Framework agreement for the supply, usage and disclosure of Sustainable & Responsible Investment (SRI) data

Framework agreement for the supply, usage and disclosure of Sustainable & Responsible Investment (SRI) data The Eurosystem central banks - the National Central Banks (NCBs) of the euro area countries and the European Central Bank (ECB) - have defined common disclosure principles for the climate-related financial disclosures of non-monetary policy …

CPV: 72300000 Servicios relacionados con datos
Lugar de ejecución:
Framework agreement for the supply, usage and disclosure of Sustainable & Responsible Investment (SRI) data
Organismo adjudicador:
Deutsche Bundesbank, Zentralbereich Beschaffungen
Número de premio:
25-2000060195

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Deutsche Bundesbank, Zentralbereich Beschaffungen
Legal type of the buyer : Central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority : Economic affairs

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Framework agreement for the supply, usage and disclosure of Sustainable & Responsible Investment (SRI) data
Description : Framework agreement for the supply, usage and disclosure of Sustainable & Responsible Investment (SRI) data
Procedure identifier : 2c06e382-1ac6-40f9-b04b-702e71e56df7
Internal identifier : 25-2000060195
Type of procedure : Negotiated with prior publication of a call for competition / competitive with negotiation
The procedure is accelerated : no
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72300000 Data services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Postal address : Taunusanlage 5
Town : Frankfurt am Main
Postcode : 60329
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DE712 )
Country : Germany
Additional information : Deutsche Bundesbank and - as far as applicable - the European Central Bank (ECB) and other National Central Banks (NCBs) of the euro area countries as well as other interested non-euro area Central Banks of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), being members of the Eurosystem Procurement Coordination Office (EPCO). The SRI data are also intended to be made available to National Competent Authorities (NCAs) of the banking supervision under the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) that are not central banks.

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : Bekanntmachungs-ID: CXP4Y635A8W Additional information 1. Responses to questions about the procedure and all communications between the parties involved and the procurement office are handled exclusively via the tender platform, Deutsches Vergabeportal, at https://en.dtvp.de/. Interested parties are therefore obliged to check their tender platform mailbox regularly for new messages. The contracting authority may choose not to respond to any questions from applicants that are not submitted via the tender platform. 2. Questions that interested firms may have must be submitted by the time limit set for questions via the above tender platform. The contracting authority reserves the right to not respond to queries received once that time limit has expired. Owing to the equal treatment of applicants, questions about the award procedure will be answered in text form and in an anonymised manner only. 3. The applicant should be prepared using the templates provided for this purpose on the tender platform. 4. Request for participation must be submitted via the tender platform in the relevant project room using the tool for tenderers in the "Teilnahmeunterlagen" ("participation documents") tab. Request for participation submitted in any other manner, in particular request for participation submitted in writing or by email, are inadmissible. Request for participation may not be submitted using the messaging function of the tool for tenderers. 5. The applicant must familiarise itself in good time with the function of the tender platform for submitting request for participation and inform itself of any maintenance work on the tender platform (downtimes). Applicants are advised that any file attachments they may wish to upload are subject to a size limit. In the event of disruptions on the tender platform, the applicant must contact the platform operator's support unit and, in parallel, inform the contracting authority. 6. If any parts of the procurement documents that the applicant is required to complete have to bear a signature and company stamp, the following applies in the case of electronic submission in text form: Instead of the original signature and company stamp, only the name of the natural person submitting the declaration must be stated. This can also be done by means of a scanned signature. 7. Proceedings are conducted in English. Therefore, only information and supporting evidence submitted in English will be accepted (or a translation into English). 8. The wording of the contract notice published in the Official Journal of the EU alone is authoritative. 9. The contracting authority reserves the right to require applicants to provide additional information. Additional Information to procedural guidance - Reservations pursuant to Section 17(11) and (12) of the German Public Tender: Regulation (Vergabeverordnung - VgV). The Bundesbank reserves the right to award the contract during the bidding phase based on the initial tenders pursuant to Section 17(11) VgV. The Bundesbank reserves the right to reduce the number of tenders in the competitive procedure with negotiation pursuant to Section 17(12) VgV.
Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU
vgv -

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Framework agreement for the supply, usage and disclosure of Sustainable & Responsible Investment (SRI) data
Description : The Eurosystem central banks - the National Central Banks (NCBs) of the euro area countries and the European Central Bank (ECB) - have defined common disclosure principles for the climate-related financial disclosures of non-monetary policy portfolios (NMPPs) that they each manage under their own responsibility. These principles are also applied on a best effort basis to the climate-related financial disclosures of the Eurosystem APP and PEPP programmes. These disclosures include greenhouse gas (GHG) absolute and relative emissions as well as the share of green and ESG bonds and they are being continuously enhanced by other SRI metrics. On this basis, all Eurosystem central banks have been publishing annual climate-related financial disclosures since 2023. The SRI data are also used for other purposes, including the analysis, the current and the potential further incorporation of climate change considerations into the monetary policy framework, policy dossiers, climate stress tests and research projects; in this context, the SRI data are also intended to be made available to National Competent Authorities (NCAs) of the banking supervision under the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) that are not central banks. The Eurosystem central banks, as well as other interested non-euro area central banks of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the NCAs, being members of the Eurosystem Procurement Coordination Office (EPCO) (all together the "participating central banks" or "central banks"), are aiming at procuring SRI data from up to two SRI data providers. All references to "participating central banks" or "central banks" in the documents of this procurement procedure shall - unless explicitly stated otherwise - also include NCAs that are not central banks, but members of EPCO
Internal identifier : 25-2000060195

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72300000 Data services
Options :
Description of the options : Specific metrics for green bonds, social bonds, sustainability bonds, sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), cover pools of covered bonds and asset-backed securities as well as funds and indices are optional elements that may be provided by the applicants within this procurement. The provision of energy production and usage, biodiversity and nature-related data, data on EU taxonomy and CSRD compliance are optional elements as well.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Postal address : Taunusanlage 5
Town : Frankfurt am Main
Postcode : 60329
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DE712 )
Country : Germany
Additional information : Deutsche Bundesbank and - as far as applicable - the European Central Bank (ECB) and other National Central Banks (NCBs) of the euro area countries as well as other interested non-euro area Central Banks of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), being members of the Eurosystem Procurement Coordination Office (EPCO). The SRI data are also intended to be made available to National Competent Authorities (NCAs) of the banking supervision under the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) that are not central banks.

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 48 Month

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : no
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) : no

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : No strategic procurement

5.1.9 Selection criteria

Sources of selection criteria : Notice
Criterion : Enrolment in a trade register
Description : Self-declaration/ Evidence pertaining to entries in the Central Trade Register about the candidate AND/ OR, if applicable, an extract from the Central Trade Register - or a copy thereof - pursuant to § 150 (1) of the German Industrial Code (Gewerbeordnung) about the candidate - not older than six months, calculated from the deadline for the receipt of requests for participation; Notes: Documentation must be submitted in accordance with § 44 of the German Public Tender Regulation (Vergabeverordnung - VgV) and/ or with Annex XI of the Directive 2014/24/EU.
Criterion : Enrolment in a relevant professional register
Description : Self-declaration/ Evidence pertaining to entries in the Central Trade Register about the candidate AND/ OR, if applicable, an extract from the Central Trade Register - or a copy thereof - pursuant to § 150 (1) of the German Industrial Code (Gewerbeordnung) about the candidate - not older than six months, calculated from the deadline for the receipt of requests for participation; Notes: Documentation must be submitted in accordance with § 44 of the German Public Tender Regulation (Vergabeverordnung - VgV) and/ or with Annex XI of the Directive 2014/24/EU.
Criterion : Other economic or financial requirements
Description : Please note that the criterion type mentioned above is a generic one. The criteria that are required for information purposes are stated specifically in the document: T05_Questionnaire_RFP phase_25-2000060195 (source of the criteria). We strongly encourage applicants to provide the information if available.
Criterion : Other economic or financial requirements
Description : Self-declaration/ Evidence of insurance against professional liability/ business liability/ IT liability exposures with the following coverage: Personal injury/Damage to property: EUR 5 million [incl. IT liability for financial losses] Financial losses: EUR 1 million The total cover for all claims in a given year is twice these amounts.
Criterion : Other economic or financial requirements
Description : Please note that the criterion type mentioned above is a generic one. The criteria that are defined as exclusion criteria and evaluation criteria are stated specifically in the document: T05_Questionnaire_RFP phase_25-2000060195 (source of the criteria).
The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure
Order of importance : 4
Information about the second stage of a two-stage procedure :
Minimum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure : 4
Maximum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure : 4
The procedure will take place in successive stages. At each stage, some participants may be eliminated
The buyer reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without any further negotiations

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name : Quality criteria (multiple)
Description : The award criterion "quality" comprises multiple elements and will be provided to the selected applicants with the tender documents for phase 2 of this tender procedure.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 70
Criterion :
Type : Price
Name : Price criterion
Description : The "price" offer has to be made according to the price sheet which will be provided to the selected applicants with the tender documents for phase 2 of this tender procedure.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 30
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.11 Procurement documents

Languages in which the procurement documents are officially available : English
Deadline for requesting additional information : 23/05/2025 23:59 +02:00
Ad hoc communication channel :
Name : Please see additional information section 1)

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : English
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Variants : Not allowed
Tenderers may submit more than one tender : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of requests to participate : 30/05/2025 11:00 +02:00
Information that can be supplemented after the submission deadline :
At the discretion of the buyer, some missing tenderer-related documents may be submitted later.
Additional information : The provisions of § 56 para. 2 line 1, para. 3, para 4 Procurement Ordinance (Vergabeverordnung - VgV) shall apply.
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No
Conditions relating to the performance of the contract : - self-declaration Russia (T06_Self-declaration Russia_25-2000060195) - Potential grounds for exclusion from the tender procedure (§ 124 of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen - GWB)) as outlined in the document T02_Request for participation_25-2000060195
Electronic invoicing : Required
Electronic ordering will be used : yes
Electronic payment will be used : yes

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Maximum number of participants : 2
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Vergabekammer des Bundes beim Bundeskartellamt -
Information about review deadlines : Lodging an appeal An application for review is inadmissible pursuant to Section 160(3) of the German Competition Act (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen - GWB) if (1) the applicant became aware of the claimed violation of public procurement provisions before filing the application for review, but did not complain to the contracting authority within a time limit of 10 calendar days; the expiry of the time limit under Section 134(2) remains unaffected; (2) violations of public procurement provisions which become apparent from the tender notice are not notified to the contracting authority by the end of the time limit for the application or the submission of a tender specified in the notice; (3) violations of public procurement provisions which only become apparent from the procurement documents are not notified to the contracting authority by the end of the time limit for the application or the submission of a tender specified in the notice; (4) more than 15 calendar days have expired since receipt of notification from the contracting entity that it is unwilling to redress the objection. Sentence 1 shall not apply to an application under Section 135(1) number 2 to have the contract declared ineffective. Section 134(1) sentence 2 shall remain unaffected.
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure : Deutsche Bundesbank, Zentralbereich Beschaffungen -
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : Deutsche Bundesbank, Leiter des Zentralbereichs Beschaffungen -
Organisation receiving requests to participate : Deutsche Bundesbank, Zentralbereich Beschaffungen -

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Deutsche Bundesbank, Zentralbereich Beschaffungen
Registration number : 991-80008-08
Postal address : Taunusanlage 5
Town : Frankfurt am Main
Postcode : 60329
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DE712 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : 00000
Internet address : http://www.bundesbank.de
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation receiving requests to participate

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Deutsche Bundesbank, Leiter des Zentralbereichs Beschaffungen
Registration number : t:+4969956632197
Postal address : Postfach 10 06 02
Town : Frankfurt am Main
Postcode : 60006
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DE712 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49 699566-32197
Fax : +49 695069-2575
Internet address : http://www.bundesbank.de
Roles of this organisation :
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : Vergabekammer des Bundes beim Bundeskartellamt
Registration number : t:022894990
Postal address : Villemombler Str. 76
Town : Bonn
Postcode : 53123
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DEA22 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49 2289499-0
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf (in Verantwortung des Beschaffungsamts des BMI)
Registration number : 0204:994-DOEVD-83
Town : Bonn
Postcode : 53119
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DEA22 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +49228996100
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender
Notice information
Notice identifier/version : eae122a8-5eb0-415a-aa11-eff56baaa678 - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 29/04/2025 19:27 +02:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00281532-2025
OJ S issue number : 85/2025
Publication date : 02/05/2025