Negotiated procedure for a low value contract - Drafting of a Handbook on European law relating to access to justice – updated version

The objective of this contract is to provide FRA with a Handbook on European law relating to access to justice – updated version, based on relevant law of the European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe (CoE), in particular the relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Relevant standards from other CoE bodies and the United Nations (UN) should also be included. Finally, pertinent national case law should be identified and included.

The handbook will highlight and summarise in a practical and didactical way fundamental rights standards (from the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (the EU Charter) and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)) relating to the access to justice, in civil and criminal matters as well as administrative disputes and international and European cooperation in criminal matters, during all phases of administration of justice.

The required service consists of the development of a draft handbook in English of approximately 80,000 words, following the style and structure of other FRA/CoE Handbooks:

• Handbook on European non-discrimination law – 2018 edition
• Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders, and immigration - Edition 2020
• Handbook on European data protection law - 2018 edition
• Handbook on European law relating to access to justice
• Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child

Technical and professional capacity

Candidates shall propose at least two (2) experts meeting the minimum criteria below.

Expert 1 – Project Manager

• At a minimum, a university degree in law.
• Proven professional experience of at least three (3) years in the areas of human rights law.
• Proven experience in research in the human rights field, supported by at least two (2) relevant publications (not limited to academic publications).
• Proven experience of at least three (3) years in collecting and assessing case law in the human rights field or other related fields, using human rights and European law databases and platforms such as: Hudoc, ECHR Knowledge sharing platform, Eurlex, FRA Case Law Database, etc.
• Excellent knowledge of English (Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level C1).

Expert 2 – Team member

• At a minimum, a university degree in law.
• Proven professional experience of at least three (3) years in the areas of human rights law or civil or criminal procedural law.
• Proven experience in research in the human rights law field or civil or criminal procedural law, supported by at least two (2) relevant publications (not limited to academic publications).
• Proven experience of at least three (3) years in collecting and assessing case law in the human rights law or civil or criminal procedural law field, using human rights and European law databases and platforms such as: Hudoc, ECHR Knowledge sharing platform, Eurlex, FRA Case Law Database, etc.
• Excellent knowledge of English (Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level C1).

No documents proving the fulfilment of these criteria are requested at this stage.

Participation in this negotiated procedure for a low value contract is open to natural and legal persons falling within the scope of the EU Treaties (this includes all economic operators established in the European Union) and to all natural and legal persons established in a third country which has a special agreement with the Union in the field of public procurement on the conditions laid down in that agreement. FRA is not part of the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) concluded within the World Trade Organisation. Therefore, the procurement procedure is not open to candidates from GPA countries.

If you would like to participate in this negotiated procedure, please register your interest by e-mail to procurement@fra.europa.eu, including your contact details (name, organisation, address, country and e-mail) before 29 November 2023 (17:00 Vienna local time).

Please note that registration of interest to participate in the above-mentioned procedure does not give rise to any legitimate expectations to be invited.