Results of the procurement procedure
Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.4)Type of the contracting authorityEuropean institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activityGeneral public services
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Open Research Europe — The European Commission Open Research Publishing Platform
Reference number: RTD/2019/OP/006
II.1.2)Main CPV code73200000 Research and development consultancy services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
The present call for tender concerns the setting up of a publishing platform for scientific articles as a service for Horizon 2020 beneficiaries. The platform will provide an open access publishing venue without cost to the beneficiaries of Horizon 2020. The platform will manage the entire publication process, from submission to publication, post-publication curation and preservation, of original articles stemming from Horizon 2020 funding and will implement an open peer-review system. It will also host pre-prints. Published articles and hosted preprints will be openly available to all researchers and citizens. Tenderers are called to customise an existing publishing infrastructure solution to the requirements of the European Commission, to develop processes and policies to run the platform as a service, to engage in communication activities for the platform and to run the service and publish articles in the Platform. The tender is for a framework contract with a duration of 4 years.
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)Value excluding VAT: 5 808 956.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: BE BELGIQUE-BELGIË
Main site or place of performance:
See tender specifications I.10.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
‘See internet address provided in section I.1)’.
II.2.5)Award criteriaQuality criterion - Name: Quality and appropriateness of the proposed technical and methodological approach for delivering the tasks 1, 2 and 3 described under section I.6 / Weighting: max 70 points
Quality criterion - Name: Organisation of the work and resources / Weighting: max 20 points
Quality criterion - Name: Quality control measures / Weighting: max 10 points
Price - Weighting: 40
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Identification of the project:
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes identification of the project: Horizon 2020
II.2.14)Additional information
‘See internet address provided in section I.3’.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing systemThe procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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 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
Title:
Open Research Europe — The European Commission Open Research Publishing Platform
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:12/03/2020
V.2.2)Information about tendersNumber of tenders received: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: F1000 Research Ltd
National registration number: 8322928
Town: London
NUTS code: UK UNITED KINGDOM
Country: United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: F1000 Open Science Platforms Ltd
National registration number: 655918
Town: Cork
NUTS code: IE IRELAND
Country: Ireland
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: Faculty of 1000 Ltd
National registration number: 03739756
Town: London
NUTS code: UK UNITED KINGDOM
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: 6 400 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 5 808 956.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
See internet address provided in section I.3).
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:13/03/2020