Election Observation and Democratic Support IV

The purposes of this contract are as follows: • Support the continued development of EU election observation methodology in line with relevant international standards of democratic elections and improving effective follow-up of the recommendations made by EU electoral missions. • Support high quality and consistency of EU electoral missions reporting …

CPV: 80531200 Teknisk yrkesutbildning
Plats för avrättning:
Election Observation and Democratic Support IV
Plats för tilldelning:
European Commission, FPI - Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Tilldelningsnummer:
EC-FPI/2025/EA-RP/0025

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Commission, FPI - Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Election Observation and Democratic Support IV
Description : The purposes of this contract are as follows: • Support the continued development of EU election observation methodology in line with relevant international standards of democratic elections and improving effective follow-up of the recommendations made by EU electoral missions. • Support high quality and consistency of EU electoral missions reporting and communication products and the enhancement of public outreach/visibility/awareness raising and understanding (through traditional and new channels of communication) of EU electoral missions both in the country of the mission and in the EU press and institutions. • Contribute to assessing how new features or challenges to election observation such as hybrid threats, disinformation, information manipulation and the use of artificial intelligence impact election observation methodology and how they can be addressed. • Provide methodological support to members of EU election missions, to ensure an uniform application of existing methodology and training to potential members of EU election missions, to expand the pool of qualified candidates. • Support optimising EU electoral missions’ operational procedures.
Procedure identifier : c0b6bc94-f042-494f-bc12-bd553a1e5956
Internal identifier : EC-FPI/2025/EA-RP/0025
Type of procedure : Restricted
The procedure is accelerated : no

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 80531200 Technical training services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere
Additional information : Please consult the procurement documents.

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 6 000 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : For any additional information, please refer to the document A5f "Additional information about the Contract Notice". 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
LocalLaw - Procurement award procedure applying to European Union external actions financed from the general budget of the European Union and the European Development Fund (EDF)

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Election Observation and Democratic Support IV
Description : The purposes of this contract are as follows: • Support the continued development of EU election observation methodology in line with relevant international standards of democratic elections and improving effective follow-up of the recommendations made by EU electoral missions. • Support high quality and consistency of EU electoral missions reporting and communication products and the enhancement of public outreach/visibility/awareness raising and understanding (through traditional and new channels of communication) of EU electoral missions both in the country of the mission and in the EU press and institutions. • Contribute to assessing how new features or challenges to election observation such as hybrid threats, disinformation, information manipulation and the use of artificial intelligence impact election observation methodology and how they can be addressed. • Provide methodological support to members of EU election missions, to ensure an uniform application of existing methodology and training to potential members of EU election missions, to expand the pool of qualified candidates. • Support optimising EU electoral missions’ operational procedures.
Internal identifier : EC-FPI/2025/EA-RP/0025

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 80531200 Technical training services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Extra-Regio NUTS 3 ( BEZZZ )
Country : Belgium
Additional information :

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 36 Month

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 6 000 000 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) : no
Additional information : The procurement is funded by the following EU programme: Human Rights.

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 80
Criterion :
Type : Price
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 20

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 : English
Electronic catalogue : Not allowed
Deadline for receipt of requests to participate : 28/08/2025 14:00 +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, FPI - Service for Foreign Policy Instruments

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : European Commission, FPI - Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Registration number : COM
Department : FPI.6 - Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Operations & Election Observation
Postal address : Rond Point Robert Schuman 9A
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1049
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 : 9a8a4603-6e58-4342-9d7f-6c71cf486833 - 01
Form type : Competition
Notice type : Contract or concession notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 28/07/2025 08:19 +02:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00493549-2025
OJ S issue number : 143/2025
Publication date : 29/07/2025