SUPPLY CONTRACT NOTICE 

International open procedure

WB3C.008.26

Supply of a Blockchain Intelligence and Cryptocurrency Investigation Platform for beneficiaries of the cyber training sessions delivered by WB3C training center in Montenegro 

The conclusion of the contract is subject to the adoption of the relevant financing decision and the availability of funds.

Should the financing decision not be adopted or the funds not be made available, the contracting authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement procedure or abandon the award procedure without compensation being due to tenderers.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1. Description of the contract

The platform will support training activities delivered to participants from Albania, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and North Macedonia. Access to the platform is therefore expected to be available and usable across all these countries.

The contract includes the purchase of:

• 2 trainer licenses, each valid for a period of 3 years; 
• 54 trainee licenses intended for training participants, each valid for a period of 1 year; 
• access to the related e-learning platform, support and updates; and 
• 3 sets of certification programmes covering foundation, user and advanced user levels. 

The implementation period of the contract will run until 1 March 2029 at the latest. During this period, the contracting authority may request the activation and/or use of the licenses, certification programmes and related services purchased under the contract, depending on operational and training needs. The corresponding validity period shall commence from the respective activation or first-use date, as applicable.

2. Number and titles of lots

1 lot

PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

3. Eligibility and rule of origin

For this contract award procedure, participation is open without limitations. 

Rule of origin is not applicable to the current procedure.

4. Number of offers

Tenders for only part of a lot will not be considered. Tenderers may not submit a tender for a variant in addition to their tender for the supplies required in the tender documents. In the case of a variant, the evaluation will take place without the variant.

5. Situations of exclusion

Tenderers must provide a signed declaration, included in the tender form for a supply contract, that they are not in any of the situations listed in point 2.2.2 of the Guide to Procurement Procedures and Contract Award Rules of CIVIPOL.

6. Subcontracting opportunities

Subcontracting is not authorised.

7. Performance guarantee

A performance guarantee corresponding to 5% of the contract value will be requested if the total amount of the awarded contract exceeds 150.000 euros.

8. Information meeting and/or site visit

A virtual information meeting will be organised online on  6th August 2026 at 09:30 Paris time  with a view to answering questions on the tender dossier sent in writing or raised at the meeting. 

Tenderers willing to attend the meeting should address their request to [email protected] so that they can be invited to participate in the meeting. The minutes of the meeting will be notified and available for download by email notification to all tenderers who have downloaded the tender dossier via the platform e-marchespublics.com - together with any clarification to written questions not raised at the meeting - no later than 22nd August 2026 at 18:00 Paris time. No further clarification will be provided after this date. All costs associated with attending this meeting will be borne by the bidders.

9. Validity of offer

Tenders are valid for a period of 60 days from the deadline for submission.

10. Planned start date of the contract

September 2026

11.       Task implementation period

The contractor shall ensure the electronic availability and activation of the licenses, certification programmes and related components within a maximum period of fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of request by the contracting authority. 

SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA

12. Selection criteria

Capacity-providing entities

An economic operator (i.e. candidate or tenderer) may, where appropriate and for a particular contract, rely on the capacities of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links it has with them. If the economic operator relies on other entities, it must in that case prove to the contracting authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary for the performance of the contract by producing a commitment by those entities to place those resources at its disposal. Such entities, for instance the parent company of the economic operator, must respect the same rules of eligibility and notably that of nationality as the economic operator relying on them and must comply with the selection criteria for which the economic operator relies on them. Furthermore, the data for this third entity for the relevant selection criterion should be included in a separate document. Proof of the capacity will also have to be provided when requested by the contracting authority.

With regard to technical and professional criteria, an economic operator may only rely on the capacities of other entities where the latter will perform the tasks for which these capacities are required. 

With regard to economic and financial criteria, the entities upon whose capacity the economic operator relies, become jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract.

The following selection criteria will be applied to the tenderers. In the case of tenders submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole if not specified otherwise. The selection criteria will not be applied to natural persons and single-member companies when they are sub-contractors.

1. Economic and financial capacity of the tenderer (based on item 3 of the tender form). In case of tenderer being a public body, equivalent information should be provided. The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last three financial years for which accounts have been closed.

• the average annual turnover of the tenderer must exceed 2.500.000 €.

2)         Professional capacity of the tenderer (based on items 4 of the tender form).

The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last three years preceding the submission deadline.

• at least 15 staff currently work for the tenderer in fields related to blockchain intelligence, software development, technical support or training services.

3)         Technical capacity of tenderer (based on items 5 and 6 of the tender form). The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last five years preceding the submission deadline.

• the tenderer must have delivered similar supplies (Blockchain and Cryptocurrency investigation platform) under at least 3 contracts, each with a budget of at least 1.000.000 € concluded with either of the following bodies: public authorities, law enforcement agencies, judicial authorities, financial investigation authorities. These contracts should have been implemented at any moment during the following period: 2021 to date.

This means that the contract the tenderer refers to could have been started at any time during the indicated period but it does not necessarily have to be completed during that period, nor implemented during the entire period. Tenderers are allowed to refer either to supply contracts completed within the reference period (although started earlier) or to supply contracts not yet completed. Only the portion satisfactorily completed during the reference period will be taken into consideration. This portion will have to be supported by documentary evidence (statement or certificate from the entity which awarded the contract, proof of payment) also detailing its value. If a tenderer has implemented the supply contract in a consortium, the percentage that the tenderer has successfully completed must be clear from the documentary evidence, together with a description of the nature of the supplies provided if the selection criteria relating to the pertinence of the experience have been used.

Previous experience which would have led to breach of contract and termination by a contracting authority shall not be used as reference.

13.       Award criteria

Prices

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14.       How can I obtain the tender documents?

Tender dossier is available for download via the platform e-marchespublics.com (https://private.e-marchespublics.com – Reference 1175612). Registration on this platform is completely free of charge. Tenders must be drawn up using only the standard tender form for supply contracts included in the tender dossier, the provisions and format of which must be strictly adhered to.

Tenderers may submit their questions by logging into the section dedicated to this tender procedure on the e-marchespublics.com platform, selecting the 'Question' tab before 17th August 2026 at 18:00. Civipol has no obligation to provide clarification after this date.

Any clarifications to the tender documents will be notified and available for download by email notification to all tenderers who have downloaded the tender dossier via the platform e-marchespublics.com (https://private.e-marchespublics.com – Reference 1175612),

15.       Deadline for submission of tenders

1st September 2026 at 12h00 Paris time.

Any offer received after the deadline will not be considered.

16. Opening of tenders

Tenders will be opened online in public on 1st September 2026 at 14h00 Paris time by the committee appointed for this purpose. Minutes will be taken by the committee and will be available on request. Tenderers willing to participate in the online public opening should address their request to [email protected] so that they can be invited.

17.       Language of the procedure

All written communications under this call for tenders must be in English.

18.       Legal basis

CIVIPOL's Guide to Procurement Procedures and Contract Award Rules.