Information

Tender reference number	RTD/2019/OP/006
Title	Open Research Europe — The European Commission Open Research Publishing Platform
Description	The present call for tender concerns the setting up of a publishing platform for scientific articles as a service for Horizon 2020 beneficiaries. The platform will provide an open access publishing venue without cost to the beneficiaries of Horizon 2020. The platform will manage the entire publication process, from submission to publication, post-publication curation and preservation, of original articles stemming from Horizon 2020 funding and will implement an open peer-review system. It will also host pre-prints. Published articles and hosted preprints will be openly available to all researchers and citizens. Tenderers are called to customize an existing publishing infrastructure solution to the requirements of the European Commission, to develop processes and policies to run the platform as a service, to engage in communication activities for the Platform and to run the service and publish articles in the Platform. The tender is for a framework contract with a duration of 4 years.
Contract type	Services
Procedure type	Open procedure
Status	Closed
Published on TED
Submission Method	Electronic
Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)	Framework agreement
Address of the buyer profile: (URL)	http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=tenders-open
Award method	Best price-quality ratio
Main CPV	73200000
NUTS	BE

Conditions for participation

Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers	List and brief description of conditions: 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	18/07/2019 00:00
Question deadline	N/A
Answer deadline	N/A
Time limit for receipt of tenders	09/09/2019 15:00
Conditions for opening tenders (date)	11/09/2019 09:30

Lots

The call for tenders has no lots.

Notices

Reference	Notice type	Publication date
2019/S 137-336373	Contract notice	18/07/2019 00:00