Contract notice Services Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, attn: Maria Cuesta, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Tel. mce@eurofound.eu.int. Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority : http://www.eurofound.eu.int. Further information can be obtained from: the above-mentioned contact point(s). Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: the above-mentioned contact point(s). Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: the above-mentioned contact point(s). Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities: European institution/agency or international organisation. Social policy. 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: Dynamics of the European sectoral social dialogue. Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services. Service category No 11. outside the Foundation. A public contract. Short description of the contract or purchase(s): According to the 2007 work programme, the European Foundation intends to produce a study which shall deliver new insights into the 'Dynamics of the European sectoral social dialogue'. These 'Dynamics' had been identified by previous research of the European Foundation as 1 distinguishing factor of the EU-level sectoral social dialogue. This is why the 2007 research project aims at a mapping and an in-depth analysis of the European sectoral social dialogue. Thus, the main content-related objective of the research project is to describe, analyse and assess the European sectoral social dialogue. This assessment will encompass the actors, the processes and the outcomes of the European social dialogue. Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 73210000. Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. Quantity or scope of the contract II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: A) The contractor will be asked to provide an analytical report mapping, describing, analysing and assessing the European sectoral social dialogue. As for the scope of the contract, the project should include an in-depth analysis of the European sectoral social dialogue and its outcomes. B) The contractor will be asked to complement the above analytical report with a minimum of 45 semi-structured expert interviews, of approximately 30 minutes, to be conducted with the actors of the European sectoral social dialogue from both sides of industry and Commission officials in charge of the administration of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committees. Estimated value, excluding VAT: Range: between EUR 0 and EUR 60 000. Duration of the contract or time-limit for completion: Duration: 12 months from the award of the contract. Legal, economic, financial and technical information III.1) Conditions relating to the contract III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See technical specification (terms of payment). Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: - Contractors, - subcontracting is allowed, - consortia must indicate in their tender which legal form they intend to assume and specify the role, qualifications and experience of each member of the group. A consortium can be a permanent, legally-established grouping or a grouping which has been constituted for this tender procedure. The member of the group (the leader), which will take legal and administrative responsibility for the contract, must also be specified. All members of a consortium (i.e., the leader and all partners), are jointly and severally liable to the contracting authority. 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: A signed and dated statement that the tenderer is not excluded from participation and from the awarding of the contract, as provided for in Articles 93 and 94 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 and according to the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC. Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: a) 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, and turnover relating to the provision of similar services, realised over a period which does not exceed the past 3 financial years (where the tenderer is an individual, he/she is obliged to provide proof of his/her independent status and documentary evidence concerning social security cover, VAT obligations or proof of exemption from VAT as appropriate). Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: A) a list of references for recent similar contracts; a) research experience in the analysis of the European sectoral social dialogue, b) good knowledge of European industrial relations, c) experience in working with the social partners, notably at EU level; B) a list of work carried out in the field of European industrial relations research during the last 5 years; C) a list of completed research projects with an EU or international scope; D) a comprehensive company profile; E) CVs of the staff proposed for this contract demonstrating good knowledge of the topic. 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: Open. Award criteria IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below: 1. quality of the proposed method to be applied in describing, analysing and assessing the European sectoral social dialogue; weighting: 50: The proposal will be assessed on the basis of 3 elements: 1) the proposed method of selecting and carrying out the experts' interviews - (30 %): This will be assessed on the basis of 3 elements: a) the proposed method of how to select the relevant sectors and interviewees - (10 %); b) the structure and content of the interview guideline - (10 %); c) the implementation of the expert interviews (including realistic timetable and suggested methods of how to cooperate with the social partners and Commission officials) - (10 %); 2) the proposed method of how to map and describe the European sectoral social dialogue - (10 %); 3) the proposed method of how to analyse and assess the European sectoral social dialogue - (10 %); 2. quality of the research proposal regarding the analytical report (evidenced by a clearly-structured research proposal addressing the objectives, tasks and methodology of the project); weighting: 30; 3. quality of the project management, work plan and reporting for deliverables, division of labour within the research team (planning, realistic timing and meeting the deadlines, team roles and responsibilities in function of skills, quality assurance, risk assessment, etc.); weighting: 20. N.B. Only tenders achieving a minimum of 70 % of the total score will be further evaluated in relation to price. The tender offering best value for money will be chosen. Value for money means the best quality/price combination. The contract will be awarded on the basis of the quality of the proposal, cost and the competence and experience of the applicants, which, in the opinion of the European Foundation for Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, most satisfy the necessary economic and technical capacity. An electronic auction will be used: No. Administrative information IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 07/0343/01. 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: 20.4.2007 (17:00). Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 26.4.2007 (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: 9 months from the date stated for receipt of tenders. Tenders will be opened at the offices of the European Foundation - room LH13. Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes. Please advise Maria Cuesta in advance if you intend to be present at the opening. 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 document via the Internet: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ about/tenders/index.htm. Tender documents can be also obtained from the Foundation. Requests, which should specify how the information pack is to be dispatched, i.e., in electronic format or hard copy, must be made in writing to Ms Maria Cuesta either by post, facsimile ((353-1) 282 64 56/282 42 09) or electronic mail (mce@eurofound.eu.int), mentioning the complete contact details (name, address, telephone, facsimile, e-mail) of the person/institute issuing the request. Tenders must be submitted in triplicate in a sealed envelope, which is enclosed in a second sealed envelope. One set of tender documents must be unbound for photocopying purposes. The inner envelope must be marked 'Invitation to tender No 07-0343/01. For the attention of Ms Maria Cuesta. Tender from (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 electronic mail is not acceptable and renders these tenders inadmissible. Procedures for appeal VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Court of First Instance of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2925 Luxembourg. Tel. ECJ.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. http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/home/en/default.htm. Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff or, in the 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: 5.3.2007.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2007-04-26.
The procurement was published on 2007-03-17.
Contract notice (2007-03-05) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Dynamics of the European sectoral social dialogue
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Contract notice Services Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, attn: Maria Cuesta, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Tel. mce@eurofound.eu.int. Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority : http://www.eurofound.eu.int. Further information can be obtained from: the above-mentioned contact point(s). Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: the above-mentioned contact point(s). Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: the above-mentioned contact point(s). Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities: European institution/agency or international organisation. Social policy. 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: Dynamics of the European sectoral social dialogue. Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services. Service category No 11. outside the Foundation. A public contract. Short description of the contract or purchase(s): According to the 2007 work programme, the European Foundation intends to produce a study which shall deliver new insights into the 'Dynamics of the European sectoral social dialogue'. These 'Dynamics' had been identified by previous research of the European Foundation as 1 distinguishing factor of the EU-level sectoral social dialogue. This is why the 2007 research project aims at a mapping and an in-depth analysis of the European sectoral social dialogue. Thus, the main content-related objective of the research project is to describe, analyse and assess the European sectoral social dialogue. This assessment will encompass the actors, the processes and the outcomes of the European social dialogue. Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 73210000. Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. Quantity or scope of the contract II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: A) The contractor will be asked to provide an analytical report mapping, describing, analysing and assessing the European sectoral social dialogue. As for the scope of the contract, the project should include an in-depth analysis of the European sectoral social dialogue and its outcomes. B) The contractor will be asked to complement the above analytical report with a minimum of 45 semi-structured expert interviews, of approximately 30 minutes, to be conducted with the actors of the European sectoral social dialogue from both sides of industry and Commission officials in charge of the administration of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committees. Estimated value, excluding VAT: Range: between EUR 0 and EUR 60 000. Duration of the contract or time-limit for completion: Duration: 12 months from the award of the contract. Legal, economic, financial and technical information III.1) Conditions relating to the contract III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See technical specification (terms of payment). Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: - Contractors, - subcontracting is allowed, - consortia must indicate in their tender which legal form they intend to assume and specify the role, qualifications and experience of each member of the group. A consortium can be a permanent, legally-established grouping or a grouping which has been constituted for this tender procedure. The member of the group (the leader), which will take legal and administrative responsibility for the contract, must also be specified. All members of a consortium (i.e., the leader and all partners), are jointly and severally liable to the contracting authority. 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: A signed and dated statement that the tenderer is not excluded from participation and from the awarding of the contract, as provided for in Articles 93 and 94 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 and according to the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC. Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: a) 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, and turnover relating to the provision of similar services, realised over a period which does not exceed the past 3 financial years (where the tenderer is an individual, he/she is obliged to provide proof of his/her independent status and documentary evidence concerning social security cover, VAT obligations or proof of exemption from VAT as appropriate). Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: A) a list of references for recent similar contracts; a) research experience in the analysis of the European sectoral social dialogue, b) good knowledge of European industrial relations, c) experience in working with the social partners, notably at EU level; B) a list of work carried out in the field of European industrial relations research during the last 5 years; C) a list of completed research projects with an EU or international scope; D) a comprehensive company profile; E) CVs of the staff proposed for this contract demonstrating good knowledge of the topic. 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: Open. Award criteria IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below: 1. quality of the proposed method to be applied in describing, analysing and assessing the European sectoral social dialogue; weighting: 50: The proposal will be assessed on the basis of 3 elements: 1) the proposed method of selecting and carrying out the experts' interviews - (30 %): This will be assessed on the basis of 3 elements: a) the proposed method of how to select the relevant sectors and interviewees - (10 %); b) the structure and content of the interview guideline - (10 %); c) the implementation of the expert interviews (including realistic timetable and suggested methods of how to cooperate with the social partners and Commission officials) - (10 %); 2) the proposed method of how to map and describe the European sectoral social dialogue - (10 %); 3) the proposed method of how to analyse and assess the European sectoral social dialogue - (10 %); 2. quality of the research proposal regarding the analytical report (evidenced by a clearly-structured research proposal addressing the objectives, tasks and methodology of the project); weighting: 30; 3. quality of the project management, work plan and reporting for deliverables, division of labour within the research team (planning, realistic timing and meeting the deadlines, team roles and responsibilities in function of skills, quality assurance, risk assessment, etc.); weighting: 20. N.B. Only tenders achieving a minimum of 70 % of the total score will be further evaluated in relation to price. The tender offering best value for money will be chosen. Value for money means the best quality/price combination. The contract will be awarded on the basis of the quality of the proposal, cost and the competence and experience of the applicants, which, in the opinion of the European Foundation for Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, most satisfy the necessary economic and technical capacity. An electronic auction will be used: No. Administrative information IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 07/0343/01. 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: 20.4.2007 (17:00). Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 26.4.2007 (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: 9 months from the date stated for receipt of tenders. Tenders will be opened at the offices of the European Foundation - room LH13. Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes. Please advise Maria Cuesta in advance if you intend to be present at the opening. 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 document via the Internet: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ about/tenders/index.htm. Tender documents can be also obtained from the Foundation. Requests, which should specify how the information pack is to be dispatched, i.e., in electronic format or hard copy, must be made in writing to Ms Maria Cuesta either by post, facsimile ((353-1) 282 64 56/282 42 09) or electronic mail (mce@eurofound.eu.int), mentioning the complete contact details (name, address, telephone, facsimile, e-mail) of the person/institute issuing the request. Tenders must be submitted in triplicate in a sealed envelope, which is enclosed in a second sealed envelope. One set of tender documents must be unbound for photocopying purposes. The inner envelope must be marked 'Invitation to tender No 07-0343/01. For the attention of Ms Maria Cuesta. Tender from (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 electronic mail is not acceptable and renders these tenders inadmissible. Procedures for appeal VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Court of First Instance of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2925 Luxembourg. Tel. ECJ.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. http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/home/en/default.htm. Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff or, in the 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: 5.3.2007.
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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: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪 Contact
Internet address: mce@eurofound.eu.int📧
Reference Dates
Publication date: 2007-03-17 📅
Date received: 2007-03-05 📅
Date dispatched: 2007-03-05 📅
Submission deadline: 2007-04-26 📅
Date for dispatch of contract documents: 2007-04-20 📅
Identifiers
Notice number (legacy): 65973-2007
OJ-S issue: 54/2007
Object Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Research consultancy services📦
Source: OJS 2007/S 054-065973 (2007-03-05)