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7 . 9 . 96 EN Official Journal of the European Communities No C 260 / 9

Innovex

Open invitation to tender involving the provision of technical services for implementing the
third action of the Fourth Framework Programme of the European Community for R&TD

activities ( Innovex )

( 96 / C 260 / 08 )

1 . Awarding authority : European Commission, Direc ­

torate-General XIII / D, Mr V. Cidone, EUFO,
Second Floor, Office 2163, rue A. De Gasperi,
L-2920 Luxembourg .

3 . Place of delivery : The works will be carried out

outside Commission premises .

# 4 . Tenderer 's legal / administrative restrictions : Not

Tel . ( 352 ) 43 01-329 54 . applicable .

Facsimile ( 352 ) 43 01-333 89 .

2 . Category and description of services : Technical
services associated with points 2 ( b ) and ( c ) of Annex
III of the Council Decision of 15 . 12 . 1994

concerning a specific programme for the dissemi ­
nation and optimization of the results of activities in
the field of research and technological development
including demonstration ( third action of the Fourth
Framework Programme of the European
Community for R&TD activities, 1994-1998 ). The
services concern the following large areas, details of
which are specified in the tender documents :

1 . Monitoring of validation and technological
transfer projects : ( 21 lots ) ( CPC : 853, 865 )

2 . Market analysis R&TD project results : ( 24 lots )

( CPC : 864 )

3 . Intellectual and industrial property, transfer of

technologies : (6 lots ) ( CPC : 861 )

4 . Financing of the innovation : (6 lots ) ( CPC : 862,

865 )

5 . Promotion, within companies, of innovation ­
management techniques : (7 lots ) ( CPC : 865 )

6 . Support services for the innovation ( e.g.
consultancy, contract research, technical training
organizations ): (4 lots ) ( CPC : 865 )

5 . Tenders involving part of the services : Tenderers can

offer their services for 1 or several lots ( up to 10 ) as
specified in 2 . Where tenders are for several lots, 1
tender is to be drawn up per lot .

6 . Authorization to submit variants : Not applicable .

7 . Duration of the contracts : The proposed contracts

will be for a 2-year period and may possibly be
renewed for a further 2-year period .

8 . Documents available :

a ) Interested parties are advised to request complete

tender documents on invitation to tender

procedures from the Commission at the address
in 1 .

b ) Final date for receipt of requests for tender
documents : 45 days from the date in 18 .

9 . a Final date for receipt of tenders : 19 . 10 . 1996 .

b ) Address to which tenders must be sent : As in 1 .

c ) Languages in which tenders must be drawn up : 1

of the official European Community languages .

7 . Regional projects and science parks : (5 lots )
( CPC : 865, 853 ) 10 . Opening of tenders :

8 . Public policies concerning innovation and tech ­

nological dissemination : (4 lots ) ( CPC : 865,
853 )

9 . Analysis and evaluation of European and experi ­

mental networks : (4 lots ) ( CPC : 864,865 )

10 . Organization and development of networks,
conferences, seminars and other activities : (6
lots ) ( CPC : 864, 865 )

11 . Production of dissemination tools : ( 11 lots )
( CPC : 853 )

a ) Persons authorized to be present at the opening

of tenders : official European Commission
representatives and an authorized representative
for each tenderer .

b ) Tenders will be opened in L-Luxembourg on the

fifth working day following the final date for
submission in 9 ( a ) from 10.00, in the Euroforum
Building, Room 2161, at the following address :

10, rue Robert Stumper, L-2557 Luxembourg .

1 1 . Deposits and guarantees required : Not applicable .

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12 . Principal financial provisions and payment
procedures : See Article 3 of the draft contract ( part

III of the tender documents ).

13 . Legal form, in the case of groups of tenderers :

Tenders must be submitted individually or jointly by
legal entities or by public or private organizations .
Where joint tenders are submitted, 1 of the tenderers
must be designated group representative .

14 . Qualification : Selection criteria :

Tenders must fulfil the selection criteria defined in

the tender documents .

15 . Tenders will lapse after : Tenders submitted are valid

for a 12-month period .

16 . Contract award criteria : The economically most
advantageous tenders . Tender evaluation criteria are
specified in the tender documents .

17 . Other information : Additional information is

provided in the tender documents .

18 . Date of dispatch of the notice : 28 . 8 . 1996 .

19 . Date of receipt by the Office for Official Publi ­

cations of the European Communities : 28 . 8 . 1996 .

20 . WTO Agreement coverage ( ex-GATT ): These
contracts are covered by the WTO 's Agreement on
public contracts ( ex-GATT ).

External evaluation

Open invitation to tender ( ETF / 96 / AD / 0012 ) for the external evaluation of the European

Training Foundation ( Turin )

( 96 / C 260 / 09 )

1 . Name and address of the awarding authority :
European Training Foundation, Villa Gualino, viale
Settimio Severo 65, 1-10133 Turin .

Tel . ( 39-11 ) 630 22 22 . Facsimile ( 39-11 ) 630 22 00 .

2 . Category of service and description : Category of

service : 11 . CPC reference No 865 .

The European Training Foundation requires the
assistance of an organization to carry out the
evaluation of experience acquired in the course of its
work in the preparatory phase of 1994 and its
activities in I-Turin since 1.1 . 1995 .

It involves evaluating :

— the results as compared with the objectives set by

the regulation instituting the foundation,

— the organizational and operational provisions set

up .

3 . Place of delivery : I-Turin .

4 . a )

b ) Reference of the law : Regulation 90 / 1360 / EEC

Article 17 modified by Regulation 94 / 2063 / EC .

c ) Legal persons must indicate the names and
professional qualifications of the person(s )
responsible for carrying out the work .

5 . Tenderers cannot tender for part of the services

concerned .

6 . Variants are not permitted .

7 . Contract duration : 3 months : 1 . 2 . 1997-31 . 4 . 1997 .

8 . a ) Tender documents may be requested by mail, or

facsimile, at the following address : European
Training Foundation, Villa Gualino, viale
Settimio Severo 65, 1-10133 Turin, facsimile
( 39-11)630 22 00, for the attention of Mr Hans
Konrad Koch .

b ) The tender documents may be requested until

31 . 10 . 1996 .

c )

9 . a ) Final date for tender submissions : 12 . 11 . 1996 .

b ) Tenders must be submitted to the postal address

in 8 ( a ).