B-Brussels: support unit for the European fisheries areas network

Country:

Belgium

City/Locality:

BRYJELLES

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:165123-2008

Publication Date:

Jun 28, 2008

Deadline:

Oct 10, 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 notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
EU Official Journal Publication: 124/2008
, #
165123-2008
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 Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Directorate A —
Policy development and coordination, attn: Mr C. Deben, Director MARE-A,
Office: J-99, B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel. E-mail: mare-tenders@ec.europa.eu.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries.
Further information can be obtained at:
As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:
European Commission, attn: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and
Fisheries, Office J-99, 5/07, Unit F/1, Ref.: MARE/2008/09, B-1049
Bruxelles/Brussel.
I.2) Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities:
European institution/agency or international organisation.
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:
Support unit for the European fisheries areas network — 'FAR-NET'.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 27.
Main place of performance: B-Bruxelles/Brussel.
NUTS code: BE100.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Setting up and
running of the support unit for the European network for fisheries areas
under axis 4 of the European Fisheries Fund as provided for under Article
46(1)(f) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27.7.2006 on the
European Fisheries Fund (OJ L 223 of 15.08.2006). Article 46(1)(f)
provides for the establishment of a Community network of actors in the
sustainable development of fisheries areas with a view to encouraging the
exchange of experience and best practice, stimulating and implementing
transregional and transnational cooperation and the dissemination of
information.
Accordingly, the main aims of the 'FAR-NET support unit' will be the
provision of technical assistance, animation, coordination, information
and capitalising on experiences. More specifically, the support unit will:
— provide support to local groups, administrations and national networks,
— produce a website and regular publications (newsletter, magazine,
technical dossiers),
— represent the network in events,
— organise thematic seminars and conferences at Community level for those
actively involved in the sustainable development of fisheries areas to
exchange experience and good practice and stimulate the emergence of
cooperation projects,
— provide preparatory technical support for the development of cooperation
projects;
— collect, disseminate and consolidate at Community level good
transferable practices on the sustainable development of fisheries areas,
— provide summaries and analysis of priority axis 4 in the Member States.
The contractor will have to provide for premises in Brussels dedicated to
the Support Unit as well as meeting facilities. The contract will run for
12 months and may be renewed up to 5 times, each time for a period of 12
months.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 74100000, 78000000,
72000000.
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: Maximum value for the maximum total
duration of the contract (6 years): EUR 12 200 000.
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion: Duration in
months: 12 (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: See point 5.3. of the
tendering specifications and Article I.4 of the draft contract in Annex 1
to the tendering specifications.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: See point 5.3. of
the tendering specifications and Article I.4 of the draft contract in
Annex 1 to the tendering specifications.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: See point 6.3. of the tendering
specifications.
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 points 7.1 and 7.2 of the tendering specifications.
Tenderers must fill in an identification questionnaire, a legal entity
form and a financial information form. Tenderers must state that they are
not in any of the situations described in the tendering specifications
that would exclude them from participation in the procurement procedure
and/or from award of the contract. Tenderers must provide a declaration
that there are no conflicts of interests.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
See point 7.3.1. of the tendering specifications.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
See point 7.3.2. of the tendering specifications.
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:
MARE/2008/09.
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
10.10.2008.
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 month(s): 9 (from the date stated for receipt of
tenders).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: 17.10.2008 (15:00).
Place: Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Rue Joseph
II 99, B-1040 Bruxelles/Brussel.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Tenderers or their authorised representatives are allowed to attend the
opening. These persons will have to sign an attendance list. A passport or
identity card will be required as proof of identity. For practical
reasons, tenderers are requested to inform DG MARE by e-mail (see point
I.1) of their wish to attend the opening no later than 1 week beforehand.
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: Yes.
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): European Fisheries Fund.
VI.3) Additional information: Tender documents will be made available
within 6 calendar days of the publication of the contract notice on the
Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries website at the
following address: http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/tenders_proposals_en.htm.
Tenderers can download the tender documents and eventually any additional
documents and information from this website. The site will be updated
regularly and it is the tenderers' responsibility to check for updates and
modifications during the tendering period.
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.
Tel. (352) 43 03-1. Fax (352) 43 03-2100. E-mail:
CFI.Registry@curia.europa.eu. URL: http://curia.europa.eu.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
The European Ombudsman, 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman, B.P. 403,
F-67001 Strasbourg Cedex. Tel. (33) 388 17 23 13. Fax (33) 388 17 90 62.
E-mail: eo@ombudsman.europa.eu. URL: http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals:
Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff, or, in absence
thereof, of the day on which 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: 17.6.2008.

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