ARTICLE 1: - emits - ESA
ARTICLE 1: - emits - ESA
ARTICLE 1: - emits - ESA
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<strong>ESA</strong>/REG/001, rev.2<br />
Annex III,rev.1<br />
Page 68<br />
PART IV: PROCEDURE FOR RESTRICTED<br />
COMPETITIVE TENDERING IN FRAMEWORK<br />
AGREEMENTS<br />
For the purpose of this Part IV of the present TEM and pursuant to Article 15.1 of the<br />
Procurement Regulations, a Framework Agreement is the aggregation of several frame<br />
contracts concluded in identical terms between the Agency and several contractors<br />
(hereinafter referred to as framework contractors) in order to ensure the delivery of<br />
supplies or rendering of services for a given period and/or within a given financial limit<br />
of liability.<br />
In a Framework Agreement where frame contracts between the Agency and several<br />
contractors have been entered into, for each of the supplies or services to be procured<br />
under the Framework Agreement, restricted competitions shall be carried out between<br />
all or in some specific cases a limited number 23 of eligible framework contractors. Such<br />
supplies or services shall be procured through Request for Proposals (RFP) resulting in<br />
the placing of one or more Work Orders.<br />
The present Part IV does not apply to Framework Agreements for multiple small units<br />
of work resulting in loan employment. In such cases specific procedures authorised by<br />
the Head of the Procurement Department shall be established at the time of the issuing<br />
of the Tender for the Framework Agreement.<br />
Chapter 1: TEB Responsibilities prior to the issuing of the Request<br />
For Proposal (RFP).<br />
Prior to the issuing of the RFP, the TEB under the responsibility of its Chairperson<br />
shall review the corresponding solicitation package.<br />
Where a TEB is not nominated prior to the issuing of the RFP, the review of the<br />
corresponding solicitation package and the responsibilities of the TEB foreseen under<br />
the present Chapter 1 shall, unless specified otherwise, be performed jointly by the<br />
Technical Officer and the Contracts Officer. In such cases all resulting decisions and<br />
consultations shall be recorded in the RFP file.<br />
23 Where a Framework Agreement covers a number of different supplies and services, there is no<br />
obligation on behalf of the Agency to invite those framework contractors participating in such Agreement<br />
whose framework contract does not cover the particular supplies or services that are the subject of the<br />
RFP.<br />
A Framework Agreement may be divided into categories, each covering different supplies or services. In<br />
that case the Agency only needs to invite within the Framework Agreement the eligible framework<br />
contractors in the categories that cover the goods and services required by the RFP.