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Provision of
ESPON Website Development, Hosting, and Maintenance Services
The purpose of this call for tenders is to sign a
single-operator Framework Agreement for the provision of ESPON Website
Development, Hosting, and Maintenance Services.
Budget
The maximum estimated budget for this contract is EUR
500,000 (five hundred euros), exclusive of VAT but inclusive of all other
taxes, disbursements, travel, accommodation and delivery costs.
Deadline for submitting tenders
10th November 2022 at 15H00 (CET)
Tender documentation
The procurement documents (Terms of Reference and its
Annexes), questions and answers are available at on the Luxembourg Public
Procurement Portal. The details of the announcement can be found here:
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Portail des marchés publics du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg - Marchés - reference
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https://pmp.b2g.etat.lu/?page=entreprise.EntrepriseAdvancedSearch&AllCons&id=525721&orgAcronyme=t5y
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ESPON e-Tendering platform
https://tenders.espon.eu
Contract notice has been published on Official Journal
of the EU – TED
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Calls for Tenders
1.
Dissemination of ESPON results among the scientific
community – call for early career researchers
Objective
The objective of this call for competition is to contract a maximum of 20
(twenty) early career researchers (PhD and/or Postdoc students) to promote the
uptake of ESPON territorial evidence within the scientific community.
Budget
The maximum available budget is EUR 120,000 (one hundred thousand Euros),
EXCLUSIVE of VAT. A maximum 6.000 Euros will be paid for each early career
researcher contracted.
Deadline
A cut-off
date is set on 31 August 2021. All the applications submitted until this date
will be evaluated early September 2021 and selected researches will be
contacted to initiate a negotiated procedure.
Afterwards, all applications received at the end of
each calendar month will be evaluated and, in case budget is still available,
selected researchers will be contacted to initiate a negotiated procedure.
Tendering documents
The documentation related to the Call, such as technical
specifications, annexes, questions, and answers, can be accessed here:
§ On the ESPON website
https://www.espon.eu/participate/calls/open-calls/dissemination-espon-results-among-scientific-community-%E2%80%93-call-early
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at the ESPON EGTC e-Tendering Platform
https://tenders.espon.eu/tender/call-competition-dissemination-espon-results-among-scientific-community
More details are available also on the ESPON
website
https://www.espon.eu/participate/calls/open-calls/dissemination-espon-results-among-scientific-community-%E2%80%93-call-early
2.ESPON Scientific Advisory
Panel of external experts
Objective
The objective of this call for expression of interest to establish a list
of external experts to compose a Scientific Advisory Panel as part of its
continued effort at promoting and fostering a European territorial dimension in
development and cooperation by providing evidence, knowledge transfer and
policy learning to public authorities and other policy actors at all levels
Budget
The maximum available budget is EUR 130,000 (one hundred thousand
Euros), EXCLUSIVE of VAT. Experts shall be remunerated at a fixed price of
750 EUR, all taxes included except VAT, per day worked/task performed. A
maximum threshold will be applied of 15,000 EUR, all taxes included except VAT,
of total payments per expert for the whole duration of the list’s validity.
Deadline
The list resulting from this notice is valid for 20 months from the publication
of this notice.
A first cut-off date is set on 30 November 2020. All the applications submitted
until this date will be evaluated and eligible experts will be included in the
Scientific Advisory Panel.
Interested parties may submit an application at any time prior to 30/06/2022.
ESPON EGTC will evaluate all new applications at the end of each calendar month
and update the list of external experts eligible to be included in the
Scientific Advisory Panel.
Tendering documents
The documentation related to the Call, such as technical
specifications, annexes, questions, and answers, can be accessed here:
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On the ESPON website
https://www.espon.eu/participate/calls/open-calls/espon-scientific-advisory-panel-external-experts
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at the ESPON EGTC e-Tendering Platform
https://tenders.espon.eu/tender/espon-scientific-advisory-
panel-external-experts
More details are available also on the ESPON website
https://www.espon.eu/participate/calls/open-calls/espon-scientific-advisory-panel-external-experts
3.ESPON 2020 Database Portal – Phase II
Objective
The service contract resulting from the call for
tenders “ESPON 2020 Database Portal, Phase II” shall further develop and
maintain the ESPON Database Portal https://Database.espon.eu/.
Budget
The maximum available budget is EUR 140,000 (one hundred thousand Euros),
EXCLUSIVE of VAT.
Deadline:
21 December 2020
Tendering documents
The documentation related to the Call, such as
technical specifications, annexes, questions, and answers, can be accessed
here:
§ On the Luxembourg Portal for Public
Procurements
§ at the ESPON EGTC e-Tendering
Platform
More details are available also on the ESPON website
https://www.espon.eu/participate/calls/open-calls
4.ESPON
2020 data and maps updates II
The main objective of this tender on “ESPON 2020
data and map update II” is to contract one or more service providers to collect
data and metadata, build up time series and fill in existing data gaps, carry
out quality check and integrate the data into the ESPON 2020 Database as well
as make a short data-based analysis and maps together with short
interpretations and key observations tailormade for policymakers and policy
development.
This data and map update is focusing on the first
SO1 activities conducted within the ESPON 2020 Programme.
Budget
Lot 1: Updating and integrating EMPLOY datasets and maps
EUR 30.000,00 (thirty thousand Euros).
Lot 2: Updating and integrating LOCATE datasets and maps
EUR 30.000,00 (thirty thousand Euros).
Lot 3: Updating and integrating PROFECY datasets and maps
EUR 40.000,00 (forty thousand Euros).
Lot 4: Updating and integrating Big Data and Housing datasets and maps
EUR 75.000,00 (seventy-five thousand Euros).
Lot 5: Updating and integrating CLIMATE datasets
and maps
EUR 50.000,00 (fifty thousand Euros)
Deadline
30 March 2021
Tendering documents
The documentation related to the Call, such as
technical specifications, annexes, questions and answers, can be accessed here
§ On the Luxembourg Public
Procurement Portal
§ the ESPON EGTC e-Tendering
Platform
More details are available also on the ESPON
website
https://www.espon.eu/participate/calls/open-calls
5. ESPON Translation services 2021-2022
Objective
The selected service provider(s) shall deliver to
the ESPON EGTC high quality translations in any of the EU 23 official languages
(i.e. all EU official languages minus English, as this is the source language),
as well as Icelandic and Norwegian.
Budget
The maximum available budget for the contracts to
be signed for all 25 lots is EUR 150,000.00 (one hundred and fifty thousand
Euros), EXCLUSIVE of VAT.
Deadline
24 March 2021
Tendering documents
The documentation related to the Call, such as
technical specifications, annexes, questions and answers, can be accessed here:
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On the Luxembourg Public Procurement Portal
https://pmp.b2g.etat.lu/?page=entreprise.EntrepriseAdvancedSearch&AllCons&refConsultation=21904&orgAcronyme=t5y
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the ESPON EGTC e-Tendering Platform
https://tenders.espon.eu/tender/espon-translation-services-2021-2022
More details are available also on the ESPON
website
https://www.espon.eu/participate/calls/open-calls
6.ESPON Cross-border Public Services 2.0 – CPS 2.0
Objective
The
service contract resulting from this call for tenders shall contribute to
further disseminating, developing and improving the ESPON knowledge base, more
specifically by taking up the evidence compiled in the framework of the
completed ESPON targeted analysis on Cross-border public Services (2018).
Budget:
75.000
EUR, excluding VAT
Deadline:
26.04.2021
Tendering documents
The
documentation related to the Call, such as technical specifications, annexes,
questions and answers, can be accessed here:
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On the Luxembourg Public Procurement Portal
https://pmp.b2g.etat.lu/?page=entreprise.EntrepriseAdvancedSearch&AllCons&refConsultation=22153&orgAcronyme=t5y
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the ESPON EGTC e-Tendering Platform
https://tenders.espon.eu/tender/cross-border-public-services-20
More
details are available also on the ESPON website
https://www.espon.eu/participate/calls/open-calls
7.Spillovers
leveraging entrepreneurial development in Outermost Regions (SPLENDOUR)
Objective
The service contract shall conduct an
empirical research estimating (a) the extent to which and conditions under
which knowledge spillovers from Continental Europe explain entrepreneurship in
the outermost regions and (b) the effect of regional smart specialisation on
entrepreneurship in the outermost regions. The main outcome of this service
contract shall be a set of entrepreneurial policy recommendations for national
authorities, local and regional authorities in the outermost regions as well as
programming authorities of the Interreg programmes operating in the outermost
regions.
Budget
150,000 EUR
Deadline
04 May 2021
Tendering documents
The documentation related to the Call, such as technical specifications,
annexes, questions and answers, can be accessed here:
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On the Luxembourg Public Procurement Portal
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the ESPON EGTC e-Tendering Platform
Events
Applied Research Activities
Under the Specific Objective 1 of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme, “Enhanced European territorial evidence production through applied research and analyses”, Applied Research projects (AR) contribute to the European territorial and analytical evidence base.
ESPON AR respond to policy needs and focus on key priorities for territorial development, such as priority themes of the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Investment Plan for Europe, the Cohesion Policy and the Territorial Agenda 2020.
The list of AR activities and reports presently available can be found on this webpage.
Targeted Analyses
Under the Specific Objective 2 of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme, “Upgraded knowledge transfer and use of analytical user support”, Targeted Analyses (TA) are powerful means to transfer knowledge, share experience and facilitate the use of European territorial evidence rooted in real place-based policy development processes.
ESPON TA provide a European perspective for stakeholders and are related to their policy contexts.
The list of TA activities and reports presently available can be found on this webpage.
Monitoring and Tools – ESPON TIA Tool
Upgrade
ESPON TIA Tool Upgrade – The TIA
Tool has been developed in the previous programming period in order to support
policy makers and practitioners with identifying, ex-ante, potential
territorial impacts of new EU Legislations, Policies and Directives (LPDs). The
project ESPON TIA Tool Upgrade will further develop a
user-friendly ESPON TIA web application by providing in addition the
possibility to carry out Urban Impact Assessment, Cross-border TIA and TIA
focused on other specific types of regions. In addition, new and innovative
functionalities will be integrated and existing datasets, typologies will be
updated and new indicators will be added.
Further information on TIA Tool
Upgrade is now available at the ESPON
Website.
Should further information be required, kindly contact Ms Maria Pia Pace, Director (EU Funds - Policy Coordination) within the Strategy & Implementation Division in the Ministry for European Affairs and Equality on maria-pia.a.pace@gov.mt .
Further information on the ESPON Programme can be obtained by
clicking here.