1.3.90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 50/3 
Notice of invitation to tender No V/001/90 concerning a special programme for the promotion 
of independent living for people with disabilities (1990 to 1991) 
(90/C 50/03) 
1. Object and participation 
Through its Decision of 18 April 1988 ('), the Council of 
the European Communities entrusted the Commission 
with the task of ensuring the implementation of the 
second Community action programme in favour of 
disabled people (Helios), which aims to promote the 
economic integration of people with disabilities, as well 
as their social integration and independent living. Among 
other things, this programme provides for the annual 
award of prizes for recent achievements in the following 
fields: 'mobility and transport', 'access to public 
buildings and services (including the fields of culture and 
leisure)' and 'housing, including equipment and 
assistance at home permitting independent living in a 
personal dwelling'. The achievements rewarded by a 
prize will be awarded at an annual conference-expo­
sition. to organize an exposition of the prize-winning 
achievements, 
to organize a media coverage as well as an audio­
visual presentation. 
Tenderers should be legal persons active in the social 
field with European experience notably within the 
context of the activities making up the duties of the 
technical and administrative secretariat. They should, in 
addition, have the financial and managerial resources 
required to carry out the contracts with the Board 
members for the years 1990 and 1991. 
2. Tender documents 
This invitation to tender concernes on the one hand the 
performance of the duties of the technical and adminis­
trative secretariat of an independent and international 
selection board, whose task consists of selecting 
submitted projects, proposing prize-winners to the 
Commission and, on the other hand, organizing a 
conference and exposition to present the prize-winning 
achievements. The tender documents may be obtained by writing to: 
Commission of the European Communities, 
Directorate General V.C. 4, 
200 rue de la Loi, 
B-1049 Brussels. 
The technical and administrative secretariat will have the 
following task: 
— to receive and deal with all the documents sent by the 
promoters of the achievements, 
to prepare the Board meetings and to record the 
discussions, 
to see that the Board's duties are performed 
according to schedule, 
to report the results of the selection procedure and 
the reasons for the winners' selection to the 
Commission, 
to organize a conference during which the awards 
will be presented, 3. Tenders 
Tenders bearing the indication: 'Office Archimede 1 5/7' 
(same address as above) must reach the Commission of 
the European Communities at the latest by 6 April 1990. 
Tenders must be sent by registered mail. 
The postmark will be proof of the date of submission. 
The tender must be placed inside two envelopes. These 
two envelopes must be sealed, the inner envelope 
bearing, in addition to the address given under point 2 
(Tender documents), the indication 'Invitation to tender 
No V/001/90 issued by (name of organization). Not to 
be opened by the internal mail department.' Self-adhesive 
envelopes, which can be opened and resealed without 
leaving a trace, may not be used. 
The tender shall comprise: 
(') OJ No L 104, 23. 4. 1988. — the articles of the applying legal person, 
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— the organization chart for the execution of the 
programme, 
— a detailed budget of a maximum annual amount of 
ECU 415 000, taking into account the fact that the 
Commission of the European Communities is exempt 
from all taxes and dues including value-added tax. 
If the tenderer is subject to the VAT law and he is 
required to pay this tax, the budget should include the 
amounts of the VAT as well as the amounts without 
taxes. 
The tender shall be drawn up in triplicate in any one of 
the official languages of the Community. 
All tenders entail acceptance of the conditions set out in 
the 'general terms and conditions applicable to 
contracts', which are a part of the tender documents. The tenders shall be assessed on the basis of the 
following criteria: 
— the proposed budget, 
— experience in the secretariat's line of work and in the 
management and organization of equivalent events, 
— professional and financial guarantees submitted by 
the tenderers and the quality of the proposed legal 
person. 
The tender shall be valid for six months from the closing 
date for the submission of tenders. 
The Commission reserves the right to deal with the legal 
person of its choice. 
Tenderers will be informed of the results of their offers. 
The financial conditions of the contract are made up in 
ecus. The global amount is based on the pro rata of the 
available budgets of the Commission. 
Communication of Decisions under sundry tendering procedures in agriculture 
(90/C 50/04) 
(See notice in Official Journal of the European Communities No L 360 of 21 December 1982, 
page 43) 
Invitation to tender 
Commission Regulation (EEC) 
No 14/90 of 4 January 1990 
opening an invitation to tender 
for the sale of olive oil held by 
the Italian intervention agency 
(OJ No L 2, 5. 1. 1990, p. 8) Tender No 
1 Date of Commission 
Decision 
20. 2. 1990 Minimum selling price 
Lampante virgin olive oil 5° : 
Lit 334 115/100 kg 
Crude Olive-pomace oil 10°: 
Lit 166 266/100 kg