EIT Health Project Proposal Support

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

Apart from funding, EIT Health provides comprehensive support for innovations that show the potential to have a positive impact on healthcare. The ultimate goal is to transform promising ideas into commercially viable products through a multi-disciplinary approach, involving business, medicine, IT and other fields of knowledge.
EIT Health operates through recruiting collaborative projects to its portfolio (https://www.eithealth.eu/innovation_projects) by publishing once a year a call for proposals in business creation, education and innovation programmes. Only project consortia consisting of EIT Health Partners (from 2 different European countries at least).
In frames of the Innovation Platform EIT Health provides its partners with additional services which are aimed at improving chances of innovations for success, like tailored advisory services for initial project implementation phase (Work Package 0).
This comprehensive initial review process as ‘Stage 0’ shall be offered for partners to use before the deadline for submissions (1.10.2019 — 25.3.2020), on an individual basis would consult ideas/future projects.
To deliver this programme EIT Health seeks to engage in this procedure a service provider who will advise all EIT Health Partners and screen, strengthen and add value to all prospect innovation project proposals during Stage 0. These services will be requested between 1.10.2019 — 25.3.2020, before the — thus optimized — projects proposals will be submitted by Partner for the evaluation process to EIT Health. The duration of the contract will include implementation time before and necessary follow-up time to finish all services after this period.

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Bedingungen

1) Self-declaration (pursuant to Section 123 (1) to (3) GWB) that no person whose conduct is attributable to the tenderer or a member of the group of economic operators has been convicted, or a fine has been legally established against the economic operator, pursuant to Section 30 OWiG, for an offense against:
— Section 129 of the criminal code (formation of criminal associations), Section 129a of the criminal code (formation of terrorist associations) or Section 129b of the criminal code (criminals and terrorist associations abroad),
— Section 89c of the criminal code (terrorist financing) or the participation in such an act or the provision or collection of financial resources, having regard to the fact that these funds are used or intended to be used in whole or in part to commit an offense against Article 89a (2) (2) of the criminal code,
— Section 261 of the criminal code (money laundering, concealment of unlawfully acquired assets),
— Section 263 of the criminal code (fraud), in so far as the offense is directed against the budget of the European Union or against households managed by or on behalf of the European Union,
— Article 264 of the criminal code (subsidy fraud), in so far as the offense is directed against the budget of the European Union or against households managed by or on behalf of the European Union,
— Section 299 of the criminal code (corruption and bribery in business dealings),
— Section 108e of the criminal code (corruption and bribery of mandate holders),
— Sections 333 and 334 of the criminal code (granting benefit and bribery) also in connection with § 335a of the criminal code (foreign and international staff),
— Article 2 (2) of the law on combating international bribery (bribery of foreign members in international business transactions), or
— §§ 232 and 233 of the criminal code (trafficking in human beings) or § 233a of the criminal code (promotion of trafficking in human beings).
Or the respective Codes of the country of incorporation of the tenderer or the members of the group of economic operators.
2) Self-declaration that the tenderer has fulfilled its obligation to pay taxes, duties and social security contributions (§ 123 (4) GWB).
3) Self-declaration (on facultative exclusion grounds pursuant to § 124 GWB) that:
— neither the tenderer's company nor any person whose conduct is attributable to the tenderer has failed to fulfill its obligations under environmental, social or labor law when executing public contracts,
— the tenderer's company is not insolvent, insolvency proceedings or similar proceedings have not been instituted or opened for the assets of the tenderer's company, the opening of such proceedings has not been refused for lack of assets, and the company is not in liquidation or has ceased its activity,
— neither the tenderer's company nor any person whose conduct is attributable to the company has been guilty of grave professional misconduct that calls into question the integrity of the company,
— neither the company nor any person whose conduct is attributable to the company has entered into agreements with other undertakings which have the effect of preventing, restricting or distorting competition,
— the entity has not materially or consistently fulfilled a material breach in the execution of a previous public procurement or procurement contract, resulting in termination, damages or similar legal consequences.

Liste und kurze Beschreibung der Auswahlkriterien

4) Self-declarations (according to the following requirements) of a sufficient level of experience demonstrated by at least 5 reference projects (minimum requirement) of services of similar nature and scope as set out in Sections 2.3.1 — 2.3.3 and rendered in the past 3 years in the EU and preferably also in other markets (i.e. Asia, USA), stating name, address and email address of a contact person of the contracting body of the reference project and a project name and description of the services provided by the tenderer. EIT Health reserves the right to verify the tenderer's details.
In the case of groups of economic operators it must be clearly identifiable which reference project should be assigned to each member. The reference projects of the members fulfilling the minimum requirements are attributed to the group of economic operators.

Bedingungen für die Teilnahme (technische und berufliche Fähigkeiten)

At least 5 reference projects (minimum requirement) of services of similar nature and scope as set out in Sections 2.3.1 — 2.3.3 and rendered in the past 3 years in the EU and preferably also in other markets (i.e. Asia, USA), as aforementioned.

Genaue Informationen über Fristen für Überprüfungsverfahren

The application for a review procedure at the review body as set out in Section VI.4.1 is inadmissible pursuant to § 160 (3) GWB if:
1) The applicant has recognized the alleged infringement of public procurement rules prior to the submission of the petition for review and has not issued a complaint to EIT Health within a period of 10 calendar days;
2) Infringements of public procurement rules which are discernible on the basis of the Contract Notice are not notified to EIT Health at the latest by the expiry of the time limit specified in the contract notice for the request to participate or the submission of tenders;
3) Infringements of procurement rules which are discernible on the basis of the procurement documents are not notified to EIT Health at the latest by the expiry of the time-limit specified in the contract notice for the request to participate or the submission of tenders,
4) More than 15 calendar days have elapsed after receipt of the notification by EIT Health to not remedy a complaint of the tenderer.

Beschreibung der Beschaffung

Apart from funding, EIT Health provides comprehensive support for innovations that show the potential to have a positive impact on healthcare. The ultimate goal is to transform promising ideas into commercially viable products through a multi-disciplinary approach, involving business, medicine, IT and other fields of knowledge.
EIT Health operates through recruiting collaborative projects to its portfolio (https://www.eithealth.eu/innovation_projects) by publishing once a year a call for proposals in business creation, education and innovation programmes. Only project consortia consisting of EIT Health Partners (from 2 different European countries at least).
In frames of the Innovation Platform EIT Health provides its partners with additional services which are aimed at improving chances of innovations for success, like tailored advisory services for initial project implementation phase (Work Package 0).
This comprehensive initial review process as ‘Stage 0’ shall be offered for partners to use before the deadline for submissions (1 October 2019 — 25 March 2020), on an individual basis would consult ideas/future projects.
To deliver this programme EIT Health seeks to engage in this procedure a service provider who will advise all EIT Health Partners and screen, strengthen and add value to all prospect innovation project proposals during Stage 0. These services will be requested between 1 October 2019 — 25 March 2020, before the — thus optimized — projects proposals will be submitted by partner for the evaluation process to EIT Health. The duration of the contract will include implementation time before and necessary follow-up time to finish all services after this period.

Genaue Informationen über Fristen für Überprüfungsverfahren

The application for a review procedure at the review body as set out in section VI.4.1) is inadmissible pursuant to § 160 (3) GWB if
1) The applicant has recognized the alleged infringement of public procurement rules prior to the submission of the petition for review and has not issued a complaint to EIT Health within a period of ten calendar days;
2) Infringements of public procurement rules which are discernible on the basis of the contract notice are not notified to EIT Health at the latest by the expiry of the time limit specified in the contract notice for the request to participate or the submission of tenders;
3) Infringements of procurement rules which are discernible on the basis of the procurement documents are not notified to EIT Health at the latest by the expiry of the time limit specified in the contract notice for the request to participate or the submission of tenders;
4) More than 15 calendar days have elapsed after receipt of the notification by EIT Health to not remedy a complaint of the tenderer.