EU Gender Equality Competence Facility

This call for tenders aims to establish a new service - the EU Gender Equality Competence Facility - with the aim to support development and implementation of impactful inclusive GEPs across the ERA, and thus to facilitate structural change and enhance its sustainability within organisations. A key aspect of this …

CPV: 80500000 Training services, 73200000 Research and development consultancy services
spriocdháta:
Iúil 7, 2025, 4 i.n.
cineál spriocdháta:
tairisceana
áit fhorghníomhaithe:
EU Gender Equality Competence Facility
clárlann:
European Commission, DG RTD - Research and Innovation
uimhir dámhachtana:
EC-RTD/2025/OP/0002

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Commission, DG RTD - Research and Innovation
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : EU Gender Equality Competence Facility
Description : This call for tenders aims to establish a new service - the EU Gender Equality Competence Facility - with the aim to support development and implementation of impactful inclusive GEPs across the ERA, and thus to facilitate structural change and enhance its sustainability within organisations. A key aspect of this service is also to support concerned organisations to comply with the GEP eligibility criterion introduced in Horizon Europe, as well as with other related requirements, such as striving for increasing inclusiveness.
Procedure identifier : 9c25b9d6-887f-4fbf-999d-22e70065f8eb
Internal identifier : EC-RTD/2025/OP/0002
Type of procedure : Open
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 ): 73200000 Research and development consultancy services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 000 000 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) 2024/2509

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : EU Gender Equality Competence Facility
Description : This call for tenders aims to establish a new service - the EU Gender Equality Competence Facility - with the aim to support development and implementation of impactful inclusive GEPs across the ERA, and thus to facilitate structural change and enhance its sustainability within organisations. A key aspect of this service is also to support concerned organisations to comply with the GEP eligibility criterion introduced in Horizon Europe, as well as with other related requirements, such as striving for increasing inclusiveness.
Internal identifier : EC-RTD/2025/OP/0002

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73200000 Research and development consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 80500000 Training services
Options :
Description of the options : provided they are in conformity with the basic project, new services or works consisting in the repetition of similar services or works, may be entrusted up to 50 % of the initial contract to the initial contractor by negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 24 Month

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 000 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Reserved participation : Participation is not reserved.
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
Information about European Union funds
EU funds programme : Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021/2027)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 70
Criterion :
Type : Price
Name :
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
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

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Terms of submission :
Electronic submission : Required
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted : Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of tenders : 07/07/2025 16:00 +02:00
Deadline until which the tender must remain valid : 9 Month
Information about public opening :
Opening date : 08/07/2025 10:00 +02:00
Terms of contract :
The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes : No
Electronic invoicing : Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used : yes
Electronic payment will be used : yes

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 : European Commission, DG RTD - Research and Innovation -

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : European Commission, DG RTD - Research and Innovation
Registration number : COM
Department : RTD.D - People: Health & Society
Postal address : Espace Orban (ORBN), Square Frère-Orban 8
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1040
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 299 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Court of Justice of the European Union
Registration number : CURIA
Postal address : Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : L-2925
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 4303-1
Internet address : http://curia.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : European Commission
Registration number : EUCOM
Postal address : Mondrian (CDMA), Rue du Champ de Mars 21
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1050
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 299 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender
Notice information
Notice identifier/version : b2d46b28-01a6-4e99-b672-661048f73bd0 - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 27/05/2025 14:22 +02:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00349659-2025
OJ S issue number : 103/2025
Publication date : 30/05/2025