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Services - 311946-2017
09/08/2017    S151

Belgium-Brussels: Common support services for disseminating portfolios of research results

2017/S 151-311946

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 for Research and Innovation, Directorate J, Common Support Centre — Unit J.5, Common service for Horizon 2020 information and data
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE1 RÉGION DE BRUXELLES-CAPITALE / BRUSSELS HOOFDSTEDELIJK GEWEST
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: RTD-PROCUREMENTS-AWARD@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=1945
Address of the buyer profile: http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=tenders-open
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:

Common support services for disseminating portfolios of research results.

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:

The objectives of this framework service contract are to provide project consortia of the framework programmes with the knowledge and skills to better map and target their stakeholders, to bring together results from several projects that are suitable to be disseminated together, forming a portfolio of thematic projects, and to openly disseminate to targeted potential users at European level and beyond. Such dissemination of thematic portfolios of results from a group of project consortia (project group) would offer a wider view to potential users, showing both alternative and complementary results.

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: 700 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: BE BELGIQUE-BELGIË
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

See Internet address provided in Section I.3 of the contract notice.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality and appropriateness of the proposed methodology / Weighting: 40
Quality criterion - Name: Efficiency, quality and usefulness of the case study / Weighting: 40
Quality criterion - Name: Organisation of the work and resources / Weighting: 20
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: yes
Identification of the project: Horizon 2020.
II.2.14)Additional information

See Internet address provided in Section I.3 of the contract notice.

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
The 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
Notice number in the OJ S: 2016/S 202-364577
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: 30-CE-0883071/00-32
Title:

Common support services for disseminating portfolios of research results

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
03/07/2017
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Trust-IT Services LTD
Postal address: Chase Green House, 42 Chase Side, Middlesex, Enfield
Town: London
NUTS code: UK UNITED KINGDOM
Postal code: EN2 6NF
Country: United Kingdom
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: 700 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 700 000.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)Additional information:

See Internet address provided in Section I.3 of the contract notice.

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 43031
Fax: +352 43032100
Internet address: http://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.3.1.

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
28/07/2017