Contracting authority I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, attn: Anke Reinhardt, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Tel. are@eurofound.eu.int. Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority (URL): http://www.eurofound.eu.int. Further information can be obtained from: the above-mentioned contact point. Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: the above-mentioned contact point. Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: the above-mentioned contact point. 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: Verification of collective redundancy notification and European Restructuring Monitor data. Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services. outside of the Foundation. A public contract. Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) (http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/erm/) is a tool designed to provide an overview of restructuring activities in Europe. It provides information on announcement of individual restructuring cases and allows for the compilation of statistics comparing countries, sectors and types of restructuring. All information is based on the analysis of daily newspapers and the business press in EU25, Romania and Bulgaria. This open procedure is launched with the intention of awarding a contract to a research team in order to conduct the following parts of work: 1. The notification data (part A): The aim of this part is to pursue the feasibility of using the legal requirement in European Directive 98/59/EC to notify public authorities of impending collective dismissals as a complement to and a means of verifying data used in the European Restructuring Monitor. The follow-up of the European Restructuring Monitor case studies (part B): The aim of this part is to check the accuracy of the initial reporting in the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) both in terms of the accuracy at the time of the announcement and in light of subsequent developments. Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 74131600, 73210000. Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. Quantity or scope of the contract II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The contractor is to produce the following deliverables for: Part A: a) report for each Member State structured as outlined in technical specifications; b) copies of texts (in English): - the legal text on the national implementation of Directive relating to the notification procedures, - other national studies on the notification data (if available); c) contact details to the relevant public authorities; d) the available notification data in Excel spreadsheets. - report which should contain an executive summary of the main findings with regard to the differences in the projected number of job losses announced in the ERM and the actual number that subsequently took place, with reference to the time line as registered in the ERM. between EUR 90 000 and EUR 105 000. Duration of the contract or time-limit for completion: Duration: 7 months 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 III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See tender specifications (terms of payment). Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Consortia must indicate in their tender which legal form they intend to assume and very clearly specify the role 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) a signed and dated statement that the tenderer is not excluded from participation in the contract, as provided for in Article 29 of Directive 92/50/EEC; b) a signed and dated statement that within the last 3 years the tendering firm/individual has not been required to pay financial penalties or had payment deducted from monies arising from failure to perform in accordance with contractual obligations; c) tenderers are required to produce documentary evidence that they are in compliance with national VAT/tax obligations. 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 cover; 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.) III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: a) list of references for recent similar contracts; b) a comprehensive company profile evidenced by: staff - numbers and experience, description of company structure and organisation; c) CVs of the staff proposed for this contract. 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 below: criteria; weighting: 1. project management evidenced by the capacity to obtain the stipulated information in all 25 Member States. This may be either by means of an existing network in all Member States or by some other, clearly specified, means. The proposal should describe clear roles and responsibilities of the network members; 40; 2. understanding of requirements of this tender evidenced by a clear description of how the tasks will be carried out. This requires a clear methodology for analysing the quality and availability of the existing information on impending collective dismissals at the national level (part A) and how the follow-up ERM cases shall be conducted (part B); 30; 3. quality assurance evidenced by the proposed method for evaluating critically the data quality from public authorities in all Member States (part A) and to demonstrate the capability to access and analyse information from companies in all Member States (part B); 30. 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 criteria. The Foundation will not necessarily award the contract to the lowest bidder. An electronic auction will be used: No. Administrative information IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: DST/0298/06/01 IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Prior information notice: number in OJ: 2006 /S 030-032361 of 14.2.2006. Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents (except for a DPS) or descriptive document: 8.5.2006 (17:00). Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 15.5.2006 (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: 9 months from the date stated for receipt of tender. Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes. Please advise Anke Rheinhardt in advance if you intend to be present at the opening. Complementary information IV.1) This is a recurrent procurement: No. Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by EU funds: No. Additional information VI.4) Procedures for appeal VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Court of First Instance of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Bd. Konrad Adenauer, L-2925 Luxemburg. Tel. ECJ.Registry@curia.eu.int. http://curia.eu.int. Body responsible for mediation procedures: The European Ombudsman, 1 Avenue du President Robert Schuman, F-67001 Strasbourg. Tel. euro-ombudsman@europarl.eu.int. http://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. Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 5.4.2006.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2006-05-15.
The procurement was published on 2006-04-15.
Contract notice (2006-04-05) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Verification of collective redundancy notification and European Restructuring Monitor data
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Contracting authority I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, attn: Anke Reinhardt, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Tel. are@eurofound.eu.int. Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority (URL): http://www.eurofound.eu.int. Further information can be obtained from: the above-mentioned contact point. Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: the above-mentioned contact point. Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: the above-mentioned contact point. 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: Verification of collective redundancy notification and European Restructuring Monitor data. Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services. outside of the Foundation. A public contract. Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) (http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/erm/) is a tool designed to provide an overview of restructuring activities in Europe. It provides information on announcement of individual restructuring cases and allows for the compilation of statistics comparing countries, sectors and types of restructuring. All information is based on the analysis of daily newspapers and the business press in EU25, Romania and Bulgaria. This open procedure is launched with the intention of awarding a contract to a research team in order to conduct the following parts of work: 1. The notification data (part A): The aim of this part is to pursue the feasibility of using the legal requirement in European Directive 98/59/EC to notify public authorities of impending collective dismissals as a complement to and a means of verifying data used in the European Restructuring Monitor. The follow-up of the European Restructuring Monitor case studies (part B): The aim of this part is to check the accuracy of the initial reporting in the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) both in terms of the accuracy at the time of the announcement and in light of subsequent developments. Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 74131600, 73210000. Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. Quantity or scope of the contract II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The contractor is to produce the following deliverables for: Part A: a) report for each Member State structured as outlined in technical specifications; b) copies of texts (in English): - the legal text on the national implementation of Directive relating to the notification procedures, - other national studies on the notification data (if available); c) contact details to the relevant public authorities; d) the available notification data in Excel spreadsheets. - report which should contain an executive summary of the main findings with regard to the differences in the projected number of job losses announced in the ERM and the actual number that subsequently took place, with reference to the time line as registered in the ERM. between EUR 90 000 and EUR 105 000. Duration of the contract or time-limit for completion: Duration: 7 months 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 III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See tender specifications (terms of payment). Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Consortia must indicate in their tender which legal form they intend to assume and very clearly specify the role 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) a signed and dated statement that the tenderer is not excluded from participation in the contract, as provided for in Article 29 of Directive 92/50/EEC; b) a signed and dated statement that within the last 3 years the tendering firm/individual has not been required to pay financial penalties or had payment deducted from monies arising from failure to perform in accordance with contractual obligations; c) tenderers are required to produce documentary evidence that they are in compliance with national VAT/tax obligations. 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 cover; 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.) III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: a) list of references for recent similar contracts; b) a comprehensive company profile evidenced by: staff - numbers and experience, description of company structure and organisation; c) CVs of the staff proposed for this contract. 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 below: criteria; weighting: 1. project management evidenced by the capacity to obtain the stipulated information in all 25 Member States. This may be either by means of an existing network in all Member States or by some other, clearly specified, means. The proposal should describe clear roles and responsibilities of the network members; 40; 2. understanding of requirements of this tender evidenced by a clear description of how the tasks will be carried out. This requires a clear methodology for analysing the quality and availability of the existing information on impending collective dismissals at the national level (part A) and how the follow-up ERM cases shall be conducted (part B); 30; 3. quality assurance evidenced by the proposed method for evaluating critically the data quality from public authorities in all Member States (part A) and to demonstrate the capability to access and analyse information from companies in all Member States (part B); 30. 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 criteria. The Foundation will not necessarily award the contract to the lowest bidder. An electronic auction will be used: No. Administrative information IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: DST/0298/06/01 IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Prior information notice: number in OJ: 2006 /S 030-032361 of 14.2.2006. Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents (except for a DPS) or descriptive document: 8.5.2006 (17:00). Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 15.5.2006 (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: 9 months from the date stated for receipt of tender. Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes. Please advise Anke Rheinhardt in advance if you intend to be present at the opening. Complementary information IV.1) This is a recurrent procurement: No. Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by EU funds: No. Additional information VI.4) Procedures for appeal VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Court of First Instance of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Bd. Konrad Adenauer, L-2925 Luxemburg. Tel. ECJ.Registry@curia.eu.int. http://curia.eu.int. Body responsible for mediation procedures: The European Ombudsman, 1 Avenue du President Robert Schuman, F-67001 Strasbourg. Tel. euro-ombudsman@europarl.eu.int. http://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. Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 5.4.2006.
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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: are@eurofound.eu.int📧
Reference Dates
Publication date: 2006-04-15 📅
Date received: 2006-04-05 📅
Date dispatched: 2006-04-05 📅
Submission deadline: 2006-05-15 📅
Date for dispatch of contract documents: 2006-05-08 📅
Identifiers
Notice number (legacy): 76805-2006
OJ-S issue: 74/2006
Refers to notice: 32361-2006
Object Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Research consultancy services📦
Source: OJS 2006/S 074-076805 (2006-04-05)