The contract aims at providing the Commission and other EU institutions/agencies with Standard/Special Eurobarometer surveys. These surveys will provide the contracting authority (Commission plus other Institutions/Agencies) with a better understanding of public opinion through research using opinion polls among the general public.
See the official notice for the place of performance.
Tenderers can be natural or legal persons. Tenderers are not obliged to take a specific legal form in order to submit their tenders. Where tenderers submit a tender through an entity, which lacks legal personality (e.g., a branch), the compliance with the exclusion criteria, selection criteria, the rules on access to procurement as well as the absence of restrictive measures shall be assessed at the level of the tenderers. Tenderers do not need to prove specific legal and regulatory capacity to perform the contract.
Tenderers must comply with the following selection criteria in order to prove that they have the necessary economic and financial capacity to perform the contract.
The tenderer must prove experience in the field of public opinion, opinion polls or social surveys, including data analysis, as well as experience in drafting multilingual questionnaires for surveys conducted in multiple countries, including the coordination of multinational and international projects.
The tenderer must prove capacity to perform the contract for various requesting departments and to manage multiple projects simultaneously within the prescribed time limits.
The tenderer must prove adherence to professional ethics and rules for research.
Involved entities and all subcontractors, including those which do not need to be identified in the tender, must not be subject to professional conflicting interests which may negatively affect the contract performance. Where the contracting authority has established such conflicting interests, it may conclude that the tenderer or an involved entity does not possess the required professional capacity to perform the contract to an appropriate quality standard.
Published 5 May 2026 · rebuilt nightly from the official notice.