E-Barcelona: Computer network services

Country:

Spain

City/Locality:

BARKELONI

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:208267-2008

Publication Date:

Aug 9, 2008

Deadline:

Sept 30, 2008

Buyer:

THE EUROPEAN JOINT UNDERTAKING FOR ITER AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUSION ENERGY ("FUSION FOR ENERGY").

Original Language:

English

Address:

THE EUROPEAN JOINT UNDERTAKING FOR ITER AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUSION ENERGY (FUSION FOR ENERGY)
BARCELONA , Barcelona
Spain

Web Site:

http://fusionforenergy.europa.eu

Notice Type: 2210
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 154/2008
, #
208267-2008
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): The European Joint Undertaking
for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (Fusion for Energy), C.
Josep Pla, nº 2 Torres Diagonal Litoral Building B3, Contact: Hashim
Ludin, Attn: Hashim Ludin, E-08019 Barcelona. Tel. (34) 933 20 18 75.
E-mail: it-tenders@f4e.europa.eu.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://fusionforenergy.europa.eu.
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:
The European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion
Energy (Fusion For Energy), C. Josep Pla, nº 2 Torres Diagonal Litoral
Building B3, E-08019 Barcelona. URL: http://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/
Procurement_administrative.htm.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s).
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Other: Joint Undertaking within the meaning of Articles 45-51 of the
Euratom Treaty.
Other: Fusion Energy.
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:
Provision of an additional internet access line and related services to
Fusion for Energy.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 07.
Main place of performance: Fusion For Energy premises, Barcelona, Spain.
NUTS code: ES511.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with a
single operator.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in months: 48
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 500 000 EUR.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Fusion for
Energy wishes to conclude a framework agreement with a single operator for
the provision of an additional internet access line and related services.
A service framework contract will be concluded for a period of 24 months,
renewable once for an overall maximum duration of 48 consecutive months.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 72530000, 64220000.
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: Estimated value excluding VAT: 500 000
EUR.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 48 (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: Fusion For Energy reserves the
right to require from the contractor the deposit of a guarantee equivalent
to any pre-financing in accordance with the provisions of its financial
regulations.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: As stated in the
tender specification and draft contract.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: As stated in the tender specification
and draft contract.
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: Tenderers
shall provide a declaration on their honour, duly signed and dated,
stating that they are not in any of the situations listed below, failing
which they shall be excluded from participation: - they are bankrupt or
being wound up, are having their affairs administrated by the courts, have
entered into an arrangement with creditors, have suspended business
activities, are the subject of proceedings concerning those matters, or
are in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided
for in national legislation or regulations, - they have been convicted of
an offence concerning their professional conduct by a judgment which has
the force of res judicata, - they have been guilty of grave professional
misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authority can
justify, - they have not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of
social security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with
the legal provisions of the country in which they are established or with
those of the country of the contracting authority or those of the country
where the contract is to be performed, - they are currently subject to an
administrative penalty by the contracting authority, - they have been the
subject to a conflict of interest, - are guilty of misrepresentation in
supplying the information required by the contracting authority as a
condition of participation in the procurement procedure or fail to supply
this information. The tenderer to whom the contract is awarded shall be
requested to provide, within a time limit defined by Fusion for Energy and
preceding the signature of the contract, the evidence confirming the
declaration on honour referred to above. Fusion for Energy will accept as
satisfactory evidence that the tenderer to whom the contract is to be
awarded is not in any of the situations described above, a recent extract
from the judicial record or, failing that, an equivalent document recently
issued by a judicial or administrative authority in the country of origin
or provenance showing that those requirements are satisfied. Fusion for
Energy will accept, as satisfactory evidence that the tenderer has
fulfilled his obligations relating to the payment of social security
contributions and the payment of taxes, a recent certificate issued by the
competent authority of the State concerned. The tenderer must also: -
provide information on the ownership or on the management, control and
power of representation of the legal entity, when the tenderer is a legal
entity, -certify that the subcontractor is not in one of the situations
referred to above when subcontracting is envisaged. In the case of
subcontracting, a declaration on their honour, duly signed and dated, must
also be submitted by each subcontractor stating that they are not in any
of the situations listed above. The tenderer must be established as a
recognised legal entity and be enrolled in a relevant professional or
trade register. Evidence: — a certificate of professional or commercial
registration imposed by the country in which the tenderer is established;
specifically for practicing activities relevant to the scope of this
Tender. In the case of a consortium of service providers or in the case of
subcontracting, the evidence should be provided for all consortium
partners or the contractor and all proposed subcontractors. Please also
consult the tender specifications.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: The Tenderer must prove
its financial and economic capacity to implement the contract resulting
from this tendering procedure by submitting one or more of the following
documents: annual accounts, balance sheets or extracts (where publication
of the balance sheet is required under company law in the country of
establishment) for the previous 3 financial years; statement of the
undertaking’s overall turnover and its turnover in respect of the services
to which this tender relates for the previous 3 financial years. The
tenderer is required to demonstrate using the above-mentioned documents
that they have a minimum annual turnover correspond to at least 3 times
the annual contract value. If, for any valid reason, the Tenderer is
unable to provide the references requested by the contracting authority,
he may prove his economic and financial standing by any other document
which the contracting authority considers appropriate. In the event of a
consortium submitting an offer or in the case of subcontracting, balance
sheets (for the previous 3 financial years) of all proposed subcontractors
or all individual consortium members should be included in the offer.
Consequently, the tenderer, or the consortium of service providers, or the
tenderer together with the proposed subcontractors will demonstrate a
minimum annual turnover corresponding to at least three times the annual
contract value. Please also consult the tender specifications.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: The Tenderer must have the following
professional and technical capacity to perform the contract: * Extensive
and demonstrable experience in the provision of Internet Access and
related services; Evidence of the technical capacity must be provided by
presenting documentation as to the following criteria: * Statement
regarding quality assurance methodology * Statement confirming total
geographical coverage (world-wide) * A list of the principal customers of
the tenderer during the past three years provided using the technologies,
tools, methodologies and products required. * A declaration from the
tenderer’s authorised representative stating the capacity to provide
Internet Access and related services. Please also consult the tender
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:
F4E-2008-ADM/IT-09.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
30.9.2008 - 17:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 1.5.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: Portuguese. German. Polish. Danish. Czech. Italian. Hungarian.
Dutch. Maltese. Swedish. Slovenian. Slovak. French. Latvian. Lithuanian.
Finnish. Estonian. Spanish. English. Greek.
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the
tender: Duration in days: 130 (from the date stated for receipt of
tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 7.10.2008 - 10:00.
Place: Fusion for Energy’s premises.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
Maximum one representative per tenderer may attend the opening session.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Procurement renewal
likely to follow 4-year cycle.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: For detailed information concerning this
procedure, please refer to the web page
http://www.fusionforenergy.europa.eu/Procurement_administrative.htm In
particular, your attention is drawn to the following - For information
concerning contacts or questions: requests for clarifications raised by
any tenderer and any other relevant information will be provided in the
specific web page mentioned above; available to any other tenderer. For
information concerning the opening and evaluation: please consult the
tender specifications and tender invitation letter.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: The Tribunal of First
Instance of the European Communities, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2925 .
E-mail: CFI.Registry@curia.europa.eu. Tel. (352)43 03-1. URL:
http://curia.europa.eu. Fax (352) 43 37 66.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
The European Ombudsman, 1 avenue du President Robert Schuman B.P. 403,
F-67001 Strasbourg. E-mail: euro-ombudsman@europarl.europa.eu. Tel. (33)
388 17 23 13. URL: http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu. Fax (33) 388 17 90 62.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: Within 2 months of notification to the plaintiff or, in
the absence thereof, of the day on which it became known. A complaint to
the European Ombudsman does not have as an effect to suspend this period
or to open a new period for lodging appeals.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 6.8.2008.

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