B-Brussels: modelling of labour markets in the European Union

Country:

Belgium

City/Locality:

BRYJELLES

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:72565-2008

Publication Date:

Mar 18, 2008

Buyer:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Original Language:

English

Address:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
BRUSSELS , Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
Belgium

Email:

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Notice Type: C398
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Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
EU Official Journal Publication: 54/2008
, #
72565-2008
Referenced Document Number: 129996-2007
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Contract awards
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
Contract award notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): European Commission,
Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG, DG EMPL/D/1, attn:
Mr Radek Maly, Head of Unit, Rue Joseph II, 27, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel.
Tel. (32-2) 298 71 78. Fax (32-2) 296 91 55. E-mail:
eric.meyermans@ec.europa.eu.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/tenders/index_en.cfm.
I.2) Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities:
European institution/agency or international organisation.
Employment.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: no.
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1) Description
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Modelling of labour markets in the European Union.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category No 11.
NUTS code BE100.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): This study aims
to provide a labour market model, which can be used to evaluate the
effects of labour market reforms in the context of the European Employment
Strategy, with a special focus on measures affecting flexicurity,
life-cycle aspects of employment, and social protection and cohesion.
More concretely, and by way of illustration, the model should improve the
Commission's understanding of the transmission mechanisms and the
quantitative nature of the effects of relevant policy measures on labour
supply and demand, productivity and social inclusion.
— The specification of the labour supply equation(s) could include, apart
from 'traditional' variables (such as net wages and unemployment levels),
variables such as benefit duration and replacement rates, active labour
market policies, the attractiveness of non-standard labour contracts,
incentives to work longer, the availability and affordability of
childcare, etc.
— The specification of the labour demand equation(s) could include, apart
from 'traditional' variables (such as labour costs, output and
productivity), variables such as working time arrangements and skills
levels, employment protection legislation for standard and non-standard
contracts, minimum wages, etc.
— The specification of labour productivity could include variables such as
education and skills, investment in skills, the quality of work
organisation and social dialogue, labour turnover (mobility), etc.
— The social cohesion dimension could be reflected on the one hand by
focussing on the developments of unemployment, long-term unemployment
and/or inactivity, and on the other hand by specifying the equations where
relevant and feasible in such a way that they take into account the
specificity of target groups such as youth, the unskilled, older people
and migrants.
Moreover, the social cohesion dimension should be analysed from a 'static'
as well as a 'dynamic' perspective: the 'static' perspective for example
by evaluating the impact of reforms on the welfare levels of different
skill groups; and the 'dynamic' perspective for example by evaluating the
impact of reforms on transition rates between different skill groups.
Finally, gender specificities should also be taken into account throughout
the model.
Alternatives to the above relationships can be accepted, as long as they
allow to answer the underlying issues.
The model should allow policy conclusions relevant at the EU level, as
well as at the level of an appropriate set of country groupings. It would
be an advantage if the model would mirror interdependence between
countries (e.g. through mobility of workers), and major regional
disparities. The model equations should be, to the extent possible,
derived from dynamic optimisation principles under constraints. The model
should also make use of harmonised data (including Eurostat, DG EMPL
indicators, DG ECFIN's AMECO, Structural Indicators and LABREF database,
the EU KLEMS database, and OECD databases) to the broadest possible
extent. The labour market model envisaged in this study should be designed
to complement the existing macro-economic models of the Commission,
including the Quest model and the models developed under the MODELS
project (which covers the models GEM-E3, Worldscan, Mirage and Nemesis),
and it should also be designed in such a way that it can be extended in a
flexible way when new policy questions arise. The study should be based on
a brief review of the relevant literature on labour market modelling,
thereby focusing on recent reported developments and relevant results in a
European context. This review should result in a compendium of existing
relevant labour market models. In a second phase, the study should proceed
with the specification, estimation/calibration of a model able to assess
the effects of reforms along flexicurity principles on the labour market
and social cohesion, such as, changes in EPL, social and assistance
policies and lifelong learning policies. Next, the study should illustrate
the properties of the model by simulating the short- and long-run effects,
as well as the inter-dependence between Member States of a comprehensive
reform package for the labour market. The nature of this reform package is
to be agreed with the Commission.
At the end of the contract, the selected contractor will be requested to
organise a seminar in Brussels (at Commission premises) to present the
main findings of the study.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 73200000, 74140000,
74130000, 75310000.
II.1.6) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.2) Total final value of contract(s): EUR 289 755, excluding VAT.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure: Open.
IV.2) Award criteria
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of:
1. quality of the tender; weighting: 30;
2. methodological approach; weighting: 70.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction was used: Yes.
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
VT/2007/056.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Contract
notice number in OJ: 2007/S 106-129996 of 6.6.2007.
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No VC/2007/0344
Title: modelling of labour markets in the European Union
V.1) Date of contract award: 25.9.2007.
V.2) Number of offers received: 4.
V.3) Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been
awarded: Institut für Höhere Studien und Wissenschaftliche Forschung
Verein, Stumpergasse 56, A-1060 Vienna. Tel./Fax (41-71) 224 25 20.
E-mail: quitt@ihs.at. URL: www.ihs.ac.at.
V.4) Information on value of contract: Initial estimated total value of
the contract: EUR 289 755, excluding VAT.
Total final value of the contract: EUR 289 755, excluding VAT.
V.5) The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by
Community funds: Yes.
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s):
Progress programme — employment section.
VI.3) Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Court of First Instance
of the European Communities, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2925 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 43 03-1. Fax (352) 43 37 66. E-mail: ECJ.Registry@curia.eu.int.
URL: http://curia.europa.eu/en/insit/txtdocfr/index.htm.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
The European Ombudsman, 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman BP 403,
F-67001 Strasbourg Cedex. Tel. (33) 388 17 23 13. Fax (33) 388 17 90 62.
E-mail: euro-ombudsman@europarl.europa.eu. URL:
http://www.euro-ombudsman.europa.eu
VI.3.2) 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.
VI.3.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: Court of First Instance of the European Communities,
boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2925 Luxembourg. Tel. (352) 43 03-1. Fax
(352) 43 37 66. E-mail: ECJ.Registry@curia.eu.int. URL:
http://curia.europa.eu/en/insit/txtdocfr/index.htm.
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice: 6.3.2008.

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