Bulgaria – Provision of language courses – „Организиране и провеждане на обучения по чужди езици и диалекти за служители на Държавна агенция „Технически операции“ по обособени позиции“

The present open procedure is for the award of the public contract with the subject: „Organisation and conduct of training in foreign languages and dialects for staff of the State Agency "Technical Operations" by separate positions“, only for the following separate positions: Separate Position No. 1: „Organisation and conduct of training in Valencian“. The subject of the public contract for the present separate position includes the organisation and conduct of in-person training in the specific Spanish language – Valencian for 2 (two) employees of DATO, who speak Spanish, with a duration of 160 academic hours, distributed in 2 (two) levels of training, each of 80 academic hours – 20 hours per week, as well as ensuring accommodation for the trainees, located no more than 45 minutes by public transport from the place of training. The training starts from the beginner level. Separate Position No. 2: „Organisation and conduct of training in Catalan“. The subject of the public contract for the present separate position includes the organisation and conduct of in-person training in the specific Spanish language – Catalan for 2 (two) employees of DATO, who speak Spanish, with a duration of 160 academic hours, distributed in 2 (two) levels of training, each of 80 academic hours – 20 hours per week, as well as ensuring accommodation for the trainees, located no more than 45 minutes by public transport from the place of training. The training starts from the beginner level. Separate Position No. 3: „Organisation and conduct of training in Serbian“. The subject of the public contract for the present separate position includes the organisation and conduct of online training in Serbian on weekdays for 6 (six) employees of DATO, with a duration of 400 academic hours, distributed in 4 (four) levels of training, each of 100 academic hours. The training starts from the beginner level and is conducted in Bulgarian. Separate Position No. 4: „Organisation and conduct of training in Kurdish“. The subject of the public contract for the present separate position includes the organisation and conduct of in-person training in Kurdish for 6 (six) employees of DATO, who speak English and Turkish/Persian, with a duration of 320 academic hours, distributed in 4 (four) levels of training, each of 80 academic hours – 20 hours per week, as well as ensuring accommodation for the trainees, located no more than 45 minutes by public transport from the place of training. The training starts from the beginner level and is conducted in English. The specific activities and requirements for the conduct of each foreign language training, subject of the present public contract by the separate positions, are in accordance with the contract documentation and t. 3.1. from the technical specification for the respective separate position, attached in the “Parameters” section of each separate position from the electronic procurement and include: 1. Ensuring at least one teacher for each level of training, possessing the necessary professional competence. 2. Ensuring the necessary teaching and examination materials for each of the participants. The teaching materials are not returned to the contractor after the completion of the training. 3. Developing a training programme for the training, containing the topics (learning material), on which the training is carried out, duration of all trainings, distribution by levels and overall term of performance (the training programme is presented by the participants, as an attachment to the proposal for the execution of the contract for the respective separate position). 4. Preparation and submission to the principal of a schedule with a start date for each level of training and with specified concrete hours and days of the week (the schedule is prepared and submitted by the contractor of the contract for the respective separate position, within 10 working days after the signing of the contract for execution). 5. Upon completion of the training for each of the levels, issuing a document for completed training – a certificate/certificate of proficiency in the respective level according to the Common European Framework of Reference (ensured by the contractor of the contract for the respective separate position). 6. For the trainings, which will be conducted outside the Republic of Bulgaria – the selected contractor for the respective separate position shall ensure accommodation for the trainees, located no more than 45 minutes by public transport from the place of training. 7. Preparation and submission to the principal of interim reports after the completion of each level of training and a final report after the final completion of the respective training (the interim and final reports, for each separate position, are prepared and submitted in accordance with the requirements of the principal, set out in the technical specification for the respective separate position, attached in the “Parameters” section of each separate position from the electronic procurement and the contract documentation. The interim and final reports are approved by the principal. The total estimated value of separate positions No. 5 and No. 6 is in the amount of 33 643.00 euros without VAT, which sum represents 19.66% of the total estimated value of the public contract, amounting to 171 103.58 euros without VAT. In this regard and pursuant to Article 21, paragraph 6 of the Public Procurement Act, the above-mentioned separate positions No. 5 and No. 6 of the public contract with the subject „Organisation and conduct of training in foreign languages and dialects for staff of the State Agency "Technical Operations" by separate positions“ are awarded in accordance with the procedure, valid for the individual value of each of them. The remaining value of the part of the public contract, awarded with the present open procedure, is in the amount of 137 460.58 euros (one hundred and thirty-seven thousand four hundred and sixty euros and fifty-eight cents) without VAT.