Intellectual Property and Project Support Expertise for the implementation of the IP Key China action

European Union Intellectual Property Office

The purpose of this contract is to provide long term expertise for the implementation of the “IP Key China” Action. The overall objective of the action is “to level the playing field for European companies operating in China by contributing to greater transparency and fair implementation of the IPR protection and enforcement system in China”. Its specific objectives are:
1. To promote progressive convergence of China towards European standards in IPR legislation, protection and enforcement and the development of best practices;
2. To support the interest of European innovators and right holders trading with or investing in China;
3. To contribute to greater transparency and fair implementation of the IPR protection and enforcement system in China and
4. To increase political and public awareness of the importance of IPR protection.

Plazo

El plazo para la recepción de ofertas era de 2022-02-25. La contratación se publicó en 2021-12-21.

Proveedores

Los siguientes proveedores se mencionan en decisiones de adjudicación u otros documentos de contratación:

¿A quién?

• European Union Intellectual Property Office

¿Cómo?

¿dónde?

• Este › Comunitat Valenciana

Historial de adquisiciones

Fecha	Documento
2021-12-21	Anuncio de licitación
2023-02-24	Anuncio de adjudicación de contrato

Anuncio de licitación (2021-12-21)
Objeto
Alcance de la contratación
Título: Servicios a empresas: legislación, mercadotecnia, asesoría, selección de personal, imprenta y seguridad
Número de referencia: EUIPO/IPCH/2021/EA-AO/01
Breve descripción:

The purpose of this contract is to provide long term expertise for the implementation of the “IP Key China” Action. The overall objective of the action is “to level the playing field for European companies operating in China by contributing to greater transparency and fair implementation of the IPR protection and enforcement system in China”. Its specific objectives are: 1. To promote progressive convergence of China towards European standards in IPR legislation, protection and enforcement and the development of best practices; 2. To support the interest of European innovators and right holders trading with or investing in China; 3. To contribute to greater transparency and fair implementation of the IPR protection and enforcement system in China and 4. To increase political and public awareness of the importance of IPR protection.

Metadatos del anuncio
Idioma original: inglés 🗣️
Tipo de documento: Anuncio de licitación
Naturaleza del contrato: Servicios
Reglamentación: Sin especificar
Vocabulario común de contratación pública (CPV)
Código: Servicios a empresas: legislación, mercadotecnia, asesoría, selección de personal, imprenta y seguridad 📦
Código CPV adicional: Servicios de investigación y desarrollo y servicios de consultoría conexos 📦
Lugar de ejecución
Región NUTS: cn 🏙️

Procedimiento
Tipo de procedimiento: Procedimiento restringido
Tipo de oferta: Oferta para todos los lotes
Criterios de adjudicación
Oferta más económica

Autoridad contratante
Identidad
País: España 🇪🇸
Tipo de poder adjudicador: Otros
Nombre del poder adjudicador: European Union Intellectual Property Office
Dirección postal: Avenida de Europa 4
Código postal: 03008
Ciudad postal: Alicante
Contacto
Dirección de internet: https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en 🌏
Correo electrónico: eu-funded_procurement@euipo.europa.eu 📧
URL de los documentos: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=9833 🌏

Referencia
Fechas
Fecha de envío: 2021-12-21 📅
Fecha límite de presentación: 2022-02-25 📅
Fecha de publicación: 2021-12-24 📅
Fecha de inicio: 2022-09-01 📅
Fecha final: 2025-11-30 📅
Identificadores
Número de anuncio: 2021/S 250-658600
Número del DO-S: 250
Información complementaria

Please see the additional information document in the documents' library section of this procedure.

Objeto
Alcance de la contratación
Breve descripción:

1. To promote progressive convergence of China towards European standards in IPR legislation, protection and enforcement and the development of best practices;

2. To support the interest of European innovators and right holders trading with or investing in China;

3. To contribute to greater transparency and fair implementation of the IPR protection and enforcement system in China and

4. To increase political and public awareness of the importance of IPR protection.

Valor total estimado: 1 926 000 EUR 💰
Breve descripción:

The purpose of this contract is to select suitable long term expertise in Intellectual Property (2 long-term experts with experience in the EU and knowledge of the Chinese IP system), Stakeholders' management (1 long-term expert with experience in working with the main local project's partners) and Support staff (2 long-term experts fluent in Chinese and able to communicate in English) that, from Beijing, will complement the EUIPO team in charge of implementing the project. The scope of the contract is limited to the provision of long-term expertise, other costs (e.g. for setting up the office and implementing the activites) are excluded.

The IP Key China Action is co-funded by the European Commission and implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office.

The implementation period of the project is 36 months starting, according to currently available information, in September 2022. However, it is to be noted that, some of the expertise sought might be requested to contribute to closure activities (up to 3 months after the end of the project's implementation period), if this is the case the contracting authority will inform the selected contractor in writing during the last year of implementation.

Rationale and expected results.

EU trade relations with China are both particularly important, the country being among the top three international partners for trade in goods with the EU in 2020, and complex, with a multitude of issues EU stakeholders face in China. China’s economy is not only developing at a quite significant pace but still has to find the right balance between the state and the market.

At international level, its historical protectionist attitude that remains relevant in some rapidly developing strategic sectors, coupled with the unparalleled scale of its internal market, could represent a problem for EU industries’ competitiveness in the near future. It is therefore a crucial moment to promote and support the China’s integration into (and respect of) the international economic legal system, especially in the field of intellectual property rights that are key assets in sectors of importance now and that are likely to remain so in the future.

In the last couple of years, the country, with the view of furthering and consolidating its achievements, has updated and fine-tuned practically all applicable legislation to facilitate intellectual property registration, achieve institutional rationalisation, reinforce the protection of intellectual property rights and align with international treaties and best practices in the field. However, efforts in the definition of the regulatory and procedural framework necessary to constistently put the recent reforms in practice are still on-going.

Moreover, China remains the European Union's (EU) priority and focus of attention on IPR infringements. According to the Report on the EU customs enforcement of intellectual property rights, in 2019 China (including Hong Kong) was the country of provenance of as much as 80% of IPR infringing goods detained at the EU borders when considered by value. Additionally, it represented the source of 90% of the IPR infringing goods seized while entering the EU via the postal services (so-called small parcels).

Within this framework, the project's expected results are as follows:

1. Improved convergence of China towards EU and international standards in IPR protection and the development of best practices.

2. Better transparency and more fair implementation of the IPR protection and enforcement system in China, avoiding and discouraging any protectionist market access barriers through the misuse of IPR legislation

3. Increased political and public awareness of the importance of IPR protection, including through academia.

Valor estimado sin IVA: 1 926 000 EUR 💰
Descripción de las renovaciones:

The Contracting Authority may, at its own discretion, extend the project in duration and/or scope subject to the availability of funding up to 50% (estimated amount of approximately 963,000). Any extension of the contract would be subject to satisfactory performance by the Contractor.

Beijing with missions in PRC and abroad.

The selected contractor will have to ensure that all legal requirements to allow the consultants to work in the People's Republic of China are met.

Información jurídica, económica, financiera y técnica
Condiciones de participación
Habilitación para el ejercicio de la actividad profesional:

N/A

For further information on eligibility conditions and grounds for exclusion, please see the additional information document available in the documents' library section of this procedure.

Ejecución del contrato
Condiciones de ejecución del contrato:

Prospective applicants are reminded that the selected contractor will be responsible for complying with all applicable administrative and legal requirements to guarantee that the proposed team of consultansts can deliver the services in the People's Republic of China.

Procedimiento
Base jurídica: 32018R1046
Otro fundamento jurídico: Procurement procedure related to European Union external actions financed from the general budget of the European Union. In particular, Regulation (EU) N°236/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 laying down common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for financing external action and Regulation (EU) No 234/2014 establishing a Partnership Instrument for cooperation with third countries are applicable.
Número mínimo de candidatos: 4
Número máximo de candidatos: 8
Criterios objetivos para elegir el número limitado de candidatos:

If more than 8 eligible candidates meet the selection criteria, the relative strengths and weaknesses of the applications of these candidates must be reexamined to identify the eight best candidates, the only factors which will be taken into consideration during this re-examination are:

• the highest number of projects implemented in the field of intellectual property

• the highest cumulated value of the projects in the field of intellectual property

For further information please see the additional information available in the documents' library section of this procedure.

Fecha de envío de invitaciones: 2022-03-28 📅
Lenguas en las que pueden presentarse las ofertas o solicitudes de participación: inglés 🗣️
Plazo de validez de la oferta: 3 meses

Autoridad contratante
Identidad
Número de registro nacional: V-03965324
Otro tipo de poder adjudicador: External Aid Programmes
Contacto
Punto de contacto: EU-funded procurement
Dirección del perfil de comprador: https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/procurement-eu-funded-projects 🌏
URL de los documentos: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=9833 🌏

Información complementaria
Órgano de revisión
Nombre: General Court
Dirección postal: Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Ciudad postal: Luxemburg
Código postal: 2925
País: Luxemburgo 🇱🇺
Teléfono: +352 4303-1 📞
Correo electrónico: generalcourt.registry@curia.europa.eu 📧
Fax: +352 43032100 📠
Dirección de internet: http://curia.europa.eu 🌏
Información sobre los plazos de procedimientos de recurso:

Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff, or, in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to the knowledge.

Organismo responsable de los procedimientos de mediación
Nombre: European Ombudsman
Dirección postal: 1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman, PO Box 403
Ciudad postal: Strasbourg
Código postal: 67001
País: Francia 🇫🇷
Correo electrónico: eo@ombudsman.europa.eu 📧
Dirección de internet: http://ombudsman.europa.eu/ 🌏
Fuente: OJS 2021/S 250-658600 (2021-12-21)

Anuncio de adjudicación de contrato (2023-02-24)
Objeto
Alcance de la contratación
Breve descripción:

The purpose of this contract is to provide long term expertise for the implementation of the “IP Key China” Action. The overall objective of the action is “to level the playing field for European companies operating in China by contributing to greater transparency and fair implementation of the IPR protection and enforcement system in China”. Its specific objectives are: 1. To promote progressive convergence of China towards European standards in IPR legislation, protection and enforcement and the development of best practices; 2. To support the interest of European innovators and right holders trading with or investing in China; 3. To contribute to greater transparency and fair implementation of the IPR protection and enforcement system in China and 4. To increase political and public awareness of the importance of IPR protection.

Valor total de la contratación: 1 921 200 EUR 💰
Metadatos del anuncio
Tipo de documento: Anuncio de adjudicación de contrato

Procedimiento
Tipo de oferta: No procede

Autoridad contratante
Identidad
Dirección postal: Avenida de Europa, 4
Contacto
Dirección de internet: https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/public-procurement 🌏

Referencia
Fechas
Fecha de envío: 2023-02-24 📅
Fecha de publicación: 2023-03-01 📅
Identificadores
Número de anuncio: 2023/S 043-126560
Se refiere al anuncio: 2021/S 250-658600
Número del DO-S: 43

Objeto
Alcance de la contratación
Breve descripción:

1. To promote progressive convergence of China towards European standards in IPR legislation, protection and enforcement and the development of best practices;

2. To support the interest of European innovators and right holders trading with or investing in China;

3. To contribute to greater transparency and fair implementation of the IPR protection and enforcement system in China and

4. To increase political and public awareness of the importance of IPR protection.

Nombre del proyecto o programa financiado por la UE: European Union Contribution Agreement PI/2021/429589 for the implementation of the IP Key China Project funded under Regulation (EU) No 234/2014 establishing a Partnership Instrument for cooperation with third countries
Lugar de ejecución
Emplazamiento principal o lugar de actuación: Beijing with missions in PRC and abroad

Procedimiento
Criterios de adjudicación
Criterio de calidad (nombre): Technical Criteria
Criterio de calidad (ponderación): 80%
Precio (ponderación): 20%

Adjudicación del contrato
Fecha de celebración del contrato: 2022-10-04 📅
Nombre: Ntt data belgique srl
Número de registro nacional: 0712941486
Dirección postal: Rue de Spa 8
Ciudad postal: Brussels
Código postal: 1000
País: Bélgica 🇧🇪
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 🏙️
Nombre: Elzaburu Consulting Co. Ltd (ELZ-BJ)
Ciudad postal: Beijing
País: China 🇨🇳
Valor total de la contratación: 1 921 200 EUR 💰
Información sobre licitaciones
Número de ofertas recibidas: 6

Autoridad contratante
Contacto
Punto de contacto: Eu-Funded Procurement

Información complementaria
Órgano de revisión
Dirección postal: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Ciudad postal: Luxembourg
Fax: +352 4303-2100 📠
Información sobre los plazos de procedimientos de recurso: Please refer to point VI.4) of section 4.5 for contract notice publication.
Organismo responsable de los procedimientos de mediación
Teléfono: +33 388172313 📞
Dirección de internet: http://ombudsman.europa.eu 🌏
Fuente: OJS 2023/S 043-126560 (2023-02-24)

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