Information

Tender reference number	CLIMA.B.1/FRA/2017/0009.
Title	Auctioning of emission allowances and carbon market oversight.
Description	The contractors under 3 different lots will provide legal, economic, financial, as well as accounting and auditing expertise to assist the Commission in its activity related to ensuring the integrity and reliability of the auctioning of emission allowances under the EU ETS and of the carbon market through the development of the relevant legislation, its implementation and monitoring, public procurement procedures and contractual arrangements as well as ensuring the timely and effective management of problems, incidents and crisis situations. Please note that the prior information about this tender was published in OJ 2016/S 103-183492 of 31.5.2016 with the title ‘Assisting the Commission in the implementation of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 (“Auctioning Regulation”) and of the market oversight framework under the EU emission trading system’.
Contract type	Services
Procedure type	Open procedure
Status	Closed
Published on TED

Milestones

TED publication date	30/05/2017 00:00
Question deadline	03/07/2017 16:30 UTC+02:00
Answer deadline	05/07/2017 00:00 UTC+02:00
Time limit for receipt of tenders	12/07/2017 16:00
Conditions for opening tenders (date)	20/07/2017 14:30

Lots

Lot number	Title	Description
Lot 1	Legal assistance	The framework contract for lot 1 will run for an initial period of 24 months and shall be renewed automatically 2 times (with a maximum total duration of 72 months). The contractor(s) of the framework contract under this lot 1 might be required to provide the following services: 1) legal assistance for development, implementation, monitoring and review of the legislation applicable to the primary and secondary market in allowances under the EU emission trading system; 2) legal assistance for contract management; 3) legal assistance for the joint procurement of the common auction platform or of the auction monitor; 4) legal assistance for the management of the Joint Procurement Agreements; 5) coordination and handover tasks. For further detail, please refer to procurement documents (see Section 2.3 of the tender specifications).
Lot 2	Economic and financial market analysis	The framework contract for lot 2 will run for an initial period of 24 months and shall be renewed automatically 2 times (with a maximum total duration of 72 months). The contractor(s) of the framework contract under this lot 2 might be required to provide the following services: 1) economic and financial analysis of the functioning of the carbon markets; 2) economic and financial advice for the development, implementation, monitoring and review of the legislation applicable to the primary and secondary market in allowances under the EU emissions trading system; 3) economic and financial advice for contracts' management; 4) economic and financial advice and support for the procurement of the common auction platform or of the auction monitor; 5) economic and financial advice for the management of the Joint Procurement Agreements; 6) coordination and handover tasks. For further detail, please refer to procurement documents (see Section 2.3 of the tender specifications).
Lot 3	Accounting and auditing services	The framework contract for lot 3 will run for an initial period of 24 months and shall be renewed automatically 2 times (with a maximum total duration of 72 months). The contractor(s) of the framework contract under this lot 3 might be required to provide the following services: 1) accounting and auditing services for the implementation of the Auctioning Regulation, including compliance audit of the implementation of the Auctioning Regulation by the auction platforms; 2) accounting and auditing services for the development, implementation, monitoring and review of the EU financial market legislation applicable to the primary and secondary market in allowances; 3) accounting and auditing services for public procurement procedures for the nomination of the common auction platform and the auction monitor, including assistance in the determination of the financial requirements and of the cost structure as well as in the evaluation of the financial situation of candidates or tenderers; 4) accounting and auditing assistance with regard to the contracts with the common auction platform and the auction monitor, including the operational audit on the performance of the services under these contracts and audit for the determination of the costs, variation of costs and the estimation of the related price revision under these contracts; 5) handover tasks. For further detail, please refer to procurement documents (see Section 2.3 of the tender specifications).

Notices

Reference	Notice type	Publication date
2017/S 102-203754	Contract notice	30/05/2017 00:00