curia.eu.int. http://curia.eu.int. Body responsible for mediation procedures: The European Ombudsman, 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman, BP 403, F-67001 Strasbourg. Tel. euro-ombudsman@europarl.eu.int. www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int/home/en/ default.htm. Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff, or, in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to knowledge. A complaint to the European Ombudsman does not have as an effect either to suspend this period or to open a new period for lodging appeals. Date of dispatch of this notice: 19.12.2008.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2009-02-23.
The procurement was published on 2008-12-31.
Contract notice (2008-12-19) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: 5Th European Working Conditions Survey 2010
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Contract notice Services Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): Eurofound — European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, attention: Sophia MacGoris, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Tel. smg@eurofound.europa.eu. Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu. Further information can be obtained at: As in abovementioned contact point(s). Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in abovementioned contact point(s). Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in abovementioned contact point(s). Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities: European institution/agency or international organisation. The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no. Object of the contract II.1) Description II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: 5th European Working Conditions Survey 2010. Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services. outside Eurofound with meetings being held at Eurofound's premises. The establishment of a framework agreement. Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with a single operator. Duration of the framework agreement: duration in months: 24. Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The procurement covers the data collection, processing and reporting for the 2010 European Working Conditions Survey. Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 73210000, 79311000, 72314000. Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. Quantity or scope of the contract II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The European Working Conditions Surveys (EWCS) aim at describing the conditions of work and employment in the 27 Member States of the European Union and in addition up to 11 other countries, and at providing policy makers with a picture of the main issues and developments in the field. The objectives of the European Working Conditions Surveys are to provide an overview of working conditions in order to analyse changes over time and relationships between changes and working conditions. They also aim to identify groups/work situations at risk, as well as work situations and workers' groups relevant to the interest of Eurofound stakeholders. The deliverables will be as follows: — draft questionnaire for pre-test, including French translation in electronic format in English/French, — pre-test report in electronic format in English, — draft questionnaires and showcards in electronic format in all languages, — preparation fieldwork reports: sampling plan, coding instructions, fieldwork force in electronic format in English, — final instructions to interviewers in English and the translated language versions in electronic format in English, — final questionnaires and showcards in electronic format in all languages, — fieldwork reports in electronic format in English, weekly once fieldwork starts, — draft fieldwork report in electronic format in English, — draft dataset in SPSS file format in English, — sampling report in electronic format in English, — coding report in electronic format in English, — weighting report in electronic format in English, — data editing and cleaning report in electronic format in English, — draft quality control and assurance report in electronic format in English, — final dataset in SPSS and ASCII text data file format in English, — initial data analysis — Standard tables A, B and C in electronic format in English, — final fieldwork report in electronic format + 2 hard copies in English, — final methodological report in electronic format + 2 hard copies in English, — final quality control and assurance report in electronic format + 2 hard copies in English, — separate final reports and datasets for CH, IS and NO in SPSS files + electronic formats + 2 hard copies in English. Duration of the contract or time limit for completion: Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract). Legal, economic, financial and technical information III.1) Conditions relating to the contract III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Eurofound requires a prefinancing guarantee from the contractor. Please refer to the tender specifications. Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Please refer to the draft framework contract as provided in the tender specifications. Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Please refer to the tender specifications. Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject: No. Conditions for participation III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: The exclusion criteria as detailed in the tender specifications must be met. Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Evidence of the financial and economic standing of the company must be provided by the following: (a) statement from the tenderer's bank indicating good financial viability of said company or proof of professional risk insurance covers; (b) balance sheets or summaries thereof for at least the past 2 financial years for which accounts have been closed, where publication of balance sheets is prescribed under company law in the country in which the tenderer is established; (c) statements of total turnover showing a minimum of EUR 570 000 per annum turnover relating to the provision of similar services, realised over a period which does not exceed the past 3 financial years. Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: A) Proposed company and staff requirements: a.1.1) comprehensive company profile with defined roles and tasks; a.1.2) proof of an established network of national agencies in the countries where the European Working Conditions Survey will take place (please complete table on contractor's network); a.1.3) the contractor and members of its network must belong to Esomar, WAPOR or an equivalent body (copy of certificate of membership to be provided) and comply with the following codes of conduct: ICC/Esomar International Code of Marketing and Social Research Practice or equivalent; and WAPOR/Esomar Guide to Opinion Polls or equivalent (please complete table on contractor's network). B) Professional and technical capacity of the coordination centre: b.1.1) experience in carrying out coordination work in the field of household surveys in different countries (list of references for recent contracts to be provided); b.1.2) responsibility for and experience in managing Europe-wide household surveys (list of references for similar surveys to be provided); b.1.3) good knowledge of English (minimum level required is 3) for coordinating work with national agencies and liaison with Eurofound (CVs of the coordination team in Standard Reply Form). C) Professional and technical capacity of the members of the network (national agencies): c.1.1) references should be provided for each national agency regarding recent household surveys undertaken; c.1.2) a sworn statement must be provided that each interviewer has relevant experience and has participated in at least 3 survey implementations in the past. The field force consists of exclusively native speakers of the language used in (the respective part of) each country and will have an extensive experience in the respective interview technique; c.1.3) a sworn statement must be provided that each interviewer will do no less than 10 and no more than 20 interviews. Conditions specific to services contracts III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: No. Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: Yes. Procedure IV.1) Type of procedure IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open. Award criteria IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document. An electronic auction will be used: No. Administrative information IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 08/0156/03. Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No. Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 17.2.2009 (13:00). Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 23.2.2009 (17:00). Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: English. Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: Duration in month(s): 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender). Tenders will be opened at the offices of Eurofound in Room No 7. Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes. 1 person representing the tenderer may be present at the opening; participation will be restricted to an observer role. Please advise Ms Sophia MacGoris (smg@eurofound.europa.eu) in advance if you intend to be present at the opening of tenders. Complementary information VI.1) This is a recurrent procurement: No. Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by EU funds: No. Conditions for tendering: Parties interested in participating in the tender procedure can access the tender information pack via the Internet: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/about/ procurement/index.htm which will be available from 5.1.2009. The tender information pack can also be obtained from the Foundation. Requests which should specify how the information pack is to be dispatched, i.e. electronic format or hard copy, must be made in writing to Sophia MacGoris either by post, facsimile ((353-1) 282 64 56/42 09) or e-mail (smg@eurofound.europa.eu), mentioning the complete contact details (name, address, telephone, facsimile, e-mail) of the person/institute issuing the request. Tenders must be submitted in triplicate (1 marked 'Original' — unbound/unstapled — and 2 copies) in a sealed envelope, which is enclosed in a second sealed envelope. The inner envelope must be marked, 'Invitation to tender No 08/0156/03. Sophia MacGoris. (name of tenderer). Not to be opened by the mail service. To be opened by the Opening Committee only'. If self-adhesive envelopes are used, they must be sealed with adhesive tape and the sender must sign across this tape. Submission of tenders by facsimile or by e-mail is not acceptable and renders these tenders inadmissible. Tenderers are requested not to use plastic covers or plastic binders, staples, etc., and not to include unnecessary amounts of paper. Please note that Eurofound will be closed from 24.12.2008 until 4.1.2009 inclusively. Procedures for appeal VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Court of First Instance of the European Communities, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2925 Luxembourg. Tel. cfi.registry@curia.eu.int. http://curia.eu.int. Body responsible for mediation procedures: The European Ombudsman, 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman, BP 403, F-67001 Strasbourg. Tel. euro-ombudsman@europarl.eu.int. www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int/home/en/ default.htm. Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff, or, in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to knowledge. A complaint to the European Ombudsman does not have as an effect either to suspend this period or to open a new period for lodging appeals. Date of dispatch of this notice: 19.12.2008.
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Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Service contract
Regulation: European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
Original language: English 🗣️
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Type of bid: Global tender
Awarding authority type: European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
Contracting authority Identity
Awarding authority name: Eurofound - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪 Contact
Internet address: smg@eurofound.europa.eu.📧
Reference Dates
Publication date: 2008-12-31 📅
Date received: 2008-12-19 📅
Date dispatched: 2008-12-19 📅
Submission deadline: 2009-02-23 📅
Date for dispatch of contract documents: 2009-02-17 📅
Identifiers
Notice number (legacy): 338610-2008
OJ-S issue: 253/2008
Reference Dates
Publication date: 2009-09-16 📅
Date received: 2009-09-04 📅
Date dispatched: 2009-09-04 📅
Identifiers
Notice number (legacy): 255596-2009
OJ-S issue: 178/2009
Refers to notice: 338610-2008
Object Award details
Awarded contract: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED: The Gallup Organisation Europe S.A., Ave Michel Ange 70, B-1000 Brussels. E-mail: contact@gallup-europe.be. Tel. +32 2734 5418. URL: www.gallup-europe.be. Fax +32 2734 5419.
Source: OJS 2009/S 178-255596 (2009-09-04)