Services - 437496-2019

18/09/2019    S180

Belgium-Brussels: Non-scheduled passenger transport services by air, chartered air-taxi service

2019/S 180-437496

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Services

Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: European Commission
Postal address: MERO P3/100
Town: Bruxelles
NUTS code: BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: pmo-mail-02@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://ec.europa.eu
I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: European Parliament
Postal address: MERO P3/100
Town: Bruxelles
NUTS code: BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: pmo-mail-02@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://ec.europa.eu
I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: Council of the European Union
Postal address: MERO P3/100
Town: Bruxelles
NUTS code: BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: pmo-mail-02@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://ec.europa.eu
I.2)Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activity
General 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 code
60420000 Non-scheduled air transport services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
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 lots
This 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 performance
NUTS 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 criteria
Price
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The 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 procedure
Award 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 system
The 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
Notice number in the OJ S: 2015/S 199-360313
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 tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official 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 contractor
Official 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 contractor
Official 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.4.1)Review body
Official name: General Court of the European Union
Postal address: Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: L-2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: GeneralCourt.Registry@curia.europa.eu
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: European Ombudsman
Town: Stasbourg
Country: France
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise 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