Are you an ambitious procurement expert with recent publications? Check out the TED Ambassador award, our competition that aims to identify and reward research in the field of public procurement. Apply here by 28 April 2023.

Services - 248833-2019

29/05/2019    S103

Belgium-Brussels: Service Contract on Big Data and B2B Platforms: the Next Big Opportunity for Europe

2019/S 103-248833

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: The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
Postal address: Covent Garden 2, Place Charles Rogier 16, Office 12/012
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: easme-procurement@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://ec.europa.eu/EASME
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object

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

Service Contract on Big Data and B2B Platforms: the Next Big Opportunity for Europe

Reference number: EASME/COSME/2018/004
II.1.2)Main CPV code
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

EASME wishes to enter into a service contract whose objective is to accelerate the growth of the data-driven economy and stimulate strategic investments, to allow European enterprises, notably SMEs to reap the full benefits of the digital world. This contract aims at accelerating the uptake of big data and support the establishment of B2B platforms in Europe in order to help the European economy and society take full advantage of the fourth industrial revolution and minimise its risks.

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: 2 173 485.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: BE1 RÉGION DE BRUXELLES-CAPITALE / BRUSSELS HOOFDSTEDELIJK GEWEST
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
Main site or place of performance:

The tasks are to be performed at the premises designated by the contractor, save where meetings are to be held at EASME's or the European Commission’s premises.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

EASME wishes to enter into a service contract whose objective is to accelerate the growth of the data-driven economy and stimulate strategic investments, to allow European enterprises, notably SMEs to reap the full benefits of the digital world. This contract aims at accelerating the uptake of big data and support the establishment of B2B platforms in Europe in order to help the European economy and society take full advantage of the fourth industrial revolution and minimise its risks. The work will be organised in three work packages (WPs):

WP 1: Prove the business case for ‘fair and equal’ data sharing for cooperative, connected and automated mobility;

WP 2: Explore the feasibility of, pilot, promote and stimulate strategic investments in high-impact healthcare related projects;

WP 3: Demonstration and dissemination of results.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Overall quality of the tender / Weighting: 50
Quality criterion - Name: Organisation of work / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Quality control measures / Weighting: 20
Price - Weighting: 70/30
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: yes
Identification of the project:

Work Programme

II.2.14)Additional information

Commission implementing decision of 8.11.2016 ‘on the adoption of the Work Programme for 2017 and the financing for the implementation of the Programme for the competitiveness of enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises’ C(2016) 7033 final.

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: no
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S: 2018/S 075-166085
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: EASME/COSME/2018/004
Title:

Service Contract on Big Data and B2B Platforms: the Next Big Opportunity for Europe

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
20/12/2018
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 7
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Wavestone Advisors
Postal address: 92042
Town: Paris la Défence
NUTS code: FR101 Paris
Country: France
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Institute of Communication and Computer Systems of the National Technical University of Athens (ICCS-NTUA)
Postal address: 10682
Town: Athens
NUTS code: EL30 Aττική
Country: Greece
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Postal address: 1000
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE BELGIQUE-BELGIË
Country: Belgium
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
Town: The Hague
NUTS code: NL33 Zuid-Holland
Postal code: 2595
Country: Netherlands
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: KOMIS
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Postal code: 1000
Country: Belgium
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: 2 400 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 2 173 485.00 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
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: GeneralCourt.Registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +35 243031
Fax: +35 243032100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
22/05/2019