B-Brussels: organisation and implementation of training activities, under the programme 'Better Training for Safer Food', to be mainly held in third countries

Country:

Belgium

City/Locality:

BRYJELLES

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:128477-2008

Publication Date:

May 17, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 22, 2008

Buyer:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Original Language:

English

Address:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
BRUSSELS
Belgium

Email:

Click here

80420000 - Training services

Notice Type: C398
-
Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
EU Official Journal Publication: 95/2008
, #
128477-2008
Referenced Document Number: 72563-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
Contract notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): European Commission,
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, attn: Paola Testori Coggi
(Deputy Director-General), Rue Belliard 232 (7/58), B-1049
Bruxelles/Brussel. Tel. (32-2) 295 34 40. Fax (32-2) 299 62 98. E-mail:
Paola.Testori@ec.europa.eu.
Further information can be obtained from:
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, Directorate E, Unit E.2,
attn: Mr S. Magazzù, Mr L. Panella, Rue Belliard 232, B-1049
Bruxelles/Brussel. Fax (32-2) 296 90 62. E-mail:
sanco-trainingforsaferfood@ec.europa.eu. URL:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/training_strategy/tenderers/calls_tenders_en.htm.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained
from:
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, Directorate E, Unit E.2,
attn: Mr S. Magazzù, Mr L. Panella, Rue Belliard 232, B-1049
Bruxelles/Brussel. Fax (32-2) 296 90 62. E-mail:
sanco-trainingforsaferfood@ec.europa.eu. URL:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/training_strategy/tenderers/calls_tenders_en.htm.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, Directorate E, Unit E.2,
attn: Mr S. Magazzù, Mr L. Panella, Rue Belliard 232, B-1049
Bruxelles/Brussel. Fax (32-2) 296 90 62. E-mail:
sanco-trainingforsaferfood@ec.europa.eu. URL:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/training_strategy/tenderers/calls_tenders_en.htm.
I.2) Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities:
European institution/agency or international organisation.
Health.
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:
Organisation and implementation of training activities, under the
programme 'Better Training for Safer Food', to be mainly held in third
countries.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category No 12.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The tender is
aimed at providing assistance for the organisation of training activities
on the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) and the possible
introduction of a similar system in other regions of the world as well as
on other EU related information technology systems.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 80420000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The tender covers the organisation and
implementation of 2 training activities:
— 4 3-day workshops, to be held in South Africa, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and
Italy (60 participants each) aimed at providing a detailed overview and
explanation of the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed,
— sustained training and technical assistance mission of approximately 350
working days in a maximum of 12 selected third countries aimed at
supporting the competent authorities in selected third countries in the
field covered by this tender, mainly RASFF, TRACES and other EU related
information technology systems.
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 100 000.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) Duration of the contract or time-limit for completion: Duration in
months: 24 (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: A guarantee is mandatory for
pre-financing payments exceeding EUR 150 000.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: All necessary
information concerning this point will be provided in the contract
documents.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: All necessary information concerning
this point will be provided in the contract documents.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
III.2) 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:
all necessary information concerning this point will be provided in the
contract documents.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
all necessary information concerning this point will be provided in the
contract documents.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
all necessary information concerning this point will be provided in the
contract documents.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
No.
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
IV.2) 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.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
SANCO/2008/E2/011.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Prior
information notice number in OJ: 2008/S 54-72563 of 18.3.2008.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents
or for accessing documents: 14.8.2008 (16:00).
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
22.8.2008 (16:00).
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish,
French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian,
Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and
Swedish.
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the
tender: Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of
tenders).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: 4.9.2008 (14:00).
Place: European Commission, Directorate-General for Health and Consumers,
Rue Belliard 232, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel. The tenderers will be notified
in case of change of date, time or place.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Each tender is authorised to attend or to be represented by maximum 1
person. Attendance should be announced at least 1 week in advance.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) This is a recurrent procurement: No.
VI.2) Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by EU
funds: No.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 5.5.2008.

B-Brussels: organisation and implementation of training activities, under the programme 'Better Training for Safer Food', to be mainly held in third countries

Request For Proposals

General Information

Contact Information

Goods, Works and Services

Original Text

dgMarket - Tenders and consulting opportunities worldwide