Results of the procurement procedure
Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: European Court of Auditors
Postal address: 12, rue Alcide de Gasperi
Town: Luxembourg
NUTS code:
LU LUXEMBOURG (GRAND-DUCHÉ)Postal code: 1615
Country: Luxembourg
Contact person: ECA Procurement Service
E-mail:
eca-procurement.service@eca.europa.euTelephone: +352 4398-47611
Fax: +352 4398-46667
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.eca.europa.eu
I.2)Information about joint procurement
I.4)Type of the contracting authorityEuropean institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activityEconomic and financial affairs
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Media monitoring services.
Reference number: AO 611.
II.1.2)Main CPV code92400000 News-agency services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
The purpose of the present call for tenders is to procure media monitoring and media reporting services on Court's related media coverage. The contractor will have to monitor print (national/regional), online (Internet) media, and social media with the goal to provide a timely, up-to-date compendium of daily information, in the form of a press review, about the way in which topics of relevance to the Court (including the Court's President and Members) and the EU are reported in the media, and a quarterly qualitative and quantitative press analysis.
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)Value excluding VAT: 254 600.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: LU LUXEMBOURG (GRAND-DUCHÉ)
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The contractor shall monitor online and social media, blogs at EU level in the EU's 28 Member States as well as relevant English language online media in the rest of the world on a daily basis throughout the year, in order to provide complete daily press reviews and useful quarterly press analysis reports. The Court can also request the printed broadcast on demand and alerts on relevant articles behind paywalls. The Court can also request monitoring of broadcast media at extra cost.
II.2.5)Award criteriaQuality criterion - Name: Completeness, quality and readability of a sample of daily press review / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Completeness of description and quality of visualisation of the online platform/portal (including demo access) / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Compatibility with the Court's requirements and importability of daily press review content from the tenderer's platform/portal / Weighting: 15
Quality criterion - Name: Completeness and quality of the sample of the media analysis report / Weighting: 15
Quality criterion - Name: Quality of machine translation offered / Weighting: 10
Price - Weighting: 40
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Identification of the project: General budget of the EU.
II.2.14)Additional information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure IV.2.8)Information about termination of dynamic purchasing system
IV.2.9)Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Title:
Media monitoring services
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:16/08/2017
V.2.2)Information about tendersNumber of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: Meltwater Sweden AB
National registration number: 556637-9821
Postal address: Brahegetan 10
Town: Stockholm
NUTS code:
SE SVERIGEPostal code: 11437
Country: Sweden
Internet address: https://www.meltwater.com/
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 280 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 254 600.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review bodyOfficial name: General Court of the European Union
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2925
Country: Luxembourg
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Fax: +352 4303-2100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu/
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation proceduresOfficial name: European Ombudsman
Town: Strasbourg
Postal code: 67001
Country: France
Telephone: +33 388172313
Internet address: http://ombudsman.europa.eu/
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Within 2 months of the plaintiff being notified or, failing this, of the day on which it became known to them. A complaint made to the European Ombudsman neither suspends this period nor opens a new period for lodging appeals.
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:07/09/2017
