Services - 165870-2020
08/04/2020    S70

Belgium-Brussels: Single Framework Contract for the Provision of Economic Analysis in the Area of Taxation

2020/S 070-165870

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Services

Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: European Commission, Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union
Postal address: J79 05/37
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE BELGIQUE-BELGIË
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
Contact person: Stijn Meuleman
E-mail: taxud-tenders@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 22954250
Fax: +32 22995444
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/calls-tenders-grants-calls-expression-interest_en
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activity
Other activity: Taxation and Customs Union

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:

Single Framework Contract for the Provision of Economic Analysis in the Area of Taxation

Reference number: TAXUD/2019/OP/0005
II.1.2)Main CPV code
79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

This procedure covers the provision of economic analysis in the field of taxation.

II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: 6 825 500.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: BE BELGIQUE-BELGIË
Main site or place of performance:

From the contractor's usual premises in EU territory.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The objective of this framework contract will be to provide the contracting authority with a facility to carry out economic analysis studies in the field of Taxation.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: As laid down in the procurement documents / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 30
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: no
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: yes
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S: 2019/S 202-490025
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: TAXUD/2020/CC/159
Title:

Single Framework Contract for the Provision of Economic Analysis in the Area of Taxation

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
01/04/2020
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: WIFO (Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Verein – Austrian Institute of Economic Research)
Postal address: Arsenal Objekt, 20
Town: Wien
NUTS code: AT13 Wien
Postal code: 1030
Country: Austria
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: CASE (Centrum Analiz Spoleczno- Ekonomicznych – Fundacja Naukowa; Center for Social and Economic Research)
Postal address: Aleja Jana Pawla II 61/212
Town: Warzaw
NUTS code: PL911 Miasto Warszawa
Country: Poland
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Copenhagen Economics A/S (CE)
Postal address: Langebrogade 1B
Town: Copenhagen
NUTS code: DK0 DANMARK
Postal code: 1411
Country: Denmark
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Fundación Privada Institut d’Economia de Barcelona (IEB)
Postal address: c/John M. Keynes, 1-11
Town: Barcelona
NUTS code: ES51 Cataluña
Postal code: 08034
Country: Spain
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: IFO Institute – Leibniz Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universitat Munchen EV
Postal address: Poschingerstr. 5
Town: Munich
NUTS code: DE212 München, Kreisfreie Stadt
Postal code: 81679
Country: Germany
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: PwC EU Services EESV
Postal address: Woluwedal 18
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Postal code: 1932
Country: Belgium
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Valtion Taloudellinen Tutkimuskeskus (VATT Institute for Economic Research)
Postal address: Arkadiankatu 7, PL 1279
Town: Helsinki
NUTS code: FI1B Helsinki-Uusimaa
Postal code: 00101
Country: Finland
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 6 825 500.00 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 of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: cfi.registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Fax: +352 4303-2100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: The European Ombudsman
Postal address: 1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman, CS 30403
Town: Strasbourg
Postal code: 67001
Country: France
Telephone: +33 388172313
Fax: +33 388179062
Internet address: http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: European Commission, Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union
Postal address: J79 05/37
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: taxud-tenders@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 22954250
Fax: +32 22995444
Internet address: http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en.htm
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
01/04/2020