Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)Official name: Deutsche Bundesbank, Beschaffungszentrum
Postal address: Taunusanlage 5
Town: Frankfurt am Main
Postal code: 60329
Country: Germany
E-mail: vergabeservice@bundesbank.de
Telephone: +49 699566-5200
Fax: +49 699566-5295
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.bundesbank.de
I.2)Type of the contracting authorityBody governed by public law
I.3)Main activityEconomic and financial affairs
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authoritiesThe contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
Official name: All EPCO Members can participate from the contract. For further information please visit www.epco.lu
Postal address: 2, Boulevard Royal
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2983
Country: Luxembourg
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Moody's Ratings Delivery Service.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceServices
Service category No 10: Market research and public opinion polling services
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)
Related to their tasks, central banks require credit ratings data for various purposes, including collateral
management, to be provided by registered External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs).
Within this framework a joint procurement of rating agency services was mandated by the Governing Council
of the European Central Bank (ECB).
Deutsche Bundesbank acts as Lead Central Bank and contracting authority for the procurement of credit
rating agencies services on behalf of the members of the Eurosystem Procurement Coordination Office (EPCO).
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)79330000 Statistical services
II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
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 procedureNegotiated 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:
connected with the protection of exclusive rights
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteriaLowest price
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
EPCO Joint Procurement Procedure 10.04.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: IVM 7533 Lot title: EPCO Joint Procurement on Rating Agencies 10.04 Moody's Analytics UK Limited. Consolidation of legacy contracts of the participating EPCO members on Moody's Ratings Delivery Service as well as the extension of licensing rightsV.1)Date of contract award decision:14.12.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 1
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenOfficial name: Moody's Analytics UK Limited
Postal address: One Canada Square Canary Wharf
Town: London
Postal code: E14 5FA
Country: United Kingdom
V.4)Information on value of contract
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:
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:14.1.2016