EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL HUMANITARIAN AID AND CIVIL PROTECTION - ECHO
ECHO.B – Humanitarian and Civil Protection Operations
B.1 – Emergency Response
CLARIFICATION N°3 TO THE CALL FOR TENDERS N° ECHO/B1/SER/2015/06
Title:
Framework Contracts for services related to offering capacity to design, plan, conduct and evaluate Union Civil Protection
Mechanism Training Courses (8 Lots)
Ref.:
Open procedure, 2015/S 111-200636 of 11 June 2015
Date
27/07/15
27/07/15
Question
1. Clarification N°1 to the Call for Tenders N°
ECHO/B1/FRA/SER/2015/06, question 2, relates to the
“maximum number of courses envisaged in four years”.
Please elaborate on how these maximum numbers are
calculated especially in regards to LOT 5 and LOT 6, as
multiplying the maximum number of courses per cycle as
specified in the tender by 4 years seem to result in
different numbers.
2. The template of the draft curriculum includes a column
named “Competence” and a column named “learning
objectives”. Please elaborate on the exact difference
between the two and give a concrete example. Also, please
clarify, in which part of the draft curriculum the exact
content of the lectures should be described?
Answer
1. The Commission has given all necessary information for the
bidders to make their offer, e.g. total budget located per lot and
the maximum number of courses for the whole duration of the
framework contract (4 years).
2. Explanation of competencies/ learning objectives (in addition
to the details provided in p. 123 of the call for tenders):
Competencies
Competencies are a general statement of necessary skills, ability
and knowledge that are needed to fulfil the expert's tasks and
responsibilities and enables him/her to perform professionally in
different situations, e.g. a disaster environment.
Learning objectives
Learning objectives shall be measurable goals and specific to a
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course of instruction.
In general
Competencies that experts need to be successful are complex and
require more than the mastery of certain, narrowly defined
learning objectives. A competency may have several specific
learning objectives.
The exact and detailed content of the lectures (as a more
elaborated version) shall be described in the lesson template.
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