Short Notice Chartering of Aircraft for Frontex Operational Activities

Item Description:

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, hereinafter referred to as “Frontex”, being contracting authority is planning to award the public contract referred above.

The services shall be acquired by establishing a FWC with reopening of competition with at least 3 and up to 10 contractors. The provision of specific charter will be organised following the calls for competition for establishment of the specific contracts under this FWC. Thus, under the abovementioned FWC, Frontex shall acquire a defined number of flying hours to cover fully-fledged services for carrying out the flights for which the variables are not known at the moment of the signature of the SC. The services delivered under this FWC will be used mainly for organising emergency return flights, which means that variables of each flight will be communicated to the contractor latest 7 days before the expected day of the service.The requests for services will be related to the following categories:Category 1: aircraft 2 aisles from 201 to 300 seats;Category 2: aircraft from 180 to 200 seats;Category 3: aircraft from 101 to 179 seats;Category 4: aircraft up to 100 seats.

Please be informed that Frontex is an autonomous EU Agency with own legal personality and has therefore its own Financial Regulation – see following Website: https://frontex.europa.eu/assets/Key_Documents/MB_Decision/2019/MB_Decision_19_2019_ad opting_the_Frontex_Financial_Regulation_002.pdf

In accordance with Article 85 of this Regulation the relevant provisions of the EU general Financial Regulation (2018/1046) shall apply, subject to exceptions provided for in Article 86 of the Frontex Finacial regulation. For further details please see the following Website: https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/e9488da5-d66f-11e8-9424- 01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-86606884

Please find enclosed the related tender specifications and the draft contract. In the tender specifications all the documents are listed which must be produced in order to submit a tender. If you are interested in bidding for this contract, please submit your signed tender, in one of the official languages of the European Union (preferably in English), in one (1) original and three (3) copies to the following address:

Frontex
Procurement Sector
Plac Europejski 6
00-844 Warszawa, Poland

You may submit your tender:

a) Either by post or by courier, posted not later than 5 November 2019. The postmark or the date of the deposit slip/waybill shall be taken as proof of the date of dispatch. Frontex appreciates to be informed about the date of dispatch of the offer. You may do so to the following e-mail address: procurement@frontex.europa.eu .

b) Or, by delivery by hand (in person or by an authorised representative) to Frontex Reception Desk at the grand floor at the address given above. Working hours are from 09:00 to 16:00, (Saturdays, Sundays and Frontex holidays excluding) not later than 5 November 2019, 16:00hrs Warsaw local time. If this delivery option is chosen, a receipt must be obtained as proof of submission, signed and dated by Frontex Reception Desk.

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