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Services - 24631-2018
19/01/2018    S13

Belgium-Brussels: Pilot project: Restructuring the honey bee chain and Varroa resistance breeding and selection programme

2018/S 013-024631

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
Postal address: rue de la Loi /Wetstraat 130 Office: L-130 10/037
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
Contact person: Head of Unit DG AGRI C.4
E-mail: agri-evaluation@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 22962249
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/evaluation/index_en.htm
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activity
Other activity: Agriculture and rural development

Section II: Object

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

Pilot project: Restructuring the honey bee chain and Varroa resistance breeding and selection programme

Reference number: AGRI-2017-EVAL-05
II.1.2)Main CPV code
79310000 Market research services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

Pilot project: Restructuring the honey bee chain and Varroa resistance breeding and selection programme.

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: 899 200.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
77100000 Agricultural services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS 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 contract with a single contractor for a period of 42 months in order to conclude a pilot project on restructuring the honey bee chain and Varroa resistance breeding and selection programme.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: quality / Weighting: 60
Price - Weighting: 40
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: 2017/S 135-275949
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-2017-0346
Title:

Pilot project: Restructuring the honey bee chain and Varroa resistance breeding and selection programme

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 tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Landesbetrieb Landwirtschaft Hessen (LLH)
Postal address: Erlenstrasse 9
Town: Kirchhain
NUTS code: DE DEUTSCHLAND
Postal code: 35274
Country: Germany
E-mail: ralph.buechler@llh.hessen.de
Telephone: +49 6422940613
Internet address: https://www.llh.hessen.de/bildung/bieneninstitut-kirchhain/
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: ConsulTech GmBH (CT)
National registration number: HRB117154
Postal address: Morgensternstrasse 24
Town: Berlin
NUTS code: DE DEUTSCHLAND
Postal code: D-12207
Country: Germany
Internet address: www.consultech.de
The contractor is an SME: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Institut national de la recherche agronomique - Centre de recherche Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur (INRA)
National registration number: 18007003901803731Z
Postal address: UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement
Town: Avignon
NUTS code: FR FRANCE
Postal code: 84914
Country: France
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA)
Postal address: Via di Saliceto 80
Town: Bologna
NUTS code: IT ITALIA
Postal code: 40128
Country: Italy
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 900 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 899 200.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 22 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:

There are 19 subcontractors foreseen, each of them with an estimated value of the contract of less than 5 %.

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: 2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: generalcourt.registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Internet address: http://www.curia.europa.eu/
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise 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
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
Internet address: http://www.curia.europa.eu/
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
12/01/2018