Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-06-19
Buyer: Council of Europe
Country: FR
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79100000 | 79110000 | 79140000 | 79700000 | 79900000
Estimated value: 5000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2023-07-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This tendering procedure is an international call for tenders. It aims at concluding a framework agreement with up to 200 consultants with specific experience of cybercrime and electronic evidence, divided into 8 lots, with a view to establishing the terms of the subsequent call-offs for the provision of consultancy services, corresponding to the needs of the Council of Europe for the projects concerned. The current call for Tenders applies to all current and future projects implemented by C-PROC during the execution period of the Framework Agreement.
The services listed below are indicative of the types of deliverables typically arising within each lot but are not exhaustive and shall not limit the discretion of the Council to demand deliverables which are reasonably connected to the description of each lot:
Drafting legal opinions, including drafting of legal text, on cybercrime, electronic evidence, data protection, cybersecurity, cyberviolence, protection of children and online crime proceeds and providing advice to countries on the strengthening of legislation and follow up to recommendations from reviews, including human rights and rule of law requirements
Preparing analyses of the legislation of different countries against the standards of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, data protection Convention 108, the Lanzarote Convention on the Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of Children or other international standards and providing recommendations where necessary
At the end of its initial term, the Framework Agreement will be tacitly renewed for a further term of one year, and shall renew each year thereafter, unless either party notifies the other in writing of its intention to terminate the contract at the latest 2 months before the renewal date. The contract shall not be renewed beyond 31/12/2028
Current projects include:GLACY+ project on Global Action on Cybercrime Extended, Octopus Project, Cybercrime@South - Cooperation on cybercrime in the Southern Neighbourhood Region, CyberEast - Action on Cybercrime for Cyber Resilience in the Eastern, iPROCEEDS2 - Cooperation on Cybercrime: targeting crime proceeds on the Internet securing electronic evidence
The services listed below are indicative of the types of deliverables typically arising within each lot but are not exhaustive and shall not limit the discretion of the Council to demand deliverables which are reasonably connected to the description of each lot:
Providing advice, by attending meetings and drafting reports, on cybercrime and cybersecurity polices and strategies at technical and senior officials levels, and assessing the effectiveness of measures taken
Drafting analytical reports on the cybercrime situation and on measures taken by project countries on cybercrime and electronic evidence.
Providing advice on setting and functions of Computer Emergency or Security Incident Response Teams (CERTs/CSIRTs) and their cooperation with criminal justice authorities
Developing capacities of state agencies for interagency cooperation on cybercrime and electronic evidence
At the end of its initial term, the Framework Agreement will be tacitly renewed for a further term of one year, and shall renew each year thereafter, unless either party notifies the other in writing of its intention to terminate the contract at the latest 2 months before the renewal date. The contract shall not be renewed beyond 31/12/2028
Current projects include:GLACY+ project on Global Action on Cybercrime Extended, Octopus Project, Cybercrime@South - Cooperation on cybercrime in the Southern Neighbourhood Region, CyberEast - Action on Cybercrime for Cyber Resilience in the Eastern, iPROCEEDS2 - Cooperation on Cybercrime: targeting crime proceeds on the Internet securing electronic evidence
The services listed below are indicative of the types of deliverables typically arising within each lot but are not exhaustive and shall not limit the discretion of the Council to demand deliverables which are reasonably connected to the description of each lot:
Providing advice, by attending meetings and drafting reports, on the strengthening or setting up of specialised (police and prosecution-type or forensic) cybercrime units.


Award value: 5000000