The Council of Europe is launching a call for the provision of national consultancy services in the areas of administrative law and tax law cases and case code system applied in the administrative judiciary within the “Joint Project on Improving the Effectiveness of the Administrative Judiciary and Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of the Council of State in Turkey”.
The purpose of this call is to identify a pool of providers in above-mentioned areas to be requested by the Council of Europe on an as needed basis, for the provision of services outlined in the “Act of Engagement”.
Interested candidates are invited to apply as described in the Tender File and fill out the requested “Act of Engagement” form in English while attaching the “Documents to be provided” as prescribed in the Act of Engagement. Please send the documents to the following e-mail address: [email protected] by 24 February 2022, Thursday, (17.30 Turkish Time).
Tenders shall be submitted by e-mail only (with attachments) to the e-mail address indicated above, with the following reference in the subject line: IMEAJ-CONSULTANCY TENDER”. Tenders addressed to another email address will be rejected.
Please read carefully the requirements of the call:
1. Tender File
The Act of Engagement must be completed, signed and scanned in its entirety (i.e. including all the pages). The scanned Act of Engagement may be sent page by page (attached to a single email) or as a compiled document, although a compiled document would be preferred. For all scanned documents, .pdf files are preferred.
The Council of Europe shall provide a VAT exemption certificate to the services’ provider/supplier. Please indicate prices in Euros without VAT in the Act of Engagement.
All questions shall be submitted at least 2 (two) working days before the deadline for submission of the tenders and shall be exclusively addressed to the email address ([email protected]) with the following reference in subject: “IMEAJ-CONSULTANCY TENDER”.
All supporting documents shall be submitted in English, failure to do so will result in the exclusion of the tender. If any of the necessary documents are missing or if the scanned documents are of such a quality that the documents cannot be read once printed, the Council of Europe reserves the right to reject the tender. All supporting documents should be submitted in PDF.
Tenderers can apply to one or more of the following specific lots:
Lot 1 - For unification of the case codes of the Council of State (CoS ) in an integrated case code system, consultants specialised in ADMINISTRATIVE law and have experience in the field are expected to;
- Review the case codes, case categorisation for decision codes and identify issues and discrepancies in close collaboration with project stakeholders.
- Conduct analysis, provide written recommendations, participate in consultation meetings, roundtables, workshops, site visits with the project stakeholders and/or make presentations during working group meetings and to review identified issues drafted by the working group, obtain information and share experience with first instance courts, regional administrative courts for integration of existing case code systems and standardization process for the CoS.
- Based on the findings from the consultation meetings, roundtables, workshops, site visits conducted with the stakeholders Consultants specialised in ADMINISTRATIVE law and have experience in the are expected to develop a special report focusing on two aspects; analysing the existing case codes and decision codes of the first and second instance courts those are submitted to the CoS and case codes and decision codes of the CoS.
- Based on the findings and taking into account the first instance and regional administrative court systems proposing an applicable code system.
Lot 2 - For unification of the case codes of the CoS in an integrated case code system, consultants specialised in TAX law and have experience in the field are expected to;
- Review the case codes, case categorisation for decision codes and identify issues and discrepancies in close collaboration with project stakeholders.
- Conduct analysis, provide written recommendations, participate in consultation meetings, roundtables, workshops, site visits with the project stakeholders and/or make presentations during working group meetings and to review identified issues drafted by the working group, obtain information and share experience with first instance courts, regional administrative courts for integration of existing case code systems and standardization process for the CoS.
- Based on the findings from the consultation meetings, roundtables, workshops, site visits conducted with the stakeholders Consultants specialised in TAX law and have experience in the field are expected to develop a special report focusing on two aspects; analysing the existing case codes and decision codes of the first and second instance courts those are submitted to the CoS and case codes and decision codes of the CoS.
- Based on the findings and taking into account the first instance and regional administrative court systems proposing an applicable code system.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
For Lot 1:
- University degree in law or degree in other equivalent discipline; doing and/or done doctorate on Public Law, Administrative Law at Doctorate level
- Minimum 5 years of demonstrated professional experience in the field of Administrative law and Public Administrative System/ Court system
- Demonstrated experience of participating in meetings, site visits and preparing reports
- Excellent oral and written English and/or French
For Lot 2:
- University degree in law or degree in other equivalent discipline; doing and/or done doctorate on in Public Law, Tax Law at Doctorate level
- Minimum 5 years of demonstrated professional experience in the field of Tax law and Public Administrative System and Court system
- Demonstrated experience of participating in meetings, site visits and preparing reports
- Excellent oral and written English and/or French
AWARD CRITERIA
- Quality of the offer (80%), including:
Professional experience of the tenderer in the areas covered by this call (60%); Experience of participating in meetings, preparing reports (20%);
- Financial offer (20%).
The Council reserves the right to hold interviews with eligible tenderers.
DOCUMENTS TO BE PROVIDED
- A completed and signed copy of the Act of Engagement [1] (See attached);
- A detailed CV, preferably in Europass Format, demonstrating clearly that the tenderer fulfils the eligibility criteria;
- Reference/links to publications, analyses, on which the candidate worked, which are relevant to the experience the tenderer claims.
- A list of all owners and executive officers, for legal persons only;
All documents shall be submitted in English, failure to do so will result in the exclusion of the tender.
If any of the documents listed above are missing, the Council of Europe reserves the right to reject the tender.
The Council reserves the right to reject a tender if the scanned documents are of such a quality that the documents cannot be read once printed.
[1] The Act of Engagement must be completed, signed and scanned in its entirety (i.e. including all the pages). The scanned Act of Engagement may be sent page by page (attached to a single email) or as a compiled document, although a compiled document would be preferred. For all scanned documents, .pdf files are preferred.
