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Technical Secretariats for the Notified Bodies Group under the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC and under the Fertilising Products Regulation (EU) 2019/1009

Official description

The purpose of this call for tender is to provide a “Technical Secretariat”, able to organise the technical aspects of notified bodies’ coordination and cooperation group meetings. This includes the identification and circulation of relevant technical documents, the drafting of meetings’ minutes, and of Notified Bodies’ Protocols and Recommendations.

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Place of performance

See the official notice for the place of performance.

Who can apply
3.2.1 · Legal and regulatory capacity

Tenderers can be natural or legal persons. Tenderers are not obliged to take a specific legal form in order to submit their tenders. Tenderers do not need to prove specific legal and regulatory capacity to perform the contract.

3.2.2 · Economic and financial capacity

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.

3.2.3 · Technical and professional capacity

The technical secretary and his/her substitute must prove experience in the field of toy safety, chemical products legislation or other products legislation subject to the new legislative approach.

3.2.3 · Technical and professional capacity

The technical secretary and his/her substitute must prove experience and knowledge on the concept of the EU product legislation, particularly regarding conformity assessment, standards and the role of the notified bodies.

3.2.3 · Technical and professional capacity

The technical secretary and his/her substitute must prove experience in preparing and conducting the secretarial work for the technical part of meetings, ability to draft meeting agendas, working documents and minutes, and to provide overviews, draft reports and summaries in English.

Selection · Criteria

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.

3.2.1 · Legal and regulatory capacity

Tenderers can be natural or legal persons. Tenderers are not obliged to take a specific legal form in order to submit their tenders. Tenderers do not need to prove specific legal and regulatory capacity to perform the contract.

3.2.2 · Economic and financial capacity

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.

3.2.3 · Technical and professional capacity

The technical secretary and his/her substitute must prove experience in the field of fertilising products, chemical products legislation or other products legislation subject to the new legislative approach.

3.2.3 · Technical and professional capacity

The technical secretary and his/her substitute must prove experience and knowledge on the concept of EU product legislation, particularly regarding conformity assessment, standards and the role of the notified bodies.

3.2.3 · Technical and professional capacity

The technical secretary and his/her substitute must prove experience in preparing and conducting the secretarial work for the technical part of meetings, ability to draft meeting agendas, working documents and minutes, and to provide overviews, draft reports and summaries in English.

Selection · Criteria

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.

Contract value
€200,000
Deadline24 Jun 2026
Time left-14 days left
BuyerGROW - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
ProcedureOpen procedure

Published 6 May 2026 · rebuilt nightly from the official notice.