Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)Official name: European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action, CLIMA.SRD.2 — Finance
Postal address: BU 9, 01/05
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
For the attention of: Markets Team
E-mail: clima-tenders@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 22960008
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://ec.europa.eu/clima/tenders/index_en.htm
I.2)Type of the contracting authorityEuropean institution/agency or international organisation
I.3)Main activityEnvironment
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
Strengthening independent monitoring of GHG emissions from land activities for publishing, comparing and reconciling estimates.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceServices
Service category No 12: Architectural services; engineering services and integrated engineering services; urban planning and landscape engineering services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: 'Extra muros', except for steering meetings and 2 workshops that would take place in EC premises, Brussels.
NUTS code
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Strengthening independent monitoring of GHG emissions from land activities for publishing, comparing and reconciling estimates: the general objective of this contract is to develop a proof of concept for publicly available, comprehensive, global, spatial information systems on land cover, land emissions, land use and associated trends. Such systems would be intended to softly reconcile estimates and underlying methodologies, to facilitate dissemination of information, to identify hotspots of land emissions and to prioritise effective and efficient climate action in AFOLU, at global scale (mitigation and risk management). This effort shall contribute to building capacities, trust and shared understanding between all parties preparing their contribution to the Climate Agreement 2015, with a view of becoming fully operational by 2020.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)90700000 Environmental services
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: 571 235 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 criteriaThe most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Quality of the proposed methodology. Weighting 60
2. Organisation of the work. Weighting 20
3. Quality control measures. Weighting 20
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
CLIMA.A.2/ETU/2014/0008.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 340202/2014/692569/ETU/CLIMA.A.2 V.1)Date of contract award decision:16.12.2014
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 2
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenOfficial name: Öko-Institute
Postal address: Schicklerstraße 5–7
Town: Berlin
Postal code: 10179
Country: Germany
V.4)Information on value of contractInitial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 600 000 EUR
Excluding VAT
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 571 235 EUR
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: yes
Value or proportion of the contract likely to be sub-contracted to third parties:
Proportion: 72 %
Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be sub-contracted: 24 % + 24 % + 24 %.
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:
In line with Article 134.1(f) of the rules of application to the Financial Regulation No 966/2012 of 25.10.2012, during the 3 years following conclusion of the original contract, the contracting authority will be able to use the exceptional negotiated procedure for additional services (without prior publication of a contract notice) consisting in the repetition of similar services (up to a maximum of 50 % of the original contract value) entrusted to the economic operator awarded the initial contract by the same contracting authority.
Tender specifications and related documents for this call can be downloaded from the e-tendering link given in Section I.1:
NB: the amount of the original contract was 550 000 EUR–600 000 EUR.
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures VI.3.2)Lodging of appealsPrecise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff, or, in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to the knowledge of the plaintiff. A complaint to the European Ombudsman does not have as an effect either to suspend this period or to open a new period for lodging appeals.
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:5.1.2015