Results of the procurement procedure
Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.2)Information about 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:
Auctioning of emission allowances and carbon market oversight
Reference number: CLIMA.B.1/FRA/2017/0009
II.1.2)Main CPV code79000000
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
The contractors under 3 different lots will provide legal, economic, financial, as well as accounting and auditing expertise to assist the Commission in its activity related to ensuring the integrity and reliability of the auctioning of emission allowances under the EU ETS and of the carbon market through the development of the relevant legislation, its implementation and monitoring, public procurement procedures and contractual arrangements as well as ensuring the timely and effective management of problems, incidents and crisis situations.
Please note that the prior information about this tender was published in OJ 2016/S 103-183492 of 31.5.2016 with the title «Assisting the Commission in the implementation of the Commission Regulation (EU) Nº 1031/2010 ('Auctioning Regulation') and of the market oversight framework under the EU emission trading system».
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: yes
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)Value excluding VAT: 10 000 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)79418000
79410000
79000000
79111000
90700000
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: 00
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The framework contract for lot 1 will run for an initial period of 24 months and shall be renewed automatically 2 times (with a maximum total duration of 72 months). The contractor(s) of the framework contract under this lot 1 might be required to provide the following services:
1) Legal assistance for development, implementation, monitoring and review of the legislation applicable to the primary and secondary market in allowances under the EU emission trading system.
2) Legal assistance for contract management
3) Legal assistance for the joint procurement of the common auction platform or of the auction monitor
4) Legal assistance for the management of the Joint Procurement Agreements
5) Coordination and handover tasks
For further detail, please refer to Procurement Documents (see section 2.3 of the tender specifications).
II.2.5)Award criteriaQuality criterion - Name: Organisation of the work / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Illustrative tasks / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 50/50
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
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
Economic and financial market analysis
Lot No: 2
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)66170000
66150000
66152000
79300000
79311400
79311410
66171000
79000000
90700000
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: 00
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The framework contract for Lot 2 will run for an initial period of 24 months and shall be renewed automatically 2 times (with a maximum total duration of 72 months). The contractor(s) of the framework contract under this Lot 2 might be required to provide the following services:
1) Economic and financial analysis of the functioning of the carbon markets
2) Economic and financial advice for the development, implementation, monitoring and review of the legislation applicable to the primary and secondary market in allowances under the EU emissions trading system
3) Economic and financial advice for contracts' management
4) Economic and financial advice and support for the procurement of the common auction platform or of the auction monitor
5) Economic and financial advice for the management of the Joint Procurement Agreements
6) Coordination and handover tasks
For further detail, please refer to Procurement Documents (see section 2.3 of the tender specifications).
II.2.5)Award criteriaQuality criterion - Name: Organisation of the work / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Illustrative tasks / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 50/50
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
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
Accounting and auditing services
Lot No: 3
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)79212000
79212100
79212300
79212400
79200000
79210000
79000000
90700000
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: 00
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The framework contract for lot 3 will run for an initial period of 24 months and shall be renewed automatically 2 times (with a maximum total duration of 72 months). The contractor(s) of the framework contract under this lot 3 might be required to provide the following services:
1) Accounting and auditing services for the implementation of the Auctioning Regulation, including compliance audit of the implementation of the Auctioning Regulation by the auction platforms;
2) Accounting and auditing services for the development, implementation, monitoring and review of the EU financial market legislation applicable to the primary and secondary market in allowances;
3) Accounting and auditing services for public procurement procedures for the nomination of the common auction platform and the auction monitor, including assistance in the determination of the financial requirements and of the cost structure as well as in the evaluation of the financial situation of candidates or tenderers.
4) Accounting and auditing assistance with regard to the contracts with the common auction platform and the auction monitor, including the operational audit on the performance of the services under these contracts and audit for the determination of the costs, variation of costs and the estimation of the related price revision under these contracts.
5) Handover tasks
For further detail, please refer to Procurement Documents (see section 2.3 of the tender specifications).
II.2.5)Award criteriaQuality criterion - Name: Overall management of the framework contract / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Illustrative tasks / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 50/50
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 procedureOpen procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing systemThe procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:21/01/2018
V.2.2)Information about tendersNumber of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorDLA Piper UK LLP
avenue Louise 106
Brussels
1050
Belgium
NUTS code: BE
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: 6 000 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 6 000 000.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Title:
Economic and financial market analysis
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:24/01/2018
V.2.2)Information about tendersNumber of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorEuropean Economic Research Limited (Europe Economics)
Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1QU
United Kingdom
NUTS code: UK
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorLSE Enterprise Ltd
55-56 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3LJ
United Kingdom
NUTS code: UK
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: 2 500 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 2 500 000.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be subcontracted
Section V: Award of contract
Title:
Accounting and auditing services
A contract/lot is awarded: no
V.1)Information on non-awardThe contract/lot is not awarded
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
In line with Article 134.1.e) of the Rules of Application to the Financial Regulation Nº 2015/1929 of 30.10.2015, during the 3 years following conclusion of the original contract, 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 publication of a contract notice, subject to the conditions set out in paragraph 4 of Article 134.
Tender documents will be available for download at the address indicated under Heading I.3. The website will be updated regularly and it is the tenderers' responsibility to check for updates and modifications during the tendering period.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review bodyGeneral Court
rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Luxembourg
2925
Luxembourg
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Fax: +352 4303100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
You may submit any observations concerning the award procedure to the contracting authority indicated under Heading I.1.
If you believe that there was maladministration, you may lodge a complaint to the European Ombudsman within 2 years of the date when you became aware of the facts on which the complaint is based (see http:// www.ombudsman.europa.eu). Such complaint does not have as an effect either to suspend the time-limit to launch an appeal or to open a new period for lodging an appeal.
Within two months of the notification of the award decision you may lodge an appeal to the body referred to in VI.4.1.
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:01/02/2018
