B-Brussels: on the road to Lisbon with VET: readjusting gears; monitoring progress in making VET attractive and efficient to meet tomorrow's needs; background analysis to inform the ministers meeting under the Finnish presidency 2006

General Information
Country:	Belgium
Deadline for Specification:	Oct 1, 2005
Deadline for Responses:	Oct 14, 2005
Regulation of Procurement:	European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
EU Official Journal Publication:	#161254-2005 in 162 issue
Publication Date:	Aug 24, 2005
Referenced Document Number:
Awarding Authority:	EUROPEAN COMMISSION, BRUSSELS
Contract Nature:	Service contract
Procedure Type:	Open procedure
Type of Bid Required:	Global tender
Awarding Criteria:	The most economic tender
Original Language(s):	English

Goods, Works and Services
Commodities:	80000000 - Education and training services 80210000 - Technical and vocational secondary education services 80300000 - Higher education services 80400000 - Adult and other education services 80500000 - Training services

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Contract notice Services Is this contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)? Yes. Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Official name and address of the contracting authority: European Commission, Education and Culture DG, attn: Marta Ferreira Lourenço, B-7 office 09/13, B-1049 Brussels. Tel. (32-2) 296 29 29. Fax (32-2) 292 17 70. E-mail: EAC-A3-STUDY-48@cec.eu.int. I.2) Address from which further information can be obtained: European Commission, Education and Culture DG, attn: Martina Ní Cheallaigh, B 7 office 9/27, B-1049 Brussels. Tel. (32-2) 295 46 40. Fax (32-2) 292 17 70. E-mail: EAC-A3-STUDY-48@cec.eu.int. URL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/calls/callg_en.html. I.3) Address from which documentation may be obtained: European Commission, Education and Culture DG, attn: Unit A3 - Tenders, B-7 095/12, B-1049 Brussels. Tel. (32-2) 296 87 89. Fax (32-2) 292 17 70. E-mail: EAC-A3-STUDY-48@cec.eu.int. URL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/calls/callg_en.html. I.4) Address to which tenders/requests to participate must be sent: European Commission, Education and Culture DG, attn: Unit A3 - Tenders, B-7 09/12, B-1049 Brussels. Tel. (32-2) 296 87 89. Fax (32-2) 292 17 70. E-mail: EAC-A3-STUDY-48@cec.eu.int. URL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/calls/callg_en.html. I.5) Type of contracting authority: EU institution. Section II: Object of the contract II.1) Description II.1.1) Type of works contract II.1.2) Type of supplies contract II.1.3) Type of service contract: Service category: 24. II.1.4) Is it a framework agreement? Yes. II.1.5) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: On the road to Lisbon with VET: readjusting gears. Monitoring progress in making VET attractive and efficient to meet tomorrow's needs. Background analysis to inform the ministers meeting under the Finnish presidency 2006. II.1.6) Description/object of the contract: The aim of the study is to provide an update of progress towards reaching the Lisbon objectives in the field of vocational education and training, by providing an overview of the current situation, reforms, trends and best practice in the 32 countries participating in the Copenhagen process. To prepare the next ministerial meeting on enhanced cooperation in vocational educational and training (VET), to be held in Finland in December 2006, it will take stock of where countries stand in relation to the priorities fixed in Copenhagen and Maastricht. To this end, the study will treat in detail 3 of the main priorities at national level: 1. opening up pathways and linking VET and higher education; 2. role of VET in promoting labour market and social integration; 3. investing in and financing VET. II.1.7) Site or location of works, place of delivery or performance: Brussels. II.1.8) Nomenclature II.1.8.1) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 80000000, 80210000, 80300000, 80400000, 80420000. II.1.8.2) Other relevant nomenclature (CPA/NACE/CPC) II.1.9) Division into lots: No. II.1.10) Will variants be accepted? II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The work will require at least 450 person-days to execute the tasks satisfactorily, including circa 60-80 days for the management and coordination of the study. II.2.2) Options. Description and time when they may be exercised II.3) Duration of the contract or time-limit for completion: 9 months from the award of the contract. Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information III.1) Conditions relating to the contract III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: The contracting authority will require the contractor to provide a guarantee to cover the full amount of the pre-financing if this exceeds EUR 50 000 (see specifications). III.1.2) Main terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions: The payment procedures are as follows: an initial payment of 30 % of the total amount within 30 days of the signature of the contract by the 2 parties; a second payment of 40 % of the total amount within 30 days of the approval by the Commission of the interim report; payment of the balance within 30 days of the approval by the Commission of the final report. Payments are made to the contractor's bank account on receipt of valid invoices. III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is awarded III.2) Conditions for participation III.2.1) Information concerning the personal situation of the contractor, supplier or service provider and information and formalities necessary for the evaluation of the minimum economic, financial and technical capacity required: Yes. See terms of reference. III.2.1.1) Legal position - means of proof required: Applicants should not belong to any of the cases for exclusion mentioned in Article 93 of the Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25.6.2002 on the financial regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (OJ L 248, 16.9.2002). III.2.1.2) Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required: See terms of reference. III.2.1.3) Technical capacity - means of proof required: - proof of knowledge and ability and research capacity to cover VET systems and their related socio-economic context in 32 European countries; - proof of experience in the specific areas covered by the study by presenting examples of previous studies; - proof of ability to create a team capable of carrying out the work on time; - proof of organisational skills and management experience of team leader and linguistic ability of the team; - CVs and competences of each of the proposed team members. III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts III.3.1) Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession? No. III.3.2) Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for execution of the contract? Yes. Section IV: Procedure IV.1) Type of procedure: Open. IV.1.1) Have candidates already been selected? IV.1.2) Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure IV.1.3) Previous publication concerning the same contract IV.1.3.1) Prior information notice concerning the same contract IV.1.3.2) Other previous publications IV.1.4) Envisaged number of suppliers which will be invited to tender IV.2) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in terms of criteria as stated in contract documents. IV.3) Administrative information IV.3.1) Reference number attributed to the file by the contracting authority: EAC/48/05 IV.3.2) Conditions for obtaining contract documents and additional documents: Obtainable until 1.10.2005. The payment procedures are as follows: An initial payment of 30 % of the total amount within 30 days of the signature of the contract by the 2 parties; a second payment of 40 % of the total amount within 30 days of the approval by the Commission of the interim report; payment of the balance within 30 days of the approval by the Commission of the final report. Payments are made to the contractor's bank account on receipt of valid invoices. IV.3.3) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 14.10.2005. IV.3.4) Dispatch of invitations to tender to selected candidates IV.3.5) Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish. IV.3.6) Minimum time-frame during which the tenderer must maintain its tender: 6 months from the deadline stated for receipt of tenders. IV.3.7) Conditions for opening tenders IV.3.7.1) Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: A representative of each bidding organisation may attend the opening of tenders. IV.3.7.2) Date, time and place: Date: 21.10.2005. Time: 11.00. Place: Room 5/14, Rue Belliard 7, B-1040 Brussels. Section VI: Other information VI.1) Is this notice a non-mandatory one? No. VI.2) If applicable, indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the estimated timing for further notices to be published VI.3) Does the contract relate to a project/programme financed by EU funds? No. VI.4) Additional information VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 11.8.2005.

B-Brussels: on the road to Lisbon with VET: readjusting gears; monitoring progress in making VET attractive and efficient to meet tomorrow's needs; background analysis to inform the ministers meeting under the Finnish presidency 2006

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