F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts¶
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Release model¶
Create an OCDS release for each /OBJECT_CONTRACT
(Object) element. (If the notice is for prior information only, then the /OBJECT_CONTRACT
(Object) element is repeatable. The release corresponding to each element will have a different ocid
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What's new¶
If you have already implemented all prior forms, this notice adds:
Preamble¶
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Prior information notice |
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This notice is a call for competition (Interested operators must inform the contracting authority of their interest in the contract(s). The contract(s) will be awarded without publication of a further call for competition.) |
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Contract notice |
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Contract award notice |
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Section I¶
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Contracting authority |
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I.1 |
Name and addresses (please identify all contracting authorities responsible for the procedure) |
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Official name |
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National registration number |
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Postal address |
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Town |
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NUTS code |
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Postal code |
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Country |
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Contact person |
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Telephone |
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E-mail |
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Fax |
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Internet address(es) |
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Main address (URL) |
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Address of the buyer profile (URL) |
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Unlabeled |
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I.2 |
Information about joint procurement |
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The contract involves joint procurement |
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In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law |
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The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body |
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I.3 |
Communication |
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The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at (URL) |
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Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at (URL) |
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Additional information can be obtained from |
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the abovementioned address |
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another address (please provide another address) |
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Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted |
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electronically via (URL) |
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to the abovementioned address |
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to the following address (please provide another address) |
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Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at (URL) |
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I.4 |
Type of the contracting authority |
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Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions |
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National or federal agency / office |
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Regional or local authority |
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Regional or local agency / office |
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Body governed by public law |
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European institution / agency or international organisation |
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Other type |
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I.5 |
Main activity |
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General public services |
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Housing and community amenities |
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Defence |
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Social protection |
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Public order and safety |
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Recreation, culture and religion |
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Environment |
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Education |
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Economic and financial affairs |
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Health |
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Other activity |
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Section II¶
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II |
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Unlabeled |
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II.1 |
Scope of the procurement |
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II.1.1 |
Title |
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Reference number |
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II.1.2 |
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Main CPV code |
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Supplementary CPV code |
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II.1.3 |
Type of contract |
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Services |
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II.1.4 |
Short description |
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II.1.5 |
Estimated total value |
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Value excluding VAT |
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Currency (for framework agreements – estimated total maximum value for the entire duration of the framework agreement) |
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II.1.6 |
Information about lots |
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This contract is divided into lots |
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yes |
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no |
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Tenders may be submitted for |
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all lots |
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maximum number of lots |
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one lot only |
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Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer |
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The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots |
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II.1.7 |
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT) |
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Value (Please give the total value of the procurement. For information about individual contracts, please use section V) |
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Lowest offer |
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Highest offer |
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taken into consideration |
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Currency (for framework agreements – total maximum value for their entire duration) (for dynamic purchasing systems – value of contract(s) not included in previous contract award notices) (for contracts based on framework agreements, if required – value of contract(s) not included in previous contract award notices) |
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II.2 |
Description |
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II.2.1 |
Title |
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Lot No |
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II.2.2 |
Additional CPV code(s) |
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Main CPV code |
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Supplementary CPV code |
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II.2.3 |
Place of performance |
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NUTS code |
For each There’s an open issue (#739) about region codes. Issue |
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Main site or place of performance |
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II.2.4 |
Description of the procurement |
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II.2.6 |
Estimated value |
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Value excluding VAT |
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Currency (for framework agreements – estimated total maximum value for their entire duration) |
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II.2.7 |
Duration of the contract or the framework agreement |
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Duration in months |
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Duration in days |
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Start (dd/mm/yyyy) |
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End (dd/mm/yyyy) |
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II.2.13 |
Information about European Union funds |
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The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds |
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no |
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Identification of the project |
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II.2.14 |
Additional information |
Append to the lot’s This results in a loss of structure. Attention #28 |
II.3 |
Estimated date of publication of contract notice (dd/mm/yyyy) |
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Section III¶
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III |
Legal, economic, financial and technical information |
The standard forms express exclusion grounds and selection criteria in this section as unstructured text. In the introductory note to its eForms consultation, the European Commission had proposed to create an extension to eForms to implement the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) Exchange Data Model, which expresses this information as structured data, following the model of the Core Criterion and Core Evidence Vocabulary. |
III.1 |
Conditions for participation |
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III.1.4 |
Objective rules and criteria for participation |
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List and brief description of rules and criteria |
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III.1.5 |
Information about reserved contracts |
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The contract is reserved to sheltered workshops and economic operators aiming at the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons |
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The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes |
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Only in the case of contracts for certain health, social and culture services covered by Article 77 of Directive 2014/24/EU |
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Participation in the procedure is reserved to organisations pursuing a public service mission and fulfilling the conditions set in Article 77(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU |
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III.2 |
Conditions related to the contract |
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III.2.1 |
Information about a particular profession |
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Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession |
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Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision |
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III.2.2 |
Contract performance conditions |
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III.2.3 |
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract |
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Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract |
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Section IV¶
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IV |
Procedure |
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IV.1 |
Description |
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IV.1.1 |
Form of procedure |
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Open procedure |
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Restricted procedure |
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Procedure involving negotiations |
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Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below (please complete Annex D1) |
Set F03, F21: See Annex D1 F06, F22: See Annex D2 |
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IV.1.3 |
Information about framework agreement |
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The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement |
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In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years |
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IV.1.10 |
Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure |
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Information about national procedures is available at (URL) |
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IV.1.11 |
Main features of the award procedure |
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IV.2 |
Administrative information |
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IV.2.1 |
Previous publication concerning this procedure |
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Notice number in the OJ S (One of the following) (Prior information notice) (Notice on a buyer profile) (One of the following) (Prior information notice used as a call for competition) (Contract notice) (Voluntary ex ante transparency notice) |
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IV.2.2 |
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate |
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IV.2.2 |
Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest |
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Date (dd/mm/yyyy) |
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Local time (hh:mm) |
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IV.2.4 |
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted |
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IV.2.5 |
Scheduled date for start of award procedures (dd/mm/yyyy) |
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IV.2.9 |
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice |
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The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice |
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Section V¶
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V |
Award of contract |
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Contract No |
If not set, let Contract No be the notice number followed by a hyphen ‘-‘ followed by the value of the This assumes the Contract No is unique within the contracting process. Attention #93 |
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Lot No |
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Title |
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A contract / lot is awarded |
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yes |
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no |
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V.1 |
Information on non-award |
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The contract/lot is not awarded |
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No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected |
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Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure) |
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V.2 |
Award of contract |
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V.2.1 |
Date of conclusion of the contract (dd/mm/yyyy) |
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V.2.2 |
Information about tenders |
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Number of tenders received |
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Number of tenders received from SMEs (SME – as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC) |
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Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States |
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Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States |
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Number of tenders received by electronic means |
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The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators |
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V.2.3 |
Name and address of the contractor |
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Official name |
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National registration number |
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Postal address |
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Town |
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NUTS code |
Take the NUTS code in the There’s an open issue (#739) about region codes. Issue |
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Postal code |
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Country |
Take the country code in the There’s an open issue (#524) to add a |
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E-mail |
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Telephone |
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Internet address (URL) |
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Fax |
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The contractor is an SME |
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V.2.4 |
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT) |
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Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot (for framework agreements – estimated total maximum value for the entire duration of this lot) |
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Total value of the contract / lot |
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Lowest offer |
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Highest offer |
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taken into consideration |
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Currency (for framework agreements – total maximum value for this lot) (for contracts based on framework agreements, if required – value of contract(s) for this lot not included in previous contract award notices) |
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V.2.5 |
Information about subcontracting |
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The contract is likely to be subcontracted |
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Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties |
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Value excluding VAT |
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Currency |
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Proportion |
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Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted |
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Section VI¶
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VI |
Complementary information |
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VI.2 |
Information about electronic workflows |
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Electronic ordering will be used |
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Electronic invoicing will be accepted |
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Electronic payment will be used |
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VI.3 |
Additional information |
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VI.4 |
Procedures for review |
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VI.4.1 |
Review body |
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Official name |
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Postal address |
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Town |
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Postal code |
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Country |
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E-mail |
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Telephone |
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Internet address (URL) |
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Fax |
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VI.4.2 |
Body responsible for mediation procedures |
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Postal address |
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Postal code |
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Country |
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Telephone |
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Internet address (URL) |
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Fax |
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VI.4.3 |
Review procedure |
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Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures |
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VI.4.4 |
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained |
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Official name |
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Postal address |
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Town |
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Postal code |
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Country |
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Telephone |
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Internet address (URL) |
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Fax |
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VI.5 |
Date of dispatch of this notice (dd/mm/yyyy) |
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Annex D1 – General procurement¶
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Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union |
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Directive 2014/24/EU (please select the relevant option and provide an explanation) |
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D1.1 |
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU |
For each of the following, add a |
No tenders or no suitable tenders / requests to participate in response to |
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open procedure |
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restricted procedure |
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The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason |
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absence of competition for technical reasons |
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procurement aiming at the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance |
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protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights |
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Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive |
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New services, constituting a repetition of existing services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive |
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Purchase of services on particularly advantageous terms |
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from a service provider which is definitively winding up its business activities |
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from the liquidator in an insolvency procedure, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure under national laws and regulations |
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D1.2 |
Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union |
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The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive |
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D1.3 |
Explanation |
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Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive (500 words maximum) |
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