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25/04/2014    S81

Belgium-Brussels: DI/07280 (interinstitutional licensing agreement)

2014/S 081-140672

Contract award notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Official name: European Commission, Directorate-General for Informatics, Resources and Logistics Directorate, Unit Procurement and Contracts
Postal address: rue Belliard 28, Office: 07/142
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
For the attention of: Mr Martin Bilbao, Head of Unit
E-mail: digit-contracts-info-centre@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 22960762
Fax: +32 22957702

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/informatics/index_en.htm

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.3)Main activity
Other: Information technologies.
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

Official name: Council of the European Union
Postal address: 1049
Town: Brussels
Country: Belgium

Official name: European Parliament
Postal address: allée du Printemps
Town: Strasbourg Cedex
Postal code: 67070
Country: France

Official name: Court of Justice (Curia)
Postal address: 2540
Town: Luxembourg
Country: Luxembourg

Official name: European Court of Auditors
Postal address: 12, rue Alcide de Gasperi
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 1615
Country: Luxembourg

Official name: European Economic and Social Committee
Postal address: rue Belliard 99
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1040
Country: Belgium

Official name: Committee of the Regions
Postal address: Jacques Delors Building, rue Belliard 99–101
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1040
Country: Belgium

Official name: Office of European Ombudsman
Postal address: 1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman
Town: Strasbourg Cedex
Postal code: 67001
Country: France

Official name: European Data Protection Supervisor
Postal address: rue Wiertz 60
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1047
Country: Belgium

Official name: European Securities and Markets Authority
Postal address: 103 rue de Grenelle
Town: Paris
Postal code: 75007
Country: France

Official name: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
Postal address: Westhafenplatz 1
Town: Frankfurt-on-Main
Postal code: 60327
Country: Germany

Official name: Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
Postal address: Trg republike 3
Town: Ljubljana
Postal code: SI-1000
Country: Slovenia

Official name: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union
Postal address: 1, rue du Fort Thüngen
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 1499
Country: Luxembourg

Official name: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
Postal address: PO Box 22427
Town: Thessaloniki
Postal code: 551 02
Country: Greece

Official name: European Aviation Safety Agency
Postal address: PO Box 10 12 53
Town: Cologne
Postal code: 50452
Country: Germany

Official name: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Postal address: Tomtebodavägen 11A
Town: Stockholm
Postal code: SE-171 65
Country: Sweden

Official name: European Chemicals Agency
Postal address: PO Box 400
Town: Helsinki
Postal code: FI-00121
Country: Finland

Official name: European Environment Agency
Postal address: Kongens Nytorv 6
Town: Copenhagen
Postal code: 1050
Country: Denmark

Official name: European Food Safety Authority
Postal address: largo N. Palli 5/A
Town: Parma PR
Postal code: 43121
Country: Italy

Official name: European Institute for Gender Equality
Postal address: Svitrigailos g. 11M
Town: Vilnius
Postal code: LV-03228
Country: Latvia

Official name: European Medicines Agency
Postal address: Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf
Town: London
Postal code: E14 4HB
Country: United Kingdom

Official name: European Union Agency for Network and Information Security
Postal address: PO Box 1309
Town: Heraklion, Crete
Postal code: 710 01
Country: Greece

Official name: European Railway Agency
Postal address: BP 20392
Town: Valenciennes
Postal code: 59307
Country: France

Official name: European Training Foundation
Postal address: Villa Gualino, viale Settimio Severo 65
Town: Turin TO
Postal code: 10133
Country: Italy

Official name: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Postal address: Gran Via, 33
Town: Bilbao (Biscay)
Postal code: 48009
Country: Spain

Official name: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Postal address: Wyattville Road, Loughlinstown
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland

Official name: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Postal address: Schwarzenbergplatz 11
Town: Vienna
Postal code: 1040
Country: Austria

Official name: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union
Postal address: Rondo ONZ 1
Town: Warsaw
Postal code: 00-124
Country: Poland

Official name: European GNSS Agency
Postal address: Janovského 438/2
Town: Prague
Postal code: 170 00
Country: Czechia

Official name: European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Postal address: Rävala pst 4
Town: Tallinn
Postal code: 10143
Country: Estonia

Official name: European Asylum Support Office
Postal address: MTC Block A, Winemakers Wharf
Town: Valletta
Postal code: MT-1917
Country: Malta

Official name: ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking
Postal address: avenue de la Toison d'Or 56/60
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium

Official name: Clean Sky Joint Undertaking
Postal address: avenue de la Toison d'Or 56/60
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium

Official name: ENIAC Joint Undertaking
Postal address: avenue de la Toison d'Or 56/60
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium

Official name: European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy
Postal address: Torres Diagonal Litoral, Building B3
Town: Barcelona (Barcelona)
Postal code: 08019
Country: Spain

Official name: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
Postal address: avenue de la Toison d'Or 56/60
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium

Official name: SESAR Joint Undertaking
Postal address: avenue de Cortenbergh 100
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1000
Country: Belgium

Official name: European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Postal address: Infopark, Neumann Janos utca 1/E
Town: Budapest
Postal code: 1117
Country: Hungary

Official name: European Defence Agency
Postal address: rue des Drapiers 17–23
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1050
Country: Belgium

Official name: European Police College
Postal address: Bramshill, Hook
Town: Hampshire
Postal code: RG27 0JW
Country: United Kingdom

Official name: European Schools
Postal address: rue Joseph II 30
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium

Official name: European External Action Service
Postal address: Capital Building, rond point Schuman 9A
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1046
Country: Belgium

Official name: European Fisheries Control Agency
Postal address: Po Box 771
Town: Vigo (Pontevedra)
Postal code: 36200
Country: Spain

Official name: European Banking Authority
Postal address: 25 Old Broad Street, Tower 42
Town: London
Postal code: EC2N 1HQ
Country: United Kingdom

Official name: European Police Office
Postal address: PO Box 90850
Town: The Hague
Postal code: 2509 LW
Country: Netherlands

Official name: European Maritime Safety Agency
Postal address: Cais do Sodré
Town: Lisbon
Postal code: 1249-206
Country: Portugal

Official name: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Postal address: Cais do Sodré
Town: Lisbon
Postal code: 1249-289
Country: Portugal

Official name: European Central Bank
Postal address: Kaiserstraße 29
Town: Frankfurt-on-Main
Postal code: 60311
Country: Germany

Official name: European Investment Bank
Postal address: 98–100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2950
Country: Luxembourg

Official name: Community Plant Variety Office
Postal address: 3 boulevard du Maréchal Foch
Town: Angers
Postal code: 49000
Country: France

Official name: Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
Postal address: Avenida de Europa, 4
Town: Alicante (Alicante)
Postal code: 03008
Country: Spain

Official name: European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (Eurojust)
Postal address: Maanweg 174
Town: The Hague
Postal code: 2516 AB
Country: Netherlands

Official name: Innovative Medicines Initiative
Postal address: avenue de la Toison d'Or 56–60
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1060
Country: Belgium

Official name: Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Postal address: avenue du Bourget 1
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1140
Country: Belgium

Official name: European Research Council Executive Agency
Postal address: COV2 24/164
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium

Official name: Research Executive Agency
Postal address: COVE
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium

Official name: Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
Postal address: place Rogier 16
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium

Official name: Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency (Chafea)
Postal address: Drosbach Building
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2920
Country: Luxembourg

Official name: Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA)
Postal address: European Commission, W910
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium

Official name: Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC)
Postal address: Zigfrīda Annas Meierovica bulvāris No 14, 2nd floor
Town: Riga
Postal code: LV-1050
Country: Latvia

Official name: European Union Satellite Centre
Postal address: Apdo de Correos 511
Town: Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid)
Country: Spain

Official name: European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
Postal address: 43 avenue du Président Wilson
Town: Paris Cedex 16
Postal code: 75775
Country: France

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
DI/07280 (interinstitutional licensing agreement).
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Premises of the participating EU institutions, agencies and other bodies.
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 subject of the contract is the acquisition of Microsoft licenses — the purchase itself is not conducted via this framework contract but a framework contract with licensing solutions provider (large account reseller).
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

48000000 Software package and information systems

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)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Negotiated without a call for competition
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU):
Directive 2004/18/EC

1) Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC

The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
technical,
connected with the protection of exclusive rights
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
DIGIT/R2/PN/2013/065 'FOAE' Microsoft licenses.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no

Section V: Award of contract

V.1)Date of contract award decision:
15.4.2014
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Official name: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited
Postal address: 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Telephone: +32 479960340

V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:

As stated in point II.2.1), this contract has no associated financial value. This is because the products covered by it will not be acquired directly from the contractor, but under contract DI-07020-00 (large account reseller), which was awarded following an open call for tenders, or under similar present or future contracts entered into by the participating EU Institutions, Agencies and Other Bodies; see contract award notice 2012/S 65-105131 of 3.4.2012 for further details. Therefore, the present notice is published exclusively for transparency purposes. In particular, it does not have the effect foreseen in Article 171(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 of 29.10.2012 on the rules of application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (OJ L 362, 31.12.2012, p. 1).

VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Official name: General Court
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.3.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff or, in the absence thereof, of the day on which it came to the knowledge. 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

Official name: European Commission, Directorate-General for Informatics, Resources and Logistics Directorate, Procurement and Contracts Unit
Postal address: rue Belliard 28, Office: 07/142
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: digit-contracts-info-centre@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 22960762
Fax: +32 22957702
Internet address: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/informatics/procurement/index_en.htm

VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
15.4.2014