1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Legal type of the buyer: Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Circular Berlin – Circular City
Legal type of the buyer: Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Sandyford BID CLG
Legal type of the buyer: Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia
Legal type of the buyer: Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Municipality of Guimaraes
Legal type of the buyer: Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
Legal type of the buyer: Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: Forum Virium Helsinki Oy
Legal type of the buyer: Body governed by public law
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: CircularPSP: Pre-commercial procurement (PCP) to buy R&D (research and development) services to develop a Public Service Platforms for Circular, Innovative and Resilient Municipalities.
Description: This contract notice invites interested operators to submit tenders to this PCP procurement. The procurement is open on equal terms to all types of operators that are established in EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated countries and that fulfil the requirements set out in section 3 of the Call for Tenders which defines the eligibility of tenderers, exclusion and selection criteria. The procurement aims to trigger new solutions to be developed and tested to address the following challenge: accelerating a digital transition towards a Circular Economy (CE). The procurers are willing to invest €5.64 million in Research and Development to address this challenge in their regions. This PCP is a joint procurement by different procurers across Europe that are all facing the same common challenge and are thus looking for similar solutions (‘Buyers Group’). More information can be found on the CircularPSP website: https://circularpsp.eu
Procedure identifier: 39223c24-b14d-44ab-8cca-1bee5de12ff2
Previous notice: 786169-2023
Type of procedure: Open
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 73100000 Research and experimental development services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Town: Istanbul
Country subdivision (NUTS): İstanbul (TR100)
Country: Türkiye
2.1.3.
Value
Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 640 000,00 EUR
2.1.4.
General information
Additional information: Participation in the open market consultation that was held in the period of 9 May - 29 June 2023 as part of the preparation for this procurement is not a prerequisite for submitting a tender. This procurement is exempted from the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), the EU public procurement directives and the national laws that implement them. This is because it concerns the procurement of R&D services where the benefits do not accrue exclusively to the contracting authority for its use in the conduct of its own affairs. Publication of this contract notice in the EU Official Journal is not to be understood as a waiver of this exemption. Publication is made on a voluntary basis and the procurement will not follow the procedures under the EU public procurement directives, but rather the procedure described in the tender documentation. The open procedure was chosen in Section IV.1.1) ‘Procedure’ for formal reasons only. This is because it is not possible to publish a contract notice without selecting one of the listed procedures. Offers shall be submitted in English. All communication (before, during and after the procurement) can be made in English. More information See: − the project website (https://circularpsp.eu) − the open market consultation recordings and slide decks (https://circularpsp.eu/open-market-consultation/) − FAQs (https://circularpsp.eu/faqs/) − PCPs on the Europa website (https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/innovation-procurement) or contact: − https://circularpsp.eu/contact-us/
Legal basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
This PCP is carried out by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality who was appointed as lead procurer in the name and on behalf of the Buyers Group listed in I.1. The applicable national law is Turkish.
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0000
Title: CircularPSP: Pre-commercial procurement (PCP) to buy R&D (research and development) services to develop a Public Service Platforms for Circular, Innovative and Resilient Municipalities.
Description: This PCP procurement is a joint procurement by different procurers across Europe that are all facing the same common challenge and are thus looking for similar solutions (so-called ‘Buyers Group’). The common challenge to be solved by suppliers is Suppliers are to design, develop and test an innovative ‘circular economy solution’ (CE-solution) that enables municipalities and their staff as well as businesses in the local economy to apply circular practice more quickly, frequently, widely and effectively. Individual users at City and Business are empowered through access to information, knowledge, circular wisdom, guidance and training to act more circular more often and increasingly impactful whilst transitioning to a CE mindset. The procurement will take the form of a pre-commercial procurement (PCP) under which R&D service contracts will be awarded to a number of R&D providers in parallel in a phased approach. This will make it possible to compare competing alternative solutions. Each selected operator will be awarded a framework agreement that covers 3 R&D phases. Each selected R&D provider will be awarded a framework agreement that covers the following R&D phases and a specific contract per phase. The 3 phases are: solution design, prototype development, original development and validation and testing of a limited volume of first products or services. After each phase, intermediate evaluations will be carried out to progressively select the best of the competing solutions. The contractors with the best-value-for-money solutions will be offered a specific contract for the next phase. Testing in Phase 3 is expected to take place in Istanbul (Turkey), Berlin (Germany), Dublin (Ireland), Maribor (Slovenia), Guimarães (Portugal), Stockholm (Sweden), Helsinki (Finland) and London (UK). This testing may also serve as a first customer test reference for the contractors. Phase 3 is expected to start June 2025 and end May 2026. The selected operators will retain ownership of the intellectual property rights (IPRs) that they generate during the PCP and will be able to use them to exploit the full market potential of the developed solutions, i.e. beyond the procurement.
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 73100000 Research and experimental development services
Additional classification (cpv): 30211300 Computer platforms, 72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, 72212931 Training software development services, 72230000 Custom software development services, 72243000 Programming services, 72245000 Contract systems analysis and programming services, 72250000 System and support services, 72253000 Helpdesk and support services, 72262000 Software development services, 72266000 Software consultancy services, 72300000 Data services, 72310000 Data-processing services, 72311100 Data conversion services, 72312100 Data preparation services, 72313000 Data capture services, 72314000 Data collection and collation services, 72315200 Data network management services, 72316000 Data analysis services, 72317000 Data storage services, 72319000 Data supply services, 72320000 Database services, 72321000 Added-value database services, 72322000 Data management services, 72330000 Content or data standardization and classification services, 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services, 73100000 Research and experimental development services, 73110000 Research services, 75110000 General public services, 75112100 Administrative development project services, 79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics, 79311300 Survey analysis services, 79311400 Economic research services, 79311410 Economic impact assessment, 79314000 Feasibility study, 79315000 Social research services, 79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services, 79410000 Business and management consultancy services, 79411000 General management consultancy services, 79411100 Business development consultancy services, 79415200 Design consultancy services, 79416000 Public relations services, 79416200 Public relations consultancy services, 79418000 Procurement consultancy services, 79419000 Evaluation consultancy services, 79530000 Translation services, 90700000 Environmental services, 90710000 Environmental management, 90711000 Environmental impact assessment other than for construction, 90712000 Environmental planning, 90712100 Urban environmental development planning, 90712200 Forest conservation strategy planning, 90712300 Marine conservation strategy planning, 90712400 Natural resources management or conservation strategy planning services, 90712500 Environmental institution building or planning, 90713000 Environmental issues consultancy services, 90714000 Environmental auditing, 90714100 Environmental information systems, 90714200 Corporate environmental auditing services, 90714300 Sectoral environmental auditing services
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Country subdivision (NUTS): İstanbul (TR100)
Country: Türkiye
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Start date: 15/05/2024
Duration end date: 14/04/2026
5.1.6.
General information
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
Information about previous notices:
Identifier of the previous notice: 00127194-2023
Additional information: This procurement is exempted from the WTO GPA, the EU public procurement directives and the national laws that implement them. This is because it concerns the procurement of R&D services where the benefits do not accrue exclusively to the contracting authority for its use in the conduct of its own affairs.Publication of this notice is not to be understood as a waiver of this exemption.
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion:
Type: Quality
Description: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number: 90
Criterion:
Type: Price
Description: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number: 10
5.1.15.
Techniques
Framework agreement: Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Information about the dynamic purchasing system: No dynamic purchase system
Electronic auction: no
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Mediation organisation: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Review organisation: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Information about review deadlines: The procurement is exempted from the EU Public Procurement Directives (including the EU Procurement Remedies Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC; see above) and the national laws that implement them. Publication of this notice in the Official Journal is not to be understood as a waiver of this exemption by the contracting authority. The deadlines for the review procedures at the bodies for review and mediation, mentioned in IV.4.1) and IV.4.2) are stated in the tender.
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Organisation executing the payment: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Organisation signing the contract: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
6. Results
Maximum value of the framework agreements in this procedure: 5 640 000,00 EUR
6.1.
Result lot ldentifier: LOT-0000
Winner selection status: At least one winner was chosen.
Framework agreement:
Maximum value of the framework agreement: 5 640 000,00 EUR
6.1.2.
Information about winners
Winner:
Official name: VCG.AI GmbH
Tender:
Tender identifier: VCG
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0000
Value of the tender: 752 000,00 EUR
The tender was ranked: yes
Concession value:
Subcontracting: Yes
Subcontracting value is known: no
Subcontracting percentage is known: yes
Percentage of subcontracting: 14
Contract information:
Identifier of the contract: Phase2VCG
Date of the conclusion of the contract: 01/11/2024
Information about European Union funds
Name of EU-financed project or programme: Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021/2027)
Identifier of EU funds: 101092208
Organisation signing the contract: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Winner:
Official name: METABOLIC BV
Tender:
Tender identifier: CIRRUS
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0000
Value of the tender: 752 000,00 EUR
The tender was ranked: yes
Concession value:
Subcontracting: Yes
Subcontracting value is known: no
Subcontracting percentage is known: no
Contract information:
Identifier of the contract: Phase2Cirrus
Date of the conclusion of the contract: 01/11/2024
Information about European Union funds
Name of EU-financed project or programme: Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021/2027)
Identifier of EU funds: 101092208
Organisation signing the contract: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Winner:
Official name: SWAPPSI LIMITED
Tender:
Tender identifier: CircularAI
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0000
Value of the tender: 752 000,00 EUR
The tender was ranked: yes
Concession value:
Subcontracting: No
Contract information:
Identifier of the contract: Phase2CircularAI
Date of the conclusion of the contract: 01/11/2024
Information about European Union funds
Name of EU-financed project or programme: Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021/2027)
Identifier of EU funds: 101092208
Organisation signing the contract: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
6.1.4.
Statistical information:
Received tenders or requests to participate:
Type of received submissions: Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 5
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Registration number: TR4810024824
Postal address: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Hacıahmet Mahallesi Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Cad. No : 1 Kasımpaşa Beyoğlu
Town: Istanbul
Postcode: 34440
Country subdivision (NUTS): İstanbul (TR100)
Country: Türkiye
Contact point: Ülkü Gül Güneş
Telephone: +90 2123126200-666044
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
Group leader
Central purchasing body acquiring supplies and/or services intended for other buyers
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Review organisation
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
Mediation organisation
Organisation signing the contract
Organisation executing the payment
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name: Circular Berlin – Circular City
Registration number: VR 37482 B
Postal address: Circular Berlin, Rheinsberger Straße 34, 10435 Berlin, Germany
Town: Berlin
Postcode: 10435
Country subdivision (NUTS): Berlin (DE300)
Country: Germany
Contact point: Arianna Nicoletti
Telephone: +49 1743455960
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
8.1.
ORG-0003
Official name: Sandyford BID CLG
Registration number: 593200
Postal address: Sandyford BID CLG, 10 Leopardstown Office Park, Burton Hall Avenue, Sandyford Business Park, Dublin 18, D18 FK72, Ireland.
Town: Dublin
Postcode: D18 FK72
Country subdivision (NUTS): Dublin (IE061)
Country: Ireland
Contact point: Ger Corbett
Telephone: +353 01 544 1313
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
8.1.
ORG-0004
Official name: Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia
Registration number: 5828821000
Postal address: Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia, Partizanska 1, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Town: Maribor
Postcode: 2000
Country subdivision (NUTS): Podravska (SI032)
Country: Slovenia
Contact point: Ana Plavčak
Telephone: +386 22341506
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
8.1.
ORG-0005
Official name: Municipality of Guimaraes
Registration number: 505948605
Postal address: argo Cónego José Maria Gomes
Town: Guimaraes
Postcode: 4804-534
Country subdivision (NUTS): Ave (PT119)
Country: Portugal
Contact point: Dalila Sepúlveda
Telephone: +351 967360557
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
8.1.
ORG-0006
Official name: Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
Registration number: 222000-0315
Postal address: Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, SE-118 82 Stockholm
Town: Stockholm
Postcode: SE-118 82
Country subdivision (NUTS): Stockholms län (SE110)
Country: Sweden
Contact point: Karin Peedu
Telephone: +46 722545953
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
8.1.
ORG-0007
Official name: Forum Virium Helsinki Oy
Registration number: (ID) FI21700292
Postal address: Unioninkatu 24, 6th. Floor, 00130 Helsinki, FINLAND
Town: Helsinki
Postcode: 00130
Country subdivision (NUTS): Helsinki-Uusimaa (FI1B1)
Country: Finland
Contact point: Pekka Niskasaari
Telephone: +358 405859110
Roles of this organisation:
Buyer
8.1.
ORG-0011
Official name: VCG.AI GmbH
Registration number: HRB779809
Town: Stuttgart
Postcode: 70197
Country subdivision (NUTS): Stuttgart, Stadtkreis (DE111)
Country: Germany
Roles of this organisation:
Tenderer
Winner of these lots: LOT-0000
8.1.
ORG-0012
Official name: METABOLIC BV
Registration number: 70539952
Town: Amsterdam
Postcode: 1032HX
Country subdivision (NUTS): Groot-Amsterdam (NL329)
Country: Netherlands
Roles of this organisation:
Tenderer
Winner of these lots: LOT-0000
8.1.
ORG-0013
Official name: SWAPPSI LIMITED
Registration number: 478868
Town: Dublin
Postcode: D16F2N4
Country subdivision (NUTS): Dublin (IE061)
Country: Ireland
Roles of this organisation:
Tenderer
Winner of these lots: LOT-0000
8.1.
ORG-0000
Official name: Publications Office of the European Union
Registration number: PUBL
Town: Luxembourg
Postcode: 2417
Country subdivision (NUTS): Luxembourg (LU000)
Country: Luxembourg
Telephone: +352 29291
Roles of this organisation:
TED eSender
Notice information
Notice identifier/version: c24fc433-840e-478b-8404-306d7cc1a645 - 01
Form type: Result
Notice type: Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 29
Notice dispatch date: 20/11/2024 11:46:48 (UTC)
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 709311-2024
OJ S issue number: 227/2024
Publication date: 21/11/2024
