Strategic Advice to Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking

This call for tenders aims at providing strategic support to Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking. In order to ensure the adequate management of the activities and deal with the complexity of the EU-Rail JU programme without increasing rigidity in its organisation and cost structure, the EU-Rail JU considers key to avail …

CPV: 73000000 Servicios de investigación y desarrollo y servicios de consultoría conexos, 79000000 Servicios a empresas: legislación, mercadotecnia, asesoría, selección de personal, imprenta y seguridad
Plazo:
10 de junio de 2025 a las 15:00
Tipo de plazo:
Presentación de una oferta
Lugar de ejecución:
Strategic Advice to Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
Organismo adjudicador:
Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking
Número de premio:
EU-RAIL/2025/OP/0001

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Strategic Advice to Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
Description : This call for tenders aims at providing strategic support to Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking. In order to ensure the adequate management of the activities and deal with the complexity of the EU-Rail JU programme without increasing rigidity in its organisation and cost structure, the EU-Rail JU considers key to avail itself of the support of external providers in the fields of strategy advice and support to programme management. This shall ensure that the EU-Rail JU is in the position to achieve its objectives, complementing the expert knowledge of its diversified membership with the selected contractors. The framework contract will be implemented through specific contracts where the type of expertise, the duration of the specific services and any other relevant element will be detailed.The requested advice requires a sound knowledge of the railway market and current developments of rail technologies. In addition, specific competences in the field of innovative engineering design and project management are required. Advice may be requested in the following domains: - Task 1. Strategic advice to EU-Rail JU - Task 2. Support to the EU-Rail JU System Pillar - Task 3. Support to the Deployment group
Procedure identifier : 3d1e1540-afe8-4cc1-94ab-b10da853bd63
Internal identifier : EU-RAIL/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 ): 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 200 000 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 : Strategic Advice to Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
Description : This call for tenders aims at providing strategic support to Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking. In order to ensure the adequate management of the activities and deal with the complexity of the EU-Rail JU programme without increasing rigidity in its organisation and cost structure, the EU-Rail JU considers key to avail itself of the support of external providers in the fields of strategy advice and support to programme management. This shall ensure that the EU-Rail JU is in the position to achieve its objectives, complementing the expert knowledge of its diversified membership with the selected contractors. The framework contract will be implemented through specific contracts where the type of expertise, the duration of the specific services and any other relevant element will be detailed.The requested advice requires a sound knowledge of the railway market and current developments of rail technologies. In addition, specific competences in the field of innovative engineering design and project management are required. Advice may be requested in the following domains: - Task 1. Strategic advice to EU-Rail JU - Task 2. Support to the EU-Rail JU System Pillar - Task 3. Support to the Deployment group
Internal identifier : EU-RAIL/2025/OP/0001

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Options :
Description of the options : provided they are in conformity with the basic project, new services or works consisting in the repetition of similar services or works, may be entrusted up to 100 % of the initial contract to the initial contractor by negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice.

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 48 Month

5.1.4 Renewal

Other information about renewals : The framework contract is concluded for an initial period of 12 (twelve) months, renewable 3 (three) time(s). Please consult the draft framework contract in the procurement documents.

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 200 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
Information about European Union funds
EU funds programme : Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021/2027)
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 : 10/06/2025 15:00 +02:00
Deadline until which the tender must remain valid : 6 Month
Information about public opening :
Opening date : 11/06/2025 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 : Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking
Registration number : EURAIL
Department : EU-RAIL.ED - Executive Directorate,EU-RAIL.ED.CS - Corporate Services Unit
Postal address : White Atrium building, 2nd Floor, Avenue de la Toison d'Or 56-60
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1060
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 02 541 8360
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 : 3f99bed4-26c7-495e-bca8-66403bc304df - 02
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 07/04/2025 17:47 +02:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00230095-2025
OJ S issue number : 70/2025
Publication date : 09/04/2025