L-Luxembourg: external trade statistics — lot 1: estimation of missing data (EMDSAS application), lot 2: production of 'Statistics in focus' within the field of international trade statistics

Country:

Luxembourg

City/Locality:

LOYJEMBOYRGO

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:142547-2008

Publication Date:

Jun 4, 2008

Deadline:

Jul 30, 2008

Buyer:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Original Language:

English

Address:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg

Email:

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Notice Type: C398
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
EU Official Journal Publication: 107/2008
, #
142547-2008
Referenced Document Number: 68019-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Partial 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, Eurostat,
attn: Mr Peter Bekx, Jean Monnet Building, rue Alcide de Gasperi,
Kirchberg, L-2920 Luxembourg. Tel. (352) 43 01-36603. Fax (352) 43
01-30709. E-mail: peter.bekx@ec.europa.eu.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
www.europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/.
Further information can be obtained from:
European Commission, Eurostat, attn: Mr Gilberto Gambini, BECH — Office
B3/317, rue Alcide de Gasperi, L-2920 Luxembourg. Fax (352) 43 01-30019.
E-mail: ESTAT-G3-SECRETARIAT@ec.europa.eu.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained
from:
European Commission, Eurostat, BECH — Office B3/304, rue Alcide de
Gasperi, L-2920 Luxembourg. URL: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/
callsfortenders.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:
European Commission, Eurostat, Unit A6 — CAD, attn: Mr Jan Planovsky, BECH
F1b/932, Jean Monnet Building, rue Alcide de Gasperi, L-2920 Luxembourg.
Fax (352) 43 01-30019.
I.2) Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities:
European institution/agency or international organisation.
Other: statistics.
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:
External trade statistics — lot 1: estimation of missing data (EMDSAS
application), lot 2: production of 'Statistics in focus' within the field
of international trade statistics.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 10.
Main place of performance: Contractor's premises.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Lot 1: the
objective is to guarantee the availability of necessary estimations for
missing data that are used for the publication of external trade
aggregated data.
Lot 2: the objective is the preparation of 8 issues of the publication
'Statistics in focus' analysing trade in goods by the European Union (EU)
and its Member States.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 74133000, 72254000,
78000000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: 1 or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: No.
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Lot 1: EUR 30 000 per year (maximum
total duration: 3 years);
lot 2: EUR 60 000 per year (maximum total duration: 3 years).
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 270 000.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion: Duration in
months: 36 (from the award of the contract).
Information about lots
Lot No 1
Title: Estimation of missing data (EMDSAS application)
1) Short description: The objective of this project is to guarantee the
availability of the necessary estimates for missing data that will be used
for the publication of external trade aggregated data and in particular
for the publication of the monthly press release. The general objective is
to provide the user with high-quality trade statistics as quickly and
punctually as possible.
2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 74133000, 72254000.
3) Quantity or scope: Estimated cost excluding VAT: EUR 90 000.
4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or
starting/completion: Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the
contract).
5) Additional information about lots: The overall duration of the work
will be 36 months, divided into 3 contracts covering work periods of 12
months each. Implementation of each contract, whether total or partial,
following the initial contract, is subject to budgetary constraints and/or
satisfaction with the quality of the services rendered under the previous
contract and/or unilateral discretionary decision of the Commission. The
tenderer awarded the contract must carry out the contracts following the
initial contract where requested by the Commission to sign the contract in
question.
Lot No 2
Title: Production of 'Statistics in focus' in the field of international
trade statistics
1) Short description: The objective of the contract is the preparation of
8 issues of 'Statistics in focus' per year, analysing trade in goods by
the European Union (EU) and its Member States.
2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 74133000, 78000000.
3) Quantity or scope: Estimated cost excluding VAT: EUR 180 000.
4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or
starting/completion: Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the
contract).
5) Additional information about lots: The overall duration of the work
will be 36 months, divided into 3 contracts covering work periods of 12
months each. Implementation of each contract, whether total or partial,
following the initial contract, is subject to budgetary constraints and/or
satisfaction with the quality of the services rendered under the previous
contract and/or unilateral discretionary decision of the Commission. The
tenderer awarded the contract must carry out the contracts following the
initial contract where requested by the Commission to sign the contract in
question.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: See tender specifications
(http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/callsfortenders).
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See tender
specifications (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/callsfortenders).
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: See tender specifications
(http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/callsfortenders).
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:
see tender specifications (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/callsfortenders).
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
see tender specifications (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/callsfortenders).
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
see tender specifications (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/callsfortenders).
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.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Prior
information notice.
Notice number in OJ: 2008/S 50-68019 of 12.3.2008.
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: 23.7.2008.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
30.7.2008 (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: 12 (from the date stated for receipt of
tenders).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: 6.8.2008 (10:00).
Place: Eurostat premises, BECH Building — room B4/444, 5, rue Weicker,
L-2721 Luxembourg.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
One authorised representative of each tenderer may be present at this
opening session. A written authorisation signed by the tenderer or his
duly-authorised agent must be presented to the chairman of the opening
Committee.
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.3) Additional information: Direct electronic access to tender
documentation is provided, without any prior request/registration, at the
Internet address mentioned in point I.1.
VI.4) 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.
Fax (352) 43 37 66. E-mail: ECJ.Registry@curia.eu.int. URL:
http://curia.eu.int.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
The European Ombudsman, 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman, F-67001
Strasbourg Cedex. Fax (33) 388 17 90 62. E-mail:
euro-ombudsman@europarl.eu.int. URL: http://www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals:
Within 2 months from the notification of the plaintiff or, in absence
thereof, from the day 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.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 23.5.2008.

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