Recruitment Services for Managerial Staff and Specialised Professional Staff

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The European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) consists of the European Investment Bank (EIB or the Bank) and the European Investment Fund (EIF).

The EIB is the financing institution of the European Union (EU). Created by the Treaty of Rome, its shareholders are the Member States of the EU, and its Board of Governors is composed of the Finance Ministers of these States. The EIB enjoys its own legal personality and financial autonomy within the Community system.

The mission of the EIB is to contribute, by financing sound investment, to the policy objectives of the EU, as laid down in its statutes and in decisions of the European Council.

The EIB contributes towards the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion of the Members of the EU. To this end, it raises on the markets substantial volumes of funds that aim at financing capital projects according to the objectives of the EU with the most favourable financial terms. Outside the EU the EIB implements the financial components of agreements concluded under European development aid and cooperation policies.

More background information about the EIB may be found on the website http://www.eib.org

The EIF is the Group’s specialist provider of risk finance to benefit small and medium sized enterprises across Europe. Its shareholders are the EIB, the European Commission and a wide range of public and private financial institutions.

The EIF’s central mission is to support Europe’s small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) by helping them to access finance. The EIF designs and develops venture capital and guarantees instruments which specifically target this market segment. In this role, the EIF fosters EU objectives in support of innovation, research and development, entrepreneurship, growth, and employment. With investments in over 400 funds, the EIF is a leading player in European venture capital due to the scale and the scope of its investments, especially in high-tech and early-stage segments.

More information can be obtained on the site http://www.eif.org.

For the purposes of this call for tenders, the EIB Group is represented by the EIB.

Objective of this Call for Tenders

The objective of this Call for Tenders (CfT) is to select providers for the provision of high quality recruitment services to assist the EIB Group in identifying suitable profiles for specific vacancies in several domains split into 7 lots.

Lots

This tender is divided into 7 lots, representing specific domains, as described below. The EIB Group, represented by the EIB, expects to sign a multiple Framework Agreement with five (5) service providers for each lot (1-3) provided a sufficient number of admissible tenders has been received. In addition, the EIB in isolation expects to sign a multiple Framework Agreement with five (5) service providers for each lot (4-7) provided a sufficient number of admissible tenders has been received.

Examples of posts under each lot can be found in section 2 of Annex A.

• Lot 1: Managerial staff
• Lot 2: Banking (including Risk Management)
• Lot 3: Information Technology
• Lot 4: Legal services
• Lot 5: Audit, accounting, supervisory and control
• Lot 6: Human resources and Central services (procurement, building, facilities management etc.)
• Lot 7: Technical Advice (engineers, economists) and Advisory Services.

Tenderers may submit an offer for one, several or all lots but must indicate clearly in their tender for which lots they are applying. Their tender will be assessed separately for each lot.

There is no limit on the maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one Tenderer.

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