Results of the procurement procedure
Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: European Commission
Postal address: MERO P3/100
Town: Bruxelles
NUTS code:
BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk GewestPostal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail:
pmo-mail-02@ec.europa.euInternet address(es): Main address:
http://ec.europa.eu I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: European Parliament
Postal address: MERO P3/100
Town: Bruxelles
NUTS code:
BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk GewestPostal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail:
pmo-mail-02@ec.europa.euInternet address(es): Main address:
http://ec.europa.eu I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: Council of the European Union
Postal address: MERO P3/100
Town: Bruxelles
NUTS code:
BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk GewestPostal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail:
pmo-mail-02@ec.europa.euInternet address(es): Main address:
http://ec.europa.eu I.2)Information about joint procurementThe contract involves joint procurement
I.4)Type of the contracting authorityEuropean institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activityGeneral public services
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Non-scheduled passenger transport services by air, chartered air-taxi service
Reference number: PMO.02/PN/2019/007
II.1.2)Main CPV code60420000 Non-scheduled air transport services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
Provision of air-taxi transport services (chartered jet aeroplanes) for use by the President or other members of the European Commission, for the European Parliament Presidency, for the President of the European Council, for the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and any accompanying persons, mostly in the European Union.
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: 10 710 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: BE BELGIQUE-BELGIË
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Provision of air-taxi transport services (chartered jet aeroplanes) for use by the President or other members of the European Commission, for the European Parliament Presidency, for the President of the European Council, for the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and any accompanying persons, mostly in the European Union.
In particular, the service provider will provide aeroplanes in the following 6 categories:
1) very light jet;
2) light jet;
3) midsize jet;
4) super midsize jet;
5) regional jet;
6) large jet.
II.2.5)Award criteriaPrice
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: no
II.2.14)Additional information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureAward of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below
- New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Explanation:
The initial contract was awarded for a total amount of 7 140 000 EUR covering the entire duration of the contract. However, the analysis of expenditure during the period already elapsed has led to the conclusion that this threshold will not be suffice to cover the needs of the European institutions until the expiry date of the contract i.e. 30.4.2021.
In accordance to point II.2.1) of the contract notice dated 14.10.2015 referred to in point IV.2.1) and its legal basis, as amended by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18.7.2018, on 11.3.2019 the Commission launched a negotiated procedure to increase the overall maximum threshold of the contract.
Article 11 point e) of annex 1 pertaining to the Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 stipulates that the contracting authority will be able to use the negotiated procedure for additional services (without prior publication of a contract notice) ‘for new services or works consisting in the repetition of similar services or works entrusted to the economic operator to which the same contracting authority awarded an original contract, provided that these services or works are in conformity with a basic project for which the original contract was awarded after issuance of a contract notice, subject to the conditions set out in point 11.4’, according to which ‘this procedure can only be used during implementation of the original contract and for a maximum period of three years once issued’.
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing systemThe procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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
Contract No: PMO.02/PN/2019/007
Title:
Non-scheduled passenger transport services by air, chartered air-taxi service
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:08/08/2019
V.2.2)Information about tendersNumber of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: Abelag Aviation NV
Postal address: Kortrijkstraat 345/D
Town: Wevelgem
NUTS code: BE254 Arr. Kortrijk
Postal code: 8560
Country: Belgium
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: Unijet SA
Postal address: Aéroport du Bourget, BP 184
Town: Le Bourget
NUTS code: FR101 Paris
Postal code: 93350
Country: France
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: Masterjet Aviação Executiva SA
Postal address: Avenida da Libertade 49, 6° D
Town: Lisbon
NUTS code: PT17 Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
Postal code: 1250
Country: Portugal
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)Total value of the contract/lot: 10 710 000.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation proceduresOfficial name: European Ombudsman
Town: Stasbourg
Country: France
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 date 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.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:06/09/2019