Call for Tenders for Testing Laboratories - JAHARP2021-03 Brakes
PROSAFE is launching an official Call for Tender for Testing Laboratories in the context of the Joint Market Surveillance Action on HARmonised Products 2021 Omnibus 03-BRAKES. More details can be found in the Official Call and Appendices.
Background
The Joint Market Surveillance Action on HARmonised Products 2021 Omnibus is a portfolio of projects co-funded by the European Union (EU) under the call for proposals SMP-IMA-2021-JA-2731-12302 - EU. All projects cover a 24 months period and include product inspections, testing and capacity building activities for seven product areas and three horizontal activities. In total, 45 Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs) from 25 European countries.
The JAHARP2021-03 BRAKES involves 5 Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs) from 5 EU Member States (Denmark, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Romania).
The objective of this transnational activity is to identify unsafe products traded on the Single Market. The activity concerned falls within the scope of the General Safety Regulation (modified by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/166). Replacement equipment already placed on the market, such as non-original brake components, shall therefore fulfil either the provisions of Directive 71/320/EEC or UNECE Regulation No 90.
The Call for Tenders
The tender for the selection of the Technical services and bodies that will be conducting the testing of the aftermarket replacement brake lining assemblies for vehicle category M1 will be split into two separate LOTS as follows:
- LOT 1: Test programme according to UNECE Regulation No 90, Annex 3;
- LOT 2: Testing for the presence of asbestos according to UNECE Regulation No 90, paragraph 5.1(d).
It is possible to bid for one or for more of the two Lots, as defined under ‘Section 3 Requested Services of this Call’. The qualifying criteria and the selection criteria apply and should be answered for each Lot that you bid for. Compliant bids will be entered into a shortlist for further joint assessment on the selection criteria according to the section below and on the financial offer to determine the best value for money.
Timeline
Any questions of clarification or other queries about the tender requirements or specification must be submitted in writing to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. AND This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and copied to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject header ‘URGENT: Question for JAHARP2021-03 Brakes Tender’. Verbally addressed questions will not be answered, in fairness to all bidders. Questions must be received by 20 February 2023.
Tenders must be sent to the offices of PROSAFE in hardcopy (Avenue des Arts/Kunstlaan 41, 2nd floor, 1040 Brussels, Belgium) AND via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject header ‘JAHARP2021-03 Brakes Tender’ and copied to the Work Package Facilitator: Andrew Gordon at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Hardcopies must be received at latest by 3 March 2023 — stamp date being the proof that they were sent on 1 March 2023, one day after the official deadline.
For clarification on any aspect of this invitation, please send an e-mail to the above addresses.
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