B-Brussels: implications of asynchronous GMO approvals for EU imports of animal feed products

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General Information
Country:   Belgium
City/Locality:   BRUSSELS
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:169967-2009
Publication Date:   Jun 24, 2009
Deadline:   Sept 11, 2009
Buyer:   EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   EUROPEAN COMMISSION
BRUSSELS  
Belgium
Web Site:   http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eval/index_en.htm

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: C398 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
EU Official Journal Publication: 118/2009, #169967-2009
Referenced Document Number: 68934-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): European Commission, rue de la
Loi/Wetstraat 130, Office: L-130 8/29, Attn: Mr Leo Maier, B-1049
Brussels. Tel. +32 22998195. E-mail: agri-evaluation@ec.europa.eu. Fax +32
22964267.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eval/index_en.htm.
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: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s).
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:
Implications of asynchronous GMO approvals for EU imports of animal feed
products.
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: the place of work will be at the contractor's
premises.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Analysis of the
implications of asynchronous GMO approvals for imports of animal feed. The
contract will be awarded under the best-value-for-money procedure.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 79313000, 77100000.
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 contractor is expected to start the
work immediately after the contract has been signed. The deadlines have to
be strictly respected. An intensive work input is required by the team
over the whole duration of the contract.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 350 000 and 400 000 EUR.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 10 (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 tender specification,
Section 6.3.4.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Payment of 20 % of
the total amount of the contract following approval by the Commission of
the first deliverable. Payment of 40 % of the total amount of the contract
following approval by the Commission of the third deliverable. Payment of
40 % of the total amount of the contract following approval by the
Commission of the final deliverable.
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, Sections
7.3 and 7.4.
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, Section 8.2.1.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See tender
specifications, Section 8.2.3.1.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
See tender specifications, Section 8.2.3.2.
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:
AGRI-2009-EVAL-09.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Prior
information notice
Notice number in OJ: 2009/S 48-068934 of 11.3.2009.
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: 31.8.2009.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
11.9.2009.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: Spanish. Danish. German. Greek. English. French. Italian. Dutch.
Portuguese. Finnish. Swedish. Czech. Estonian. Hungarian. Lithuanian.
Latvian. Maltese. Polish. Slovak. Slovenian. Irish. Bulgarian. Romanian.
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
tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 21.9.2009 - 9:30.
Place: Agriculture and Rural Development DG, rue de la Loi 130, Office
8/29, 1049 Brussels, BELGIUM.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
1 representative of each tenderer, duly mandated, is allowed to attend the
opening (proof of identity must be given by presentation of a passport or
identity card).
If tenderers wish to be present, they shall inform the Evaluation Unit L.4
of Agriculture and Rural Development DG by fax no later than 1 week before
the opening date, to the fax number indicated in point I.1.
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: The invitation to tender documents will be
available on Agriculture and Rural Development DG's Europa website:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/agriculture/tender_en.htm.
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.
E-mail: ECJ.Registry@curia.europa.eu. Tel. +352 4303-1. URL:
http://www.curia.europa.eu/. Fax +352 433766.
VI.4.3) 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. E-mail:
ECJ.Registry@curia.europa.eu. Tel. +352 4303-1. URL:
http://www.curia.europa.eu/. Fax +352 433766.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 12.6.2009.
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