Skills & Education Advisory Programme

The EIB offers a large range of advisory services that embrace all stages of the project cycle and beyond, to make investment projects happen inside and outside the EU. Advisory activities constitute the third pillar of the Lending, Blending, Advising strategy pursued by the EIB Group. Through this advisory function, …

CPV: 71356200 Technical assistance services
Place of execution:
Skills & Education Advisory Programme
Awarding body:
European Investment Bank
Award number:
AA-012012–002

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

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

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Skills & Education Advisory Programme
Description : The EIB offers a large range of advisory services that embrace all stages of the project cycle and beyond, to make investment projects happen inside and outside the EU. Advisory activities constitute the third pillar of the Lending, Blending, Advising strategy pursued by the EIB Group. Through this advisory function, the EIB Group supports the European Commission (EC), Member States and public authorities, private enterprises and FIs in pursuit of the overarching goals – to accelerate the green and digital transition and promote social and economic cohesion. The Assignment will be carried out under the InvestEU Advisory Hub mandate, which builds on the success of the European Investment Advisory Hub and acts as the central entry point for promoters and intermediaries seeking financial advisory and technical assistance (TA) for the identification, preparation and development of investment projects across the European Union. The overall objective of the Skills & Education Advisory Programme is to scale up the provision of intermediated finance for skills and education, particularly within the very diverse typology of FIs active or less active in the field – including commercial banks, providers of VET, higher education institutions, providers of ISAs, foundations, NPBIs, fund managers, etc., through advisory support. This is to be done through market development and awareness raising activities as well as capacity building across all types of FIs and investors. The Programme aims to create an enabling environment so that financing providers can adopt and/or further strengthen their expertise and financial offering and as a consequence increase the amount of financing, including EIB Group funding, flowing in the European skills and education sector. The purpose of this contract is to ensure that FIs are well equipped and competent in financing skills and education projects. The support provided shall focus on improving the capacity of FIs in identifying eligible projects, measuring and reporting on the impact of the projects financed, and ensuring the timely and successful deployment of funding to such investments
Procedure identifier : cb07eca0-c900-48a8-b0c8-f0687e0bc569
Previous notice : 713199-2024
Internal identifier : AA-012012–002
Type of procedure : Open
The procedure is accelerated : no
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure : See procurement documents

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 71356200 Technical assistance services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Town : Luxembourg
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Additional information : The Services will mainly be performed from the Service Provider’s own professional premises. For some tasks, the experts assigned to the contract may be requested to spend part of their time at specific locations within EU Member states, as discussed and agreed with the EIB services.

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 900 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Skills & Education Advisory Programme
Description : This Assignment concerns the development and delivery of the advisory support package to Beneficiaries under the Skills & Education Advisory Programme. The Programme shall provide targeted capacity building, project advisory and market development support to FIs active in the skills and education space. The advisory support shall also promote the exchange and dissemination of best practices within the respective European skills and education sector
Internal identifier : AA-012012 – 002

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 71356200 Technical assistance services
Options :
Description of the options : Should the necessity to perform additional services which were not included in the Terms of Reference and which would have become necessary to the completion of the Assignment arise, the EIB reserves the right to amend the contract and to extend the scope of the services and/or the duration of the contract.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Additional information : The Services will mainly be performed from the Service Provider’s own professional premises. For some tasks, the experts assigned to the contract may be requested to spend part of their time at specific locations within EU Member states, as discussed and agreed with the EIB Services.

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 17/02/2025
Duration end date : 31/12/2027

5.1.4 Renewal

Maximum renewals : 2

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 900 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : no

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : See tendering documents for details on the selection criteria
Criterion :
Type : Price
Name :
Description : See tendering documents for details on the selection criteria
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria : See tender documentation
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
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 -
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : Court of Justice of the European Union -

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 1 900 000 Euro

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : PwC EU Services EESV
Tender :
Tender identifier : PwC EU Services EESV
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 1 900 000 Euro
The tender was ranked : no
Subcontracting : No
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : AA-012012-002 - Capacity Building Programme for Skills and Education
Date on which the winner was chosen : 11/03/2025
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 10/04/2025

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 2

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : European Investment Bank
Registration number : LU00
Postal address : 100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : L-2950
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 43 79 - 1
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Court of Justice of the European Union
Registration number : CURIA
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : L-2950
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : PwC EU Services EESV
Size of the economic operator : Large
Registration number : BE16 3101 8056 4374
Postal address : Culliganlaan 5
Town : Machelen
Postcode : 1831
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. Mechelen ( BE212 )
Country : Belgium
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0000

Official name : Publications Office of the European Union
Registration number : PUBL
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : 2417
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 29291
Internet address : https://op.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender
Notice information
Notice identifier/version : f14ed2a5-1720-4083-8b64-c5dd7f286cd7 - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 28/04/2025 13:05 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00275387-2025
OJ S issue number : 83/2025
Publication date : 29/04/2025