Number: 9104301
Country: Luxembourg
Source: TED
Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Capital Goods
This invitation to tender covers the provision of statistical services for Purchasing power parities (PPPs) for capital goods.
The statistical services forming the subject of this invitation to tender are divided into the following lots:
— Lot 1: Co-ordination of the 2019 PPP price survey on equipment goods,
— Lot 2: Co-ordination of the 2019 and 2020 PPP price surveys on construction.
Co-ordination of the 2019 PPP Price Survey on Equipment Goods
Contractor"s premises
This lot concerns the co-ordination of the price surveys on equipment goods, which is one of the 2 surveys on gross fixed capital formation. Equipment goods represent a large share of gross fixed capital formation, including machinery, electrical and optical equipment, transport equipment and software. The price survey on equipment goods is carried out every second year. This lot covers the survey to be carried out in 2019. Preparations for this survey start in 2018 while the survey validation will be closed in 2020.
The work covers the survey in all 37 participating countries.
Co-ordination of the 2019 PPP Price Survey on Construction
This lot concerns the co-ordination of the price surveys on construction, which is one of the 2 surveys on gross fixed capital formation. Construction represents a large share of gross fixed capital formation. It includes construction of residential and non-residential buildings and civil engineering works. Construction PPPs are based on prices for so-called "Bills of Quantities" (BoQs) which are detailed descriptions of fictitious building projects, each consisting of a list of items that have to be priced.
Co-ordination of the 2019 and 2020 PPP price surveys on construction
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