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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.

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