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Services - 1572-2017

04/01/2017    S2

Belgium-Brussels: Benchmarking national loan enforcement (including insolvency) regimes from bank creditor perspective

2017/S 002-001572

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, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
Postal address: SPA2, 07/20
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: ec-fisma-contracts@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/finance/index_en.htm
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:

Benchmarking national loan enforcement (including insolvency) regimes from bank creditor perspective.

Reference number: FISMA/2016/042/C.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
79311400 Economic research services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

The purpose of this study is to understand how and to what extent Member States' national frameworks for loan enforcement (both through individual enforcement procedures and in insolvency), as well as collateral, affect the efficiency of debt recovery by creditors in all 28 Member States.

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: 750 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics
79310000 Market research services
79330000 Statistical services
79140000 Legal advisory and information services
79311400 Economic research services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: 00 Not specified
Main site or place of performance:

The tasks are to be performed at the premises designated by the contractor. A maximum of 3 coordination meetings with the contracting authority will be held in Brussels.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The study shall deliver data on the efficiency of national loan enforcement procedures from a bank creditor perspective, including both individual enforcement and collective enforcement (insolvency procedures) as well as collateral enforcement, in all 28 Member States. Efficiency is to be investigated by reference to outcome-oriented parameters such as recovery rate, speed, and costs of proceedings, which should be assessed for the various types of existing procedures in each Member State and for an appropriate typology of cases as per company size or status of creditor as typical for banks. The analysis shall also evaluate predictability of outcome, i.e. examine the range of outcomes, and probabilities of obtaining median result rather than average figures only. A country-by-country analysis for all 28 Member States shall be delivered for all 28 EU Member States, and develop a robust methodology and a set of criteria which lend themselves to replication by the Commission.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality and relevance of the proposed methodology / Weighting: 45
Quality criterion - Name: Quality of data generated or used / Weighting: 35
Quality criterion - Name: Organisation of the work / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Quality control measures / Weighting: 10
Price - Weighting: 30
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
Open procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
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: 2016/S 129-231195
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: FISMA/2016/042/C1/ST/OP
Title:

Benchmarking national loan enforcement (including insolvency) regimes from bank creditor perspective

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
19/12/2016
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
National registration number: 02020394
Postal address: 12 Thorgmorton Avenue
Town: London
NUTS code: UK UNITED KINGDOM
Postal code: EC2N 2DL
Country: United Kingdom
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: 750 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 749 000.00 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 Court of Justice of the European Union
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: generalcourt.registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Fax: +352 4303-2100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu/
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Within 2 months of the notification to plaintiff, or, in the absence thereof, of the day on which it came to knowledge. A complaint to the European Ombudsman does not have as an effect either to suspend or to open a new period for lodging appeals.

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
23/12/2016