[{"bbox": [85, 151, 481, 179], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [96, 193, 1133, 274], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will be implemented through one or several service contracts signed and managed by the European Union as contracting authority. These service contracts will cover all three specific objectives and related outputs as indicated under part 3."}, {"bbox": [96, 285, 1133, 471], "category": "Text", "text": "A call is planned to be launched on 01/09/2023 under a suspensive clause prior to the adoption of this Decision. This is justified because there is currently no financial resource available for Support measures (Cooperation Facility), as the Support Measures 2022 financial resources have been contracted or are in contacting process at 97 %. Consequently, in order to support its Cooperation implementation in Bolivia, the EU Delegation is in an urgent need of additional Cooperation Facility financial resources, including the preparation and implementation of the mid-term review of the MIP 2021-2027, as well as the preparation and implementation of the Global Gateway initiative in Bolivia."}, {"bbox": [85, 498, 800, 529], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [96, 557, 1133, 638], "category": "Text", "text": "The geographical eligibility in terms of place of establishment for participating in procurement and grant award procedures and in terms of origin of supplies purchased as established in the basic act and set out in the relevant contractual documents shall apply, subject to the following provisions."}, {"bbox": [96, 649, 1133, 756], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission's authorising officer responsible may extend the geographical eligibility on the basis of urgency or of unavailability of services in the markets of the countries or territories concerned, or in other duly substantiated cases where application of the eligibility rules would make the realisation of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [85, 770, 340, 801], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [85, 812, 936, 1154], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><th>Indicative Budget components</th><th>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Implementation modalities – cf. section 3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Specific objectives 1 to 4 composed of</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Procurement (direct management) – cf. section 4.3.1</td><td>1 900 000</td></tr><tr><td>Evaluation – cf. section 5.2</td><td>100 000</td></tr><tr><td>Audit – cf. section 5.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>2 000 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [85, 1157, 606, 1188], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.6 Organisational Set-up and Responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [96, 1209, 1133, 1289], "category": "Text", "text": "All the contracts will be managed by the concerned Delegation in direct management. Local government, private sector or civil society counterparts as well as Member States will be consulted and involved according to the nature and objective of the contract."}, {"bbox": [96, 1296, 1133, 1401], "category": "Text", "text": "As part of its prerogative of budget implementation and to safeguard the financial interests of the Union, the Commission may participate in the above governance structures set up for governing the implementation of the action and may sign or enter into joint declarations or statements, for the purpose of enhancing the visibility of the EU and its contribution to this action and ensuring effective coordination."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 12"}]