From patrick.schouller@inria.fr Sat Jul  5 11:15 MET 1997
From: Patrick Schouller 
Subject: SUITE INFO POSTE EXPERT DG XIII

Suite des informations sur les postes d'experts offerst par la DG XIII

ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

1.	Address
You are invited to tender for this call of experts. Please send your offer
to the following address:
		The COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
		Directorate-General XIII
		Telecommunications, Information Market and Exploitation of Research
		For the attention of Mr. D. DIAS
		200 Rue de la Loi
		BU24 4/46
		B-1049 Brussels - BELGIUM
		Tel. + 32.2.296.80.27
		Fax + 32.2.296.83.61
The tender may either be :
sent by post or delivered to the secretariat of the above-mentioned service.
Tenders submitted by post are required to be sent by registered  or
recorded post.

2.	Deadline
The tender must be sent to the Commission not later than the 25th of August
1997.
The evidence of this is given by:
- the postmark or
- a receipt, dated and signed by the civil servant of the above mentioned
service.
If the proposal is handed in, this must be done before 16.30 hours on the
date mentioned above. The address in this case is: 24, avenue de Beaulieu,
office 4/51, B-1160 Brussels.

3.	Packaging
The tender must be sent in a sealed envelope contained within a second
sealed envelope. The inside envelope should indicate not only the service to
which it is addressed, as specified in the invitation to tender, but also
the words:
*	"Tender by the firm ..."
*	"Invitation to tender for call of experts entitled "Call No. S115"
*	"Not to be opened by the postal service".
Self-adhesive envelopes which can be opened and re-closed without trace are
not to be used for this purpose.
	The tender must be submitted in triplicate.
Tenders must be signed by the tenderer's authorized representative or
representatives.
A total fixed price in ECU must be included in the proposal.
Tenders that do not meet the above administrative requirements will not be
taken into consideration for selection and evaluation.

4.	Content of Tender for Selection Purposes
	The following criteria ( see also Annex III) will be used to select the
tenderers :
	a) Administrative Information
b) Financial and Economic Standing
c) Technical Background

4.1  Administrative Informations
*	the following administrative information : full name of organization,
legal status, address, person to contact, person authorized to sign on
behalf of the organization, telephone number, facsimile number, VAT number,
preferred terms of payment, banking details:  bank name, account name and
number, branch address, sort code and  SWIFT address of bank;
*	proof of enrolment (declaration or certificates) in one of the
professional or trade registers, in country of establishment;

4.2  Financial Information
*	proof of financial and economic standing by the following reference:
		balance sheet or extracts therefrom where publication of the balance sheet
is required under company law in the country of establishment.

4.3  Technical Information
All the criteria listed under the Technical Background must be included in
the CV (see Annex III).

5.	Content of Tender for Evaluation Purposes
	The following award criteria (see also Annex III) will be used to evaluate
the tenders.

	5.1  Technical Evaluation
	You should submit a proposal highlighting the comprehension of the expert
in the field of Assistive Technology and following the criteria listed under
the Technical Content.
	The relative weight of the Award Criteria is the following :
	Understanding			:	50 %
	Technical Content :			50 %

 	5.2  Price
Tenders must state a total fixed price in ECU exclusively. Prices quoted
should be exclusive of all taxes.  Prices are firm and not subject to=
 revision.
The price must be broken down into two categories:
a) Total price (in ECU) per position, i.e. No. days x daily price
b) Daily price per man expressed in ECU
You must quote a fixed price for the services including all transport and
subsistence expenses.
The Commission of the European Communities, in conformity with the Protocol
on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Community annexed to the
Treaty of April 8th, 1965, setting up a single Council and a single
Commission for the European Community, is exempt from all duties, taxes and
dues.

6.	General terms
All tenders imply acceptance of the terms specified in our "General Terms
and Conditions applicable to contracts" (ref. XIX/410/93) in relation to all
matters not specifically covered in this invitation to tender (Annex I).

7.	Validity
Period of validity of the tender: 12 months from the closing date given=
 above.

8. 	Additional provisions
- Changes to tenders will be accepted only if they are received on or before
the final date set for the receipt of tenders.
- Expenses incurred in respect of the preparation and presentation of
tenders cannot be refunded.
- No information of any kind will be given on the state of progress with
regard to the evaluation of tenders.
- All documents submitted by tenderers will become property of the
Commission and will be regarded as confidential.

9.	Results
The results of the study must be forwarded to the Commission of the European
Communities in Brussels. The copyright will belong to the Commission, the
Commission will in particular have the right to publish the results.

10.	a) Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders will be
Official representatives of the European Community and the authorised
representative of the tenderer.
	b) The opening of tenders will take place on 3rd September 1997 at 10 a.m.
in Brussels, av. de Beaulieu 24, room 4/80.

Encl. :	I.	General Terms and Conditions applicable to EC Service Contracts
	II.	Job Description
	III.	Selection and Award Criteria


A N N E X   I

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO SERVICE CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES


Article 1  -   Performance of the contract

The contract shall be performed in such a way as to exclude the possibility
of the Contractor or his staff supplying services under conditions identical
to those governing the supply of services by an employed person.  Under no
circumstances may the Contractor or his staff be integrated into the
Commission's administrative organization.

If the Contractor is a natural person, he shall be required to provide proof
of his status as a self=96employed person.  To this end he shall supply
details of his social security cover and his situation with regard to VAT.

Article 2  -  Secondary obligations on the Contractor

1.	The Contractor undertakes to perform the tasks assigned to him according
to the highest professional standards.  In performance of the contract, the
Contractor is required, depending on the circumstances, to use only his own
highly qualified, professional staff.

2.	The Contractor undertakes to provide the Commission with any information
it may request for the management of the contract.

3.	In the event of termination of the contract for one of the reasons
referred to in Article 7 of these terms and conditions, the Contractor shall
undertake to send the Commission all information and documents in his
possession on the tasks assigned to him.

Article 3  -  Confidentiality

1.	The Contractor undertakes not to make use of and not to divulge to third
parties any facts, information, knowledge, documents or other matters
communicated to him or brought to his attention in the performance of the
contract or any results arising therefrom.  He shall continue to be bound by
this undertaking after the expiry of the contract.

2.	If the Contractor uses his own staff in performance of the contract, he
shall obtain from each staff member a written undertaking that they will
respect the confidentiality of any information brought to their attention in
the performance of the work and that they will not divulge to third parties
or use for their own benefit or that of any third party any document or
information not available publicly, even after completion of their
assignment.  A copy of the undertaking shall be sent to the Commission.

3.	If the Contractor's staff is working in Commission buildings, the
Contractor is required, at the Commission's request, to replace immediately
and without compensation any person considered undesirable by the=
 Commission.

Article 4  =96  Permits and licences

1.	The Contractor shall be solely responsible for taking the necessary steps
to obtain any permit or licence required for performance of the contract
under the laws and regulations in force at the place where the tasks
assigned to the Contractor are to be performed.

2.	The European Communities may terminate the contract without notice if the
Contractor is unable, through his own fault, to obtain any permit or licence
required for performance of the contract.

Article 5  =96  Spread of risk

The Contractor shall not be entitled to payment if he is prevented by force
majeure from performing the tasks assigned to him.  Part performance only of
any such task shall result in part payment.  Provided it is specified in the
contract, the above provisions shall not affect the Contractor's entitlement
to reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses and of costs for the
shipment of equipment incurred in performance of the contract.

Article 6  =96  Liability of the contracting parties

1.	The European Communities shall not under any circumstances or for any
reason whatsoever be liable for damage sustained by the Contractor himself
or by his staff in the performance of the contract.  The European
Communities shall not accept any claim for compensation or repairs in
respect of any such damage.

2.	Except in case of force majeure, the Contractor shall be required to
indemnify the European Communities for any damage they may sustain in the
performance, poor or otherwise, of the contract.

Article 7  =96  Termination of the contract

1.	The contracting parties may, of their own volition and without being
required to pay compensation, terminate the contract by serving formal
notice two months in advance.  Should the European Communities terminate the
contract, the Contractor shall only be entitled to payment corresponding to
part performance of the contract.

2.	In the event of a serious failure by the Contractor, duly noted by the
Commission, to fulfil his obligations under the contract, the contract may
be terminated at any time by registered letter without formal notice or
payment of any compensation whatsoever by the European Communities.  This
provision shall not affect the application of Article 6(2) of these general
terms and conditions.
 Article 8  =96  Assignment and services of third parties

1.	The Contractor shall not, without the prior and express approval of the
Commission, assign the rights and obligations arising out of the contract in
whole or in part, nor subcontract any part of the contract, nor cause it to
be performed in fact by third parties.

2.	Even where the Commission authorizes the Contractor to subcontract all or
part of the work to third parties, he shall none the less remain bound by
his obligations to the European Communities under the contract.

3.	Save where the Commission expressly authorizes an exception, the
Contractor shall be required to include in any contracts signed with third
parties for all or part of the work provisions enabling the European
Communities to enjoy the same rights and guarantees in relation to third
parties as in relation to the Contractor himself.

Article 9  =96  Ownership

1.	Any results or patent obtained by the Contractor in performance of the
contract shall be the property of the European Communities, which may use
them as they see fit, except where industrial or intellectual property
rights already exist.

2.	Copyright and any other right of ownership in respect of manuscripts or
parts thereof shall belong exclusively to the European Communities, except
where copyright or other right of ownership already exists.

3.	On the date of acceptance of the manuscripts and subject solely to the
exception referred to in paragraph 2 above, all rights in respect of
manuscripts, including amongst others the right to use, print, publish and
sell all or part thereof in any manner and in any language whatsoever, shall
be acquired for all countries by the European Communities, which may
transfer all or part of such rights to third parties on their own terms.

4.	The Contractor shall specify any parts of manuscripts, including
illustrations, maps and graphs, on which copyright or any other right of
ownership already exists and hereby affirms that he has obtained permission
to use any such parts from the titular holder(s) of such rights or from his
or their legal representatives.  Any cost for which the Contractor may
become liable for such permission shall be paid by him.  Save as otherwise
provided for in paragraph 2, the Contractor hereby affirms that he is
entitled to transfer the copyright or other rights of ownership in respect
of the subject matter of the manuscript.

5.	The European Communities shall not be required to publish manuscripts or
documents supplied in performance of the contract.  If it is decided not to
publish the manuscript or documents supplied, the Contractor shall not have
them published elsewhere without the written approval of the European
Communities.

Article 10  =96  Methods of payment

1.	Payments shall be made in ecus.

2.	At the request of the Contractor, the Commission may pay him an advance
equal to 30% of the amount due on completion of the contract.  Payment of
the advance may be made conditional upon the furnishing by the Contractor of
proof that he has lodged a deposit equal to the amount of the advance.  The
advance shall be deducted from subsequent payments in such a manner that it
is fully recovered on exhaustion of the funds provided for such payments.

3.	In the event of termination of the contract under Article 7 of these
general terms and conditions, no payment shall be due except for services
actually rendered up to the date of termination.  In such an event, the
amount due shall be calculated after deducting any payments already made.
If the payments made prior to termination exceed the sum finally due, the
additional amount shall be repaid in full by the Contractor to the European
Communities within 60 days of receipt of a request for repayment.  If
payment is not made within this period, the sum owed by the Contractor shall
start to bear interest at the rate applied by the European Monetary
Cooperation Fund to its ecu operations on the last day of the period allowed
for repayment, as published in the C series of the Official Journal.

4.	Reimbursable travel and subsistence expenses shall be paid, where
appropriate, on production of supporting documents, including receipts and
used tickets.

5.	Payments shall be made within 60 days of receipt of the request for
payment and shall be deemed to have been made on the date on which they are
debited to the Commission's account.

The Commission is bound to comply with the 60=96day payment period only if
requests for payment are sent to the address indicated in the contract and
if its departments establish that the services rendered conform to the
contract and that the debt has been confirmed and quantified and is due.

6.	A Contractor whose registered office or residence is situated within the
territory of one of the Member States of the European Communities shall
indicate a banking institution on the territory of the country in which the
registered office or residence is situated for the payment of sums due to
him under the contract.

Article 11  =96  Provisions relating to taxation

1.	If the tax laws to which he is subject require the Contractor to pay VAT
on fees received under the contract, the amount of VAT shall be included in
the total sum paid by the European Communities in consideration for services
rendered.

2.	The Contractor shall be responsible for complying with the national tax
laws applicable to him in respect of payments under the contract with the
European Communities which are not exempt from income tax in the Member=
 States.

Article 12  =96  Amendments or additions to the contract

The provisions of the contract and the annexes thereto may be amended or
supplemented only by means of a supplementary agreement initialled on each
page and signed by each of the parties or their authorized representatives.



ANNEX II



JOB DESCRIPTIONS



Three experts in Information Technologies :

1. To give expert technical support to current RTD work, such as on-going
Telematics projects, assessment of deliverables, participation in
consensus-building activities among the various telematics communities in
Europe;

2. to participate in the elaboration and implementation of strategic
guidelines for the deployment of telematics applications;

3. to work efficiently in a multidisciplinary, multi-lingual team and in
particular, to write concise, yet precise technical documents for=
 non-experts.



Three experts in Telecommunications :

1. To give expert technical support to current RTD work, such as elaboration
of work programme, assessment of deliverables, participation in
consensus-building activities among the various telematics research
communities in Europe;

2. to participate in the elaboration and implementation of strategic
guidelines for the deployment of telematics applications;

3. to work efficiently in a multidisciplinary, multi-lingual team and in
particular, to write concise, yet precise technical documents for=
 non-experts.




ANNEX III

SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA

A. Three experts in Information Technologies

ELIGIBILITY	                                    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
	 - Requirements laid down under points 1 to 3 of Administrative Details

SELECTION CRITERIA	                             ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Administrative Information	                      - Requirements laid down
under point 4.1,
                                                         content of tender

Financial and Economic Standing	                         - Requirements laid
down under point 4.2,
                                                        content of tender

Technical Background	                              - University degree
                                                        - Professional
background in Information Technology
                                                         - 5-year experience
in RTD in the field of
Information Technology and their applications in at
least one of the following areas   of the Telematics
Applications Programme   (computer assisted education
and training,   health informatics, human machine
interface)
                                                        - At least two
European Union languages

EVALUATION CRITERIA	                                    AWARD CRITERIA

UNDERSTANDING	                                          Fair understanding
of technological researchand
industrial aspects

TECHNICAL CONTENT	                                       - Expert advice to
the Commission on the
follow-up of Telematics projects
                                                        - Overview for
future research activities
                                                        - Liaison activities
with outside bodies involved in
the telematics RTD domain

PRICE	                                                  A total fixed price
in ECU and exclusive of all taxes
must be quoted. Variants would not be acceptable.
This price must be broken down into two categories:
	                                                       a) Total price per
position expressed in ECUb)
Daily price per man expressed in ECU free of all
duties, taxes and duesfirm and not subject to
revisionfixed price including all transport and
subsistence expenses

Remark : 	                                              See also general=
 text



ANNEX III

SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA

B. Three experts in Telecommunications

ELIGIBILITY	                                            ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
	                                                - Requirements laid down
under points 1 to 3 of
Administrative Details

SELECTION CRITERIA	                                     ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Administrative Information	                      - Requirements laid down
under point 4.1,  content of
tender

Financial and Economic Standing	                         - Requirements laid
down under point 4.2, content of
tender

Technical Background	                                   - University degree
                                                        - Professional
background in Telecommunications
                                                        - 5-year experience
in RTD in the field of
telecommunications technologies, and their
applications in at least one of the following   areas
of the Telematics Applications   Programme (distance
education and   training, telemedicine, teleservices in
rural   areas, government on line, traffic manage-
ment, environment monitoring)
                                                        - At least two
European Union languages

EVALUATION CRITERIA	                            AWARD CRITERIA

UNDERSTANDING	                                  Fair understanding of
telecommunications /telematics related
issues, such as research, technologies, applications,
usages, industrial environment

TECHNICAL CONTENT	                           - Expert advice to the
Commission on the   follow-up of
Telematics projects
                                                - Overview for future
research activities
                                                - Liaison activities with
outside bodies involved in the
telematics RTD domain

PRICE	                                          A total fixed price in ECU
and exclusive of all taxes must be
quoted. Variants would not be acceptable. This price
must be broken down into two categories:
	                                       a) Total price per position
expressed in ECUb) Daily price per
man expressed in ECU free of all duties, taxes and duesfirm and
not subject to revisionfixed price including all transport and
subsistence expenses

Remark : 	See also general text


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                        Patrick SCHOULLER
      MINISTERE DE L'ECONOMIE, DES FINANCES ET DE L'INDUSTRIE
SECRETARIAT D'ETAT A L'INDUSTRIE, AUX POSTES ET TELECOMMUNICATIONS
	  Direction Generale des Strategies Industrielles
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Telephone : + 33 1 43 19 34 25
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http://www.industrie.gouv.fr.
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