Employee involvement in companies under the European Company Statute (ECS)

Eurofound - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

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: Sylvaine Recorbet, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, IRELAND. Tel. srf@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: Employee involvement in companies under the European Company Statute (ECS). Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services. The tasks are to be performed at the premises designated by the contractor and agreed by Eurofound. Meetings with Eurofound will be held at Eurofound's premises in Dublin/Brussels or at the premises of the contractor. A public contract. Short description of the contract or purchase(s): 5 years after the coming into effect of the European Company Statute this research project will assess the working of the normal European companies, in particular with regard to employee involvement in these SEs. Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 79315000. Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. Quantity or scope of the contract II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The present study aims to build up a first inventory, analysis and case studies of the nature and functioning of employee involvement in SEs and capture experience in companies looking at both management and employees. In order to meet this specific objective, the contractor shall map, analyse and assess employee involvement in SEs via a literature review, an analysis of normal SEs and their provisions and mechanisms with regard to employee involvement and via 10 case studies. With regard to the communication objectives, the project is meant: 1. to promote awareness and understanding of SEs and employee involvement; 2. to contribute to the ongoing debate on Europeanisation of industrial relations in the context of the modernisation of employment relations and the role of the social partners in the enlarged EU. Duration of the contract or time limit for completion: Duration in months: 16 (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: Not applicable. Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Please refer to the draft 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: 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; III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: a) list of references for recent similar publications showing: aa) experience in analysing European companies (SEs); ab) a good knowledge of the European system of industrial relations; ac) 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 a 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 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: 09/0436/01. Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Prior information notice: Notice number in OJ: 2009/S 41-58806 of 28.2.2009. Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 22.4.2009 (12:00). Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 28.4.2009 (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). 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 Mrs Sylvaine Recorbet (srf@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. Parties interested in participating in the tender procedure can access the tender information via the Internet: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/about/procurement/index.htm The tender information pack can also be obtained from Eurofound. Requests, which should specify how the information pack is to be dispatched, i.e. electronic or hard copy, must be made in writing to Mrs Sylvaine Recorbet either by post, facsimile (+353 12826456 / 12824209) or e-mail (srf@eurofound.europa.eu), mentioning the complete contact details (name, address, telephone, facsimile, e-mail) of the person/institute issuing the request. Procedures for appeal VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Court of First Instance of the European Communities, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, 2925 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG. Tel. ECJ.Registry@curia.eu.int Internet: http://www.curia.europa.eu Body responsible for mediation procedures: The European Ombudsman, 1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman, BP 403, 67001 Strasbourg Cedex, FRANCE. Tel. euro-ombudsman@europarl.eu.int Internet: http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: 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: 12.3.2009.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2009-04-28. The procurement was published on 2009-03-24.

Who?

• • Eurofound - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

What?

• • Market research services › Social research services