Preparation and Implementation of the 7th European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) (№11206475)

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1. Section I
   1. Name and addresses
      Eurofound — European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
      Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown
      Co Dublin
      D18 KP65
      Ireland
      Telephone: +353 12043100
      E-mail: [email protected]
      Fax: +353 12826456
      
   2. Type of the contracting authority:
      European institution/agency or international organisation
      
   3. Main activity:
      Other activity: Social Policy
      
2. Section II
   1. Scope of the procurement:
      1. Title:
         

         Preparation and Implementation of the 7th European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS)

         Reference number: 171104/4643
         
      2. Main CPV code:
         79311200, 79311000, 72314000
         
      3. Type of contract:
         Services
         
      4. Short description:
         

         Preparation and implementation of the 7th European Working Conditions Survey in all European Union (EU) Member States.

      5. Information about lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: no
      6. Total value of the procurement:
         Value excluding VAT: 5 200 182.00 EUR
   2. Description
      1. Title:
         
      2. Additional CPV code(s):
         79311000, 72314000
         
      3. Place of performance:
         Main site or place of performance:

         All European Union (EU) Member States.

      4. Description of the procurement:
         

         The objective of this tender is to conclude a Framework Contract for the timely and high quality preparation and implementation of the 7th European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS). Workers should be interviewed face-to-face in their homes using Computer Assisted Personal interviewing (CAPI). The work envisaged under the 7th EWCS will cover the following phases:

         Preparation:

         — sampling,

         — questionnaire preparation and finalisation (including cognitive test),

         — translation,

         — pilot test.

         Implementation:

         — fieldwork,

         — data processing.

      5. Award criteria:
         Quality criterion - Name: Evidence of good contract management / Weighting: 35
         Quality criterion - Name: Evidence of a thorough understanding of the objectives and work to be carried out in the preparation phase / Weighting: 35
         Quality criterion - Name: Evidence of a thorough understanding of the objectives and work to be carried out in the implementation phase / Weighting: 30
         Price - Weighting: 50/50
         
      6. Information about options:
         Options: yesDescription of options:

         Subject to the availability of additional funding, the 7th EWCS may be expanded to cover 1, some or all of the following 7 Acceding and candidate countries (ACC) to the EU: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey.

         Note that the estimated value of the Framework Agreement provided under Point II.2.6 does not include the cost of the options concerned.

      7. Information about European Union funds:
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
      8. Additional information:
         
3. Section IV
   1. Description:
      1. Type of procedure:
         Restricted procedure
      2. Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system:
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
      3. Information about electronic auction:
         
      4. Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
   2. Administrative information:
      1. Previous publication concerning this procedure:
         Notice number in the OJ S: 2018/S 064-141504
         
      2. Information about termination of dynamic purchasing system:
         
      3. Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice:
         
4. Section V
   1. Contract No: 18-3030-41
      Title:

      Preparation and Implementation of the 7th European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS)

   2. Award of contract
      1. Date of conclusion of the contract: 2018-10-19
         
      2. Information about tenders:
         Number of tenders received: 2
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 2
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
         The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
      3. Name and address of the contractor:
         IPSOS NV
         0456.823.775
         Grote Steenweg 110
         Berchem
         2600
         Belgium
         Telephone: +32 92162222
         The contractor is an SME: no
      4. Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT):
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 3 700 000.00 EUR
         Total value of the contract/lot: 5 200 182.00 EUR
         
      5. Information about subcontracting:
         
         Proportion: 35
         
5. Section VI
   1. Additional information
      

      The maximum value of the contract contains the cost of both conducting the survey in the EU MS and non-EU countries. The latter are options built into the contract.

   2. Procedures for review
      1. Review body
         General Court of the European Union
         rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
         Luxembourg
         2925
         Luxembourg
         Telephone: +352 4303-1
         E-mail: [email protected]
         Fax: +352 4303-2100
         
      2. Body responsible for mediation procedures
         
         
      3. Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         

         Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff, or, in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to the 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.

         
         
   3. Date of dispatch of this notice
      2018-11-16