Working conditions and social dialogue

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): European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, attn: Jean-Michel Miller, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Tel. jmm@eurofound.europa.eu. Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu. 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: Working conditions and social dialogue. Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services. Service category No 8. the tasks are to be performed at the premises designated by the contractor. A public contract. Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The relationship between working conditions and social dialogue will be investigated on the basis of the work realised in the comparative analytical report 'working conditions and social dialogue'. The study should include an analysis of 'good examples' at company and/or sectoral level. Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 73110000. Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes. Quantity or scope of the contract II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Annual contract lasting 12 months. Duration of the contract or time-limit for completion: 12 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: Not applicable. Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Please refer to the technical specifications. Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: Please refer to the technical 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 technical specifications must be met by tenderers. 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 their good financial viability, 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. Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: professional and technical capacity — means of proof required: (a) list of references for recent similar work, assessing: 1. research experience in the analysis of 'working conditions' and 'social dialogue'; 2. good knowledge of European Working Conditions Observatory/European Industrial Relations Observatory work; (b) a list of work carried out in the field of 'working conditions' and 'social dialogue' during the last 5 years; (c) a list of completed research projects; (d) a comprehensive company profile; (e) CVs of the staff proposed for this contract demonstrating good knowledge of the topic and ability to understand the surveys’ languages; (f) evidence of capacity to access the proposed surveys for investigation, proven by a declaration of the tenderer. 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 research methodology: (1) method for selecting, understanding, interpreting, analysing and comparing the relevant surveys and related questions (25 %); (2) method for selecting companies for case studies/examples of good practice in the construction and care sector, as in interview conducting (25 %). understanding of the contract objectives and content of tasks; clear development on the project presentation; demonstration of analysis of case study and statistics; description of examples of good practice. quality of the project management: presentation of work plan and implementation of work according to deadlines; presentation/organisation of proposed project team (responsibilities and roles) including back up; distribution and implementation of work as per countries where surveys have been detected; quality assurance; risk assessment; reporting/cooperation with Eurofound research managers. The contract will be awarded on the basis of the quality of the proposal and cost which, in the opinion of the European Foundation for Improvement of Living and Working Conditions most satisfies the necessary economic and technical capacity. 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. An electronic auction will be used: No. Administrative information IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 08/351/01. 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: 6.5.2008 (14:00). Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 13.5.2008 (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. European Foundation, Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown, County Dublin, Ireland. Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes. Tenders will be opened at the offices of the European Foundation, room number LH4. 1 representative of the tenderer may be present at the opening as an observer. Please advise Ms Izabela Ksiazak-Klepacka 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/tenders/index.htm. The tender information pack can also be obtained from Eurofound. Requests which should specify if the information pack is to be dispatched in electronic format or hard copy, must be made in writing to Ms Izabela Ksiazak-Klepacka either by post, facsimile ((353-1) 282 64 56/282 42 09) or electronic mail (jmm@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, L-2925 Luxembourg. Tel. CFI.registry@curia.europa.eu. http://curia.europa.eu Body responsible for mediation procedures: The European Ombudsman, 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman BP 403, F-67001 Strasbourg Cedex. Tel. euro-ombudsman@europarl.europa.eu. http://www.euro-ombudsman.europa.eu VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: within 2 months of the plaintiff being notified or, failing this, of the day on which it came to his knowledge. A complaint to the European Ombudsman will neither suspend this period nor open a new period for lodging appeals. Date of dispatch of this notice: 25.3.2008.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2008-05-13. The procurement was published on 2008-04-05.

Who?

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

What?

• • Research and experimental development services › Research services