The Council of Europe frequently issues calls for tender, enabling any company to become a Council of Europe supplier.

However, tendering is subject to a number of prerequisites. There are two main ways of becoming a Council of Europe supplier.

Prerequisites for becoming a Council of Europe supplier 

  1. Exclusion criteria - any bidder submitting an offer must agree with Council of Europe’s Declaration of Agreement. 
  2. Eligibility criteria - Any bidder or potential bidder will be required to meet the eligibility criteria which vary according to the type of needs.

 

Steps towards becoming a Council of Europe supplier

1. Participate in a call for tenders issued by the Council of Europe and be selected by the buyer entity (on the basis of adjudication criteria which can be based on the price alone or, more usually, the price and the quality of the technical bid) - Tenders are published on E-proc (paperless solution tool). 

2. Making oneself known to the different departments with procurement responsibilities at the Council of Europe by:

1. contacting the procurement department of the directorate concerned

2. sending a brochure or offer of services

3. requesting an appointment to present your company and its work to the Council of Europe

3. The Council of Europe stores the information about its past, existing and potential suppliers / providers in a dedicated internal database. You may find the information on how we process personal data contained in the database in our privacy notice.

 Tender procedures are managed according to the following threshold values:

 

  • Need < EUR 184 000: calls for tenders are sent directly to the Council of Europe's known suppliers and might be published.
  • Need > EUR 184 000: calls for tenders are:
    • sent to the Council of Europe's known suppliers;
    • and / or published on the E-procurement platform or on the Council of Europe site;
    • possibly published on the European Union's TED platform and the LinkedIn page.

All suppliers attending calls for tenders issued by the Council of Europe are informed of decisions taken on their bids. Awards relating to most tenders published on E-procurement are also available on the platform. Remaining decisions will be sent directly to suppliers by e-mail.