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Title:B-Brussels: feasibility study on new forms of EU support to Member States and regions to foster SMEs' innovation capacity
Solicitation No.:262622-2010
Posted Date:Sep 04, 2010
Due Date:Oct 26, 2010
Nation:Belgium

Bid Description

04/09/2010 S172 Commission - Service contract - Contract notice - Open procedure

B-Brussels: feasibility study on new forms of EU support to Member States and regions to foster SMEs' innovation capacity

2010/S 172-262622

Contract notice


Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s):

European Commission, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, Directorate D — Industrial Innovation and Mobility Industries, attention: Ms Georgette Lalis — Director, avenue d'Auderghem 45, 1049Brussels, BELGIUM. Tel. +32 22987930. Fax +32 22998010. E-mail: entr-cft-55-pp-10-feasibility@ec.europa.eu

Further information can be obtained at:

As in abovementioned contact point(s).

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:

As in abovementioned contact point(s).

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:

European Commission, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, Invitation to Tender No 55/PP/ENT/CIP/10/F/S01C16, Support for Industrial Innovation, Unit D.2, attention: see tender documents, Office: BREY 06/171, 1049 Brussels, BELGIUM.

I.2)Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities:
European institution/agency or international organisation.
Other: innovation support.
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:
Feasibility study on new forms of EU support to Member States and regions to foster SMEs' innovation capacity.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services.
Service category: No 11.
Main place of performance: The place of performance shall be the contractor's premises or any other place indicated in the tender specifications.
II.1.3)The notice involves:
A public contract.
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
This feasibility study shall address the question of better innovation support at Member State and European level, with a view to providing a better understanding of the needs and scope for more effective forms of innovation support at EU level.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
73210000.
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: 200 000 EUR.
II.2.2)Options:
No.
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion:
Duration in months: 8 (from the award of the contract).


Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
See tender specifications.
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.
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.
III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
See tender specifications.
III.2.3)Technical capacity:
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
See 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 persons 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:
55/PP/ENT/CIP/10/F/S01C16.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No.
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:
8.10.2010.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
26.10.2010.
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: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders:
Date: 5.11.2010 (10:00).
Place: European Commission, Enterprise and Industry DG, avenue d'Auderghem, Room BREY 07/286, 1040 Brussels, BELGIUM.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
An authorised representative of each tenderer may attend the opening of the tenders. Companies wishing to attend are requested to notify their intention at the latest 48 hours in advance by fax or e-mail. This notification must be signed by an authorised officer of the tenderer and specify the name of the person who will attend the opening of the tenders on the tenderer's behalf.


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): The contract is funded under the competitiveness and innovation framework programme 2007–2013, Decision No 1639/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, OJ L 310/15 of 9.11.2006.
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:

General Court of the European Union, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, 2925 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG. Tel. +352 4303-1. Fax +352 422766. E-mail: ecj.registry@curia.europa.eu Internet: http://curia.europa.eu

Body responsible for mediation procedures:

The European Ombudsman, 1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman, 67001 Strasbourg, FRANCE. Tel. +33 388172313. Fax +33 388179062. E-mail: euro-ombudsman@europarl.europa.eu Internet: http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals:
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:
Within 2 months of 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.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:

General Court of the European Union, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, 2925 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG. Tel. +352 4303-1. Fax +352 422766. E-mail: ecj.registry@curia.europa.eu Internet: http://curia.europa.eu

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
24.8.2010.

TITitleB-Brussels: feasibility study on new forms of EU support to Member States and regions to foster SMEs' innovation capacity
NDDocument number262622-2010
PDPublication date04/09/2010
OJOJ S172
TWPlaceBRUSSELS
AUAuthority nameEuropean Commission
OLOriginal languageEN
HDHeadingCommission - Service contract - Contract notice - Open procedure
CYCountryBE
AAType of authority5 - European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
DSDocument sent24/08/2010
DDDeadline for the request of documents08/10/2010
DTDeadline26/10/2010
NCContract4 - Service contract
PRProcedure1 - Open procedure
TDDocument3 - Contract notice
RPRegulation3 - European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
TYType of bid1 - Global tender
ACAward criteria2 - The most economic tender
PCCPV code73210000 - Research consultancy services
OCOriginal CPV code73210000 - Research consultancy services

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