Information

Tender reference number	SMART 2018/0038
Title	Study on Blockchains: Legal, Governance and Interoperability Aspects — Smart 2018/0038
Description	The study will enquire for legal and regulatory aspects related to blockchain-inspired technologies and their applications as well as for socio-economic impacts of the Blockchain technology. The study/procurement should enable mobilising ad-hoc expertise and to collect facts and figures in a flexible way to support the EU Blockchain initiative. The study should reinforce or complement the work of the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, while providing useful and meaningful inputs for the deployment of a EU Blockchain Infrastructure in 2019. The outcome will also be used for elaborating, legitimating and implementing approaches and specific actions. They will contribute to the overarching policy and funding actions for the next multi financial framework. They should be used for the EC engagement with diversified constituencies and for dissemination purposes.
Contract type	Services
Procedure type	Open procedure
Status	Open
Published on TED
Submission Method	Electronic
Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)	Public contract
Address of the buyer profile: (URL)	https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/newsroom/call-tenders/
Award criterion	Most economic

Conditions for participation

Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers	See Internet address provided in Section I.3.
Economic and financial standing - List and brief description of selection criteria	Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Economic and financial standing- Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required	Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability - List and brief description of selection criteria	Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability - Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required	Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Milestones

TED publication date	05/12/2018
Question deadline	N/A
Answer deadline	N/A
Time limit for receipt of tenders	17/01/2019 15:00
Conditions for opening tenders (date)	22/01/2019 10:30

Lots

The call for tenders has no lots.

Notices

Reference	Notice type	Publication date
2018/S 234-533841	Contract notice	05/12/2018