723843-2025 - Result
Belgium – Custom software development services – Age Verification solution - additional support to Member States
OJ S 211/2025 03/11/2025
Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Services
1. Buyer
1.1.
Buyer
Official name: European Commission, DG CNECT - Communications Networks, Content and Technology
Email: cnect-tendering@ec.europa.eu
Legal type of the buyer: EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority: General public services
2. Procedure
2.1.
Procedure
Title: Age Verification solution - additional support to Member States
Description: In order to provide in-depth support to more than the three Member States foreseen in the initial call for tender ("EC-CNECT/2024/OP/0073 - Age verification solution"), the contracting authority intends to extend the contract by the 50% of its value as permitted by provisions in Section 1.7 of the Tender Specifications– Part 1 Administrative specifications of the aforementioned procurement procedure.
Procedure identifier: f47258cd-7854-469f-99fc-41e4f2605a0e
Internal identifier: EC-CNECT/2025/NP/0091
Type of procedure: Negotiated without prior call for competition
2.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 72230000 Custom software development services
2.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
Additional information: Please consult the procurement documents.
2.1.4.
General information
Legal basis: 
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
5. Lot
5.1.
Lot: LOT-0001
Title: Age Verification solution - additional support to Member States
Description: In order to provide in-depth support to more than the three Member States foreseen in the initial call for tender ("EC-CNECT/2024/OP/0073 - Age verification solution"), the contracting authority intends to extend the contract by the 50% of its value as permitted by provisions in Section 1.7 of the Tender Specifications– Part 1 Administrative specifications of the aforementioned procurement procedure.
Internal identifier: EC-CNECT/2025/NP/0091
5.1.1.
Purpose
Main nature of the contract: Services
Main classification (cpv): 72230000 Custom software development services
Additional classification (cpv): 72223000 Information technology requirements review services, 72253000 Helpdesk and support services, 72253200 Systems support services, 72254000 Software testing, 72260000 Software-related services, 72266000 Software consultancy services, 72254100 Systems testing services
5.1.2.
Place of performance
Anywhere
Additional information: Please consult the procurement documents.
5.1.3.
Estimated duration
Duration end date: 28/01/2027
5.1.6.
General information
Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
5.1.10.
Award criteria
Criterion: 
Type: Quality
Description: Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number: 70
Criterion: 
Type: Price
Description: Please consult the procurement documents.
Category of award weight criterion: Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number: 30
5.1.15.
Techniques
Framework agreement: 
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system: 
No dynamic purchase system
5.1.16.
Further information, mediation and review
Review organisation: Court of Justice of the European Union
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures: European Commission, DG CNECT - Communications Networks, Content and Technology
Organisation signing the contract: European Commission, DG CNECT - Communications Networks, Content and Technology
6. Results
Value of all contracts awarded in this notice: 998 157,00 EUR
Direct award: 
Justification for direct award: New works or services, constituting a repetition of existing works or services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive
Other justification: In order to provide in-depth support to more than the three Member States foreseen in the initial call for tender ("EC-CNECT/2024/OP/0073 - Age verification solution"), the contracting authority intends to extend the contract by the 50% of its value as permitted by provisions in Section 1.7 of the Tender Specifications– Part 1 Administrative specifications of the aforementioned procurement procedure.
6.1.
Result lot identifier: LOT-0001
Winner selection status: At least one winner was chosen.
6.1.2.
Information about winners
Winner: 
Leader of tendering party: SCYTALES AB
Official name: T-SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Tender: 
Tender identifier: SCYTALES AB
Identifier of lot or group of lots: LOT-0001
Value of the tender: 998 157,00 EUR
Subcontracting: No
Contract information: 
Identifier of the contract: 4500075543
Date on which the winner was chosen: 29/10/2025
Information about European Union funds: 
Name of EU-financed project or programme: Digital Europe Programme (2021/2027)
Organisation signing the contract: European Commission, DG CNECT - Communications Networks, Content and Technology
6.1.4.
Statistical information
Received tenders or requests to participate: 
Type of received submissions: Tenders submitted electronically
Number of tenders or requests to participate received: 1
8. Organisations
8.1.
ORG-0001
Official name: European Commission, DG CNECT - Communications Networks, Content and Technology
Registration number: COM
Department: CNECT.G - Data,CNECT.G.3 - Accessibility, Multilingualism and Safer Internet
Postal address: Rue de la Loi 200, Wetstraat 200
Town: Brussels
Postcode: B-1049
Country subdivision (NUTS): Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad (BE100)
Country: Belgium
Email: cnect-tendering@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 2 299 11 11
Internet address: https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en
Roles of this organisation: 
Buyer
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures
Organisation signing the contract
8.1.
ORG-0002
Official name: Court of Justice of the European Union
Registration number: CURIA
Postal address: Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postcode: L-2925
Country subdivision (NUTS): Luxembourg (LU000)
Country: Luxembourg
Email: GC.Registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation: 
Review organisation
8.1.
ORG-0003
Official name: European Commission
Registration number: EUCOM
Postal address: Mondrian (CDMA), Rue du Champ de Mars 21
Town: Brussels
Postcode: B-1050
Country subdivision (NUTS): Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad (BE100)
Country: Belgium
Email: cnect-tendering@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 2 299 11 11
Internet address: https://commission.europa.eu/
Roles of this organisation: 
TED eSender
8.1.
ORG-0004
Official name: SCYTALES AB
Size of the economic operator: Large
Registration number: SE556999776901
Postal address: POLYGONVAGEN 53
Town: TABY
Postcode: 187 66
Country subdivision (NUTS): Extra-Regio NUTS 3 (SEZZZ)
Country: Sweden
Email: rpartala@scytales.com
Telephone: +46 709886048
Roles of this organisation: 
Tenderer
Leader of tendering party
Winner of these lots: LOT-0001
8.1.
ORG-0005
Official name: T-SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Size of the economic operator: Large
Registration number: DE118645675
Postal address: HAHNSTRASSE 43D
Town: FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Postcode: 60528
Country subdivision (NUTS): Extra-Regio NUTS 3 (DEZZZ)
Country: Germany
Email: info@t-systems.com
Telephone: +49 69 200600
Roles of this organisation: 
Tenderer
Winner of these lots: LOT-0001
Notice information
Notice identifier/version: 1d7d6f23-97c4-4f0a-b8f6-f2caa4663ed4  -  01
Form type: Result
Notice type: Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice subtype: 29
Notice dispatch date: 30/10/2025 16:08:58 (UTC+01:00) Central European Time, Western European Summer Time
Languages in which this notice is officially available: English
Notice publication number: 723843-2025
OJ S issue number: 211/2025
Publication date: 03/11/2025