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 activityOther activity: Agriculture and rural development
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Framework contract for the evaluation studies of CAP measures contributing to the general objectives of balanced territorial development
Reference number: AGRI-2016-EVAL-03
II.1.2)Main CPV code79310000 Market research services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
Framework contract for evaluation studies analysing the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency (including administrative burden), coherence and added value of the CAP-measures contributing to the general objective of balanced territorial development.
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: 3 496 460.63 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)77100000 Agricultural services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: 00 Not specified
Main site or place of performance:
Delivery will usually be at the contractor's location.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The contracting authority aims to establish a framework contract with a single contractor for a period of 6 years in order to evaluate one of three general objectives of the common agriculture policy as specified in article 110 of the regulation (EU) nº 1306/2013.
II.2.5)Award criteriaQuality criterion - Name: quality / Weighting: 60
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: no
II.2.14)Additional information
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
Contract No: AGRI-2017-0319
Title:
Framework contract for the evaluation studies of CAP measures contributing to the general objectives of balanced territorial development
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:19/12/2017
V.2.2)Information about tendersNumber of tenders received: 8
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: Aide à la décision economique S.A. (ADE)
National registration number: BE0439825021
Postal address: rue de Clairvaux 40, Box 101
Town: Louvain-la-Neuve
NUTS code:
BE31 Prov. Brabant WallonPostal code: 1348
Country: Belgium
E-mail:
ade@ade.euThe contractor is an SME: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: University of Gloucestershire
National registration number: GB886143987
Postal address: The park
Town: Cheltenham
NUTS code: UKK13 Gloucestershire
Postal code: GL50 2RH
Country: United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: ÖIR
National registration number: ATU66911023
Postal address: Franz-Josefs-Kai 27
Town: Wien
NUTS code: AT13 Wien
Postal code: 1010
Country: Austria
The contractor is an SME: yes
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 3 500 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 3 496 460.63 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 41 %
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
The contracting authority reserves the right to supplement the framework contract by new services consisting in the repetition of similar services entrusted to the economic operator awarded the initial contract within 3 years following its conclusion, on the basis of Article 134(1)(e) of the commission delegated regulation (EU) nº 1268/2012. Such new services cannot account for more than 50 % of the initial contract amount.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
You may submit any observations concerning the award procedure to the contracting authority indicated under heading I.1.
If you believe that there was maladministration, you may lodge a complaint to the European Ombudsman within 2 years of the date when you became aware of the facts on which the complaint is based (see http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu ). Such complaint does not have as an effect either to suspend the time limit to launch an appeal or to open a new period for lodging an appeal. Within 2 months of the notification of the award decision you may lodge an appeal to the body referred to in VI.4.1.
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:12/01/2018