Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)

The European Union demands its staff to execute missions outside their place of employment or to be based in EU Delegations in order to execute its mandate. The destinations of these missions and the places of the EU Delegations cover over 145 countries around the world including countries considered as …

CPV: 80500000 Training services
Deadline:
April 28, 2025, 4 p.m.
Deadline type:
Submitting a bid
Place of execution:
Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)
Awarding body:
European External Action Service (EEAS)
Award number:
EEAS/2025/OP/0076

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European External Action Service (EEAS)
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

1.1 Buyer

Official name : EC - European Commission
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

1.1 Buyer

Official name : EP - European Parliament
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Court of Auditors
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

1.1 Buyer

Official name : The General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX)
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Training Foundation (ETF)
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Union Agency for Asylum
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Union Aviation Safety Agency
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Union Drugs Agency
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Committee of the Regions of the European Union
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)
Description : The European Union demands its staff to execute missions outside their place of employment or to be based in EU Delegations in order to execute its mandate. The destinations of these missions and the places of the EU Delegations cover over 145 countries around the world including countries considered as being of high or critical threat level. Due to the inherent and increased security risks in these countries and in order to fulfil their respective duty of care responsibilities, the following institutions and bodies launch this tender for providing Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) for their staff. The aim of this training is to increase the security awareness of staff and to prepare them for missions or places of employment in fragile security environments.
Procedure identifier : 1be17747-1d7d-4a20-a2ce-9d9c34f3a3f3
Internal identifier : EEAS/2025/OP/0076
Type of procedure : Open
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 80500000 Training services

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 12 470 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : The Contracting Authority intends to sign a multiple framework contract in cascade with maximum 3 services providers. The submission method is hybrid. Please check the Invitation to tender section 1.In case of unavailability or disruptions in the functioning of the electronic means of communication provided in Section 5.1.11 in the last 5 calendar days before the time limit for receipt indicated in Section 5.1.12, the contracting authority reserves the right to extend this time limit and publish the extension at the Internet address provided in Section 5.1.11, without a preceding publication of a corrigendum to this notice. Economic operators interested in this procurement are invited to subscribe to the call for tenders at the address in Section 5.1.11 in order to get notified when new information or documents are published.
Legal basis :
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046

2.1.6 Grounds for exclusion

Bankruptcy : For the full list of exclusion grounds please consult the procurement documents.

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)
Description : The European Union demands its staff to execute missions outside their place of employment or to be based in EU Delegations in order to execute its mandate. The destinations of these missions and the places of the EU Delegations cover over 145 countries around the world including countries considered as being of high or critical threat level. Due to the inherent and increased security risks in these countries and in order to fulfil their respective duty of care responsibilities, the following institutions and bodies launch this tender for providing Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) for their staff. The aim of this training is to increase the security awareness of staff and to prepare them for missions or places of employment in fragile security environments.
Internal identifier : EEAS/2025/OP/0076

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 80500000 Training services

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 48 Month

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 12 470 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : no

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Criterion :
Type : Suitability to pursue the professional activity
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Criterion :
Type : Economic and financial standing
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Criterion :
Type : Technical and professional ability
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 60
Criterion :
Type : Price
Name :
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 40
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of tenders : 28/04/2025 16:00 +02:00
Deadline until which the tender must remain valid : 9 Month
Information about public opening :
Opening date : 29/04/2025 10:00 +02:00
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No
Electronic invoicing : Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used : no
Electronic payment will be used : yes

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Court of Justice of the European Union -

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : European External Action Service (EEAS)
Registration number : EEAS
Department : HR/VP - HR/VP Service,SG - Secretariat-General,RM - Resource Management,RM.BHR - Budget and Human Resources,RM.BHR.4 - Career, Learning and Development, EU Diplomatic Academy
Postal address : EEAS Building, 9A Rond Point Schuman
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1046
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 584 11 11
Internet address : https://eeas.europa.eu/
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Group leader
Central purchasing body awarding public contracts or concluding framework agreements for works, supplies or services intended for other buyers

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : EC - European Commission
Registration number : COM
Postal address : Office SC 14 8/64
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1049
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 584 11 11
Internet address : https://eeas.europa.eu/
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : EP - European Parliament
Registration number : EP
Postal address : Bât. Altiero Spinelli, rue Wiertz 60
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1047
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 584 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : European Court of Auditors
Registration number : ECA
Postal address : rue Alcide De Gasperi 12
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : L-1615
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +32 2 584 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0005

Official name : The General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union
Registration number : CONSIL
Postal address : Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat, 175
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1048
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 584 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0006

Official name : European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX)
Registration number : FRONTEX
Postal address : Plac Europejski 6
Town : Warsaw
Postcode : PL-00-844
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Miasto Warszawa ( PL911 )
Country : Poland
Telephone : +32 2 584 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0007

Official name : European Training Foundation (ETF)
Registration number : ETF
Postal address : Villa Gualino, Viale Settimio Severo 65
Town : Torino
Postcode : I-10133
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Torino ( ITC11 )
Country : Italy
Telephone : +32 2 584 11 11
Internet address : https://www.etf.europa.eu/
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0008

Official name : European Union Agency for Asylum
Registration number : EUAA
Postal address : MTC Block A, Winemakers Wharf,, Grand Harbour
Town : Valletta
Postcode : MRS 1917
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Malta ( MT001 )
Country : Malta
Telephone : +32 2 584 11 11
Internet address : http://euaa.europa.eu/
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0009

Official name : European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation
Registration number : EUROPOL
Postal address : Postbus 90850
Town : The Hague
Postcode : NL-2509
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage ( NL332 )
Country : Netherlands
Telephone : +32 2 584 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0010

Official name : European Union Aviation Safety Agency
Registration number : EASA
Postal address : Postfach 10 12 53
Town : Cologne
Postcode : D-50452
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DEA23 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +32 2 584 11 11
Internet address : https://www.easa.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0011

Official name : European Union Drugs Agency
Registration number : EMCDDA
Postal address : Praça Europa 1, Cais do Sodré
Town : Lisbon
Postcode : P-1249-289
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Área Metropolitana de Lisboa ( PT170 )
Country : Portugal
Telephone : +32 2 584 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0012

Official name : Committee of the Regions of the European Union
Registration number : COR
Postal address : , Rue Belliard/Belliardstraat 101
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1040
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 584 11 11
Internet address : https://cor.europa.eu/en
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0013

Official name : Court of Justice of the European Union
Registration number : CURIA
Postal address : Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : L-2925
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 4303-1
Internet address : http://curia.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0014

Official name : European Commission
Registration number : EUCOM
Postal address : Mondrian (CDMA), Rue du Champ de Mars 21
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1050
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 299 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender
Notice information
Notice identifier/version : 17eff7d5-1f8f-4427-ae5f-bbe009ec72df - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 17/03/2025 09:41 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00172519-2025
OJ S issue number : 54/2025
Publication date : 18/03/2025