Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s) I.2)Type of the contracting authorityEuropean institution/agency or international organisation
I.3)Main activityGeneral public services
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authoritiesThe contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Review of the published exposure data on pesticides for residents and bystanders and for environmental risk assessment.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceServices
Service category No 8: Research and development services
NUTS code
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The purpose of this assignment is to collect all data published in the last 25 years (from 1.1.1990 onwards) on:
— resident and bystander exposure to pesticides, including references made in the public consultation to the EFSA GD and the collection and analysis of data produced and available to international organisations (e.g. US EPA),
— daily air concentrations of substances based on vapour pressure,
— drift values from spray, seed and granular applications through collection and analysis of published papers and other data available through e.g. grey literature,
— dislodgeable foliar residue (DFR) through collection and analysis of published papers and other data available through e.g. grey literature.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy 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)Value: 180 168 EUR
Excluding VAT
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteriaThe most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Quality. Weighting 50
2. Price. Weighting 50
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
OC/EFSA/PRAS/2015/05 Review of the published exposure data on pesticides for residents and bystanders and for environmental risk assessment.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: OC/EFSA/PRAS/2015/05 V.1)Date of contract award decision:17.12.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 5
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenOfficial name: University of Hertfordshire
Postal address: College Lane
Town: Hatfield
Postal code: AL10 9AB
Country: United Kingdom
V.4)Information on value of contractInitial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 250 000 EUR
Excluding VAT
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 180 168 EUR
Excluding VAT
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 appealsPrecise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: You may submit any observations concerning the award procedure to the contracting authority 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.3.1.
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:23.12.2015