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Support to the management of the Smart Specialisation Community of Practice - 2025CE16BAT006

In 2022, the Commission tendered a service contract to establish and operate a Smart Specialisation Community of Practice (S3 CoP), to connect and support S3 stakeholders across the EU and beyond. That contract will end in September 2025. The purpose of the current tender is to ensure further development and …

CPV: 79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services

Deadline:

May 19, 2025, 4 p.m.

Deadline type:

Submitting a bid

Place of execution:

Support to the management of the Smart Specialisation Community of Practice - 2025CE16BAT006

Awarding body:

European Commission, DG REGIO - Regional and Urban Policy

Award number:

EC-REGIO/2025/OP/0010

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Commission, DG REGIO - Regional and Urban Policy

Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency

Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Support to the management of the Smart Specialisation Community of Practice - 2025CE16BAT006

Description : In 2022, the Commission tendered a service contract to establish and operate a Smart Specialisation Community of Practice (S3 CoP), to connect and support S3 stakeholders across the EU and beyond. That contract will end in September 2025. The purpose of the current tender is to ensure further development and continued operation of the S3 CoP for the following three years, from 2025-2028. The S3 CoP serves as the EU’s one-stop-shop for guidance, networking, support and peer-learning on S3. It shall foster robust governance and good implementation of S3 across the Union. The S3 CoP shall serve all S3 stakeholders, in particular the public bodies or institutions responsible for S3 required by cohesion policy legislation and the Managing Authorities of ERDF programme with S3-related spending. The S3 CoP shall also be open to S3 actors in third countries, in particular candidate countries, in agreement with the contracting authority and within limits which might be imposed by, e.g., resources. The S3 CoP covers all elements of the S3 concept and all steps of the S3 process, including governance, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. A particular emphasis is placed on those S3 elements that are required by cohesion policy legislation. The S3 CoP shall also facilitate interregional cooperation based on shared and complementary S3 priorities, primarily by supporting the Thematic Smart Specialisation Platforms and Partnerships (TSSP). The main activities to be performed under this call for tender include: • Developing and operate the S3 Community of Practice, including its Secretariat. • Providing practical support to S3 practitioners in the Member States, including through targeted, on-site technical assistance, mutual learning opportunities, guidance and training material, good practice examples, workshops, webinars and seminars. • Offering analytical and expert support for the further development of the S3 concept. • Supporting, monitoring, and disseminating the work of S3 thematic platforms and partnerships (TSSPs). • Developing and managing the S3 CoP website, as well as performing other dissemination and communication activities. • Developing and managing the S3 Observatory, including the possibility to integrate this database with other existing databases (e.g. the map of regional ecosystems and sectors and the clusters, etc.).

Procedure identifier : e64de710-f2bb-4d90-b39d-7f077a050f06

Internal identifier : EC-REGIO/2025/OP/0010

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 ): 79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 5 000 000 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 : Support to the management of the Smart Specialisation Community of Practice - 2025CE16BAT006

Internal identifier : EC-REGIO/2025/OP/0010

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services

Main classification ( cpv ): 79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 42 Month

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 5 000 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.

Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes