Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)Official name: European Commission, Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union
Postal address: rue Joseph II 79 (office J-79 6/40)
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
For the attention of: Stéphane Mail Fouilleul
E-mail: taxud-tenders@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 22995050
Fax: +32 22995444
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en.htm
I.2)Type of the contracting authorityEuropean institution/agency or international organisation
I.3)Main activityOther: Taxation and Customs Union.
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authoritiesThe contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Provision of evaluation and impact assessment-related services (TAXUD/2014/AO-06).
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceServices
Service category No 11: Management consulting services [6] and related services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: The services will be carried out primarily at the contractor's usual premises.
NUTS code
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The objective of this framework contract is to provide the Commission with a facility to carry out evaluations and studies that feed into evaluations and impact assessments in the preparation of policy interventions.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics, 79311410 Economic impact assessment
II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)Value: 4 092 000 EUR
Excluding VAT
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auctionAn electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
TAXUD/2014/AO-06.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: TAXUD/2015/CC/132 V.1)Date of contract award decision:27.11.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 8
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenOfficial name: Consortium composed of Economisti Associati SRL (leader), Centre for European Policy Studies, Europe Ltd, CASE — Center for Social and Economic Research, wedoIT-solutions GmbH, ECOPA
Postal address: via Rialto 9
Town: Bologna BO
Postal code: 40124
Country: Italy
V.4)Information on value of contractTotal final value of the contract:
Value: 4 092 000 EUR
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union fundsThe contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
Complementary services, as stated in the tendering specifications, may be requested by the Commission, according to the conditions foreseen in Article 104 of the Financial Regulation and in Article 134.1.f of the rules of application, for a maximum value of 50 % of the framework contract awarded amount. The framework contract was signed on 22.12.2015.
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal proceduresOfficial 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: cfi.registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Fax: +352 4303-2100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: The European Ombudsman
Postal address: 1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman, CS 30403
Town: Strasbourg Cedex
Postal code: 67001
Country: France
Telephone: +33 388172313
Fax: +33 388179062
Internet address: http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu
VI.3.2)Lodging of appealsPrecise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The lodging of an appeal by a tenderer against the contract award decision must be done within 2 months from the date of sending of the letter informing the tenderers that the contracting authority has made a decision regarding the award of a contract.
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:4.1.2016