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Services - 135084-2021

19/03/2021    S55

Poland-Warsaw: Entry Exit System Land Border Pilot

2021/S 055-135084

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Services

Legal Basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: European Border and Coast Guard Agency — Frontex
Postal address: Plac Europejski 6
Town: Warsaw
NUTS code: PL911 Miasto Warszawa
Postal code: 00-844
Country: Poland
Contact person: Frontex Procurement Sector
E-mail: procurement@frontex.europa.eu
Telephone: +48 222059500
Fax: +48 222059501
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.frontex.europa.eu
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:

Entry Exit System Land Border Pilot

Reference number: Frontex/OP/433/2020/AH
II.1.2)Main CPV code
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

Frontex intends to purchase technical support to develop, install, operate and dismantle deployable stand-alone border control systems, capable to collect travellers’ data relevant for EES, operating for a fixed time at EU land border crossing points. The systems deployed shall interface with the Host country national border control system. The coupling of both systems shall be a joint effort undertaken by the Contractor and the corresponding national Host authorities (Bulgaria for lot 1 and Spain for lot 2).

II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: 1 500 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:

Entry Exit System Land Border Pilot in Bulgaria

Lot No: 1
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: BG България  / Bulgaria
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The Pilot will be developed in two phases, the first phase to be executed after the contract signature; second phase will be executed conditional to Frontex’ positive assessment of the first phase results and subject to Frontex’ explicit written request to proceed.

The technology to be developed in the pilot consist of the design of a ‘core deployable border control and EES system’ (thereafter ‘core-system’); its manufacture, testing, deployment, user training, interfacing with Host country system, supporting operationalization for a fixed time period, as well as dismantling and disposing of the system after the duration of the Pilot.

The core-system shall support the border crossing and EES registration (based on travel document; face and 4 finger prints) of Third Country nationals using a combination of self-enrolment kiosks and biometric gates. The secure linkage (closed connection) and communication with the national border control systems, performing border checks on all travellers and EES registration/verification on third country nationals, would be done jointly by the Contractor and the Host MS (Bulgaria).

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical merit / Weighting: 60
Price - Weighting: 40
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: yes
Description of options:

The implementation of the second phase is conditional to Frontex’ positive assessment of the first phase results.

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
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:

Entry Exit System Land Border Pilot in Spain

Lot No: 2
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: ES España
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The Pilot will be developed in two phases, the first phase to be executed after the contract signature; second phase will be executed conditional to Frontex’ positive assessment of the first phase results and subject to Frontex’ explicit written request to proceed.

The technology to be developed in the pilot consist of the design of a ‘core deployable border control and EES system’ (thereafter ‘core-system’); its manufacture, testing, deployment, user training, interfacing with Host country system, supporting operationalization for a fixed time period, as well as dismantling and disposing of the system after the duration of the Pilot.

The core-system shall support the border crossing and EES registration (based on travel document; face and 4 finger prints) of Third Country nationals using a combination of self-enrolment kiosks and biometric gates. The secure linkage (closed connection) and communication with the national border control systems, performing border checks on all travellers and EES registration/verification on third country nationals, would be done jointly by the Contractor and the Host MS (Spain).

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical merit / Weighting: 60
Price - Weighting: 40
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: yes
Description of options:

The implementation of the second phase is conditional to Frontex’ positive assessment of the first phase results.

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: no
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S: 2020/S 155-378290
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: Frontex/OP/433/2020/AH
Lot No: 1
Title:

Entry Exit System Land Border Pilot in Bulgaria

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
22/02/2021
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 11
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: VISION BOX -SOLUCOES DE VISAO PORCOMPUTADOR SA
Town: Carnaxide
NUTS code: PT1 Continente
Country: Portugal
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 464 587.12 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 2
Lot No: 2
Title:

Entry Exit System Land Border Pilot in Spain

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
04/03/2021
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: EVERIS AEROESPACIAL Y DEFENSA SL
Town: Madrid
NUTS code: ES300 Madrid
Country: Spain
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 693 000.00 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
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: L-2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: cfi.registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Fax: +352 4303-2100
Internet address: http://www.curia.europa.eu
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff or, in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to the knowledge.

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
09/03/2021