Service Contracts for the provision of “Support to the implementation of the EU Capability Development Priorities in the Maritime Domain”

The present call for tenders aims to ensure contractual support to the implementation of the priorities for the next four (4) years. The capability development areas to be covered are: - Current Naval Surface Systems, including upgrades of both weapon and support systems; - Next Generation Naval Surface Combat Systems; …

CPV: 71600000 Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services, 73400000 Research and Development services on security and defence materials
Deadline:
March 24, 2025, 5 p.m.
Deadline type:
Submitting a bid
Place of execution:
Service Contracts for the provision of “Support to the implementation of the EU Capability Development Priorities in the Maritime Domain”
Awarding body:
European Defence Agency
Award number:
EDA/2025/OP/0001

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

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

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Service Contracts for the provision of “Support to the implementation of the EU Capability Development Priorities in the Maritime Domain”
Description : The present call for tenders aims to ensure contractual support to the implementation of the priorities for the next four (4) years. The capability development areas to be covered are: - Current Naval Surface Systems, including upgrades of both weapon and support systems; - Next Generation Naval Surface Combat Systems; - Long Range Armed Manned and Unmanned Maritime Systems including related tests & experimentations; - Seabed Warfare and Deep-Water Operations; - Underwater surveillance architecture and processes for data collection, fusion, analysis, and dissemination; - Underwater Force Protection Systems; - Anti-Submarine Warfare; - Maritime Situational Awareness.
Procedure identifier : 41032f2e-ab18-4b0a-96db-8888b5327b3b
Internal identifier : EDA/2025/OP/0001
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 ): 73400000 Research and Development services on security and defence materials

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 900 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : 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 : Provision of studies and support to concept development
Description : For the capability development areas above the specific objectives for Lot I are: - Technology and operational landscaping studies. - Benchmarking studies in the capability - Support to development of concept of employment; - Support to development of High Level Requirements (HLRs); - Support to development of Business Cases.
Internal identifier : EDA/2025/OP/0001-LOT-1

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73400000 Research and Development services on security and defence materials

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 48 Month

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 900 000 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
Additional information : This contract is subject to particular conditions: The contract will involve access to, handling and/or storage of information classified CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL, which is subject to the security rules for protecting EU classified information laid down in the Council Decision of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (2013/488/EU). Facility Security Clearance will be required as well as Personnel Security Clearances for contractor personnel handling classified information. Special security obligations will be part of the contract (Security Aspects Letter, annexed to the contract). Subcontracting will be subject to written prior agreement by the contracting authority and compliance with all the security rules by the subcontractor and its personnel.

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 : 70
Criterion :
Type : Price
Name :
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 30
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.11 Procurement documents

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 : 24/03/2025 17:00 +01:00
Deadline until which the tender must remain valid : 6 Month
Information about public opening :
Opening date : 25/03/2025 10:00 +01:00
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 -

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0002

Title : Provision of services in support to exercises, operational experimentation and testing, demonstrations and related activities
Description : For the capability development areas above the specific objectives for Lot II are: - Logistic support to exercises, operational testing, and experimentation events, including associated workshops, and visitors/distinguished visitors events; - Data collection and analysis of results from exercises, operational testing, and experimentation events; - Advisory support to exercise planning in terms of logistics and operational setup; - Support the Conduct of small scale live maritime exercises/experimentation notably with unmanned maritime vessels.
Internal identifier : EDA/2025/OP/0001-LOT-2

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 71600000 Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73400000 Research and Development services on security and defence materials

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 48 Month

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 000 000 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 : 70
Criterion :
Type : Price
Name :
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 30
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.11 Procurement documents

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 : 24/03/2025 17:00 +01:00
Deadline until which the tender must remain valid : 6 Month
Information about public opening :
Opening date : 25/03/2025 10:00 +01:00
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, partly without reopening and partly with 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 Defence Agency
Registration number : EDA
Department : EDA.CEO - Chief Executive Office,EDA.CEO.CSD - Corporate Services Directorate,EDA.CEO.CSD.3 - Procurement and Contract Unit
Postal address : Rue des Drapiers/Lakenweversstraat 17-23
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1050
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 504 28 00
Internet address : https://eda.europa.eu/
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0002

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-0003

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 : 8cd120f4-9ddc-4378-82b8-82ad6473a7dc - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 03/02/2025 13:28 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00075850-2025
OJ S issue number : 24/2025
Publication date : 04/02/2025