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18/01/2023    S13

Belgium-Brussels: My Trade Assistant for Services and Investment: Procurement of Information and Data Regarding the Export of Services and Investment to Third Country Markets

2023/S 013-033276

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Services

Legal Basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade (TRADE), TRADE.B – Asia (I), Services and Digital Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property
Postal address: Rue de la Loi 170
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: trade-contracts@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://ec.europa.eu/trade/trade-policy-and-you/calls-for-tender/
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:

My Trade Assistant for Services and Investment: Procurement of Information and Data Regarding the Export of Services and Investment to Third Country Markets

Reference number: TRADE/2022/OP/0003
II.1.2)Main CPV code
72319000 Data supply services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

Framework contract to cover services related to the procurement of information and data. The project aims at providing information to EU suppliers that are interested in exporting services outside the EU. This information will be displayed in a new dynamic and interactive online tool (a ‘trade assistant’), which will be integrated in the Access2Markets portal. The information and data that the contractor will be required to collect and provide concern various requirements that EU suppliers need to fulfil to export services outside the EU, as well as some additional information, in different sectors and third countries. They will need to be supplied in a format compatible with Access2Markets and presented in a user-friendly manner. The project will consist of both research and data collection as well as IT-related work.

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: 4 000 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
72319000 Data supply services
71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services
72316000 Data analysis services
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
72314000 Data collection and collation services
72320000 Database services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Main site or place of performance:

Please consult the procurement documents available at the address indicated in Section I.3) of the contract notice.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

My trade assistant for services and investment: procurement of information and data regarding the export of services and investment to third country markets.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality award criteria as laid down in the procurement documents / Weighting: 70
Price - Weighting: 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: no
II.2.14)Additional information

Please consult the procurement documents available at the address indicated 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: 2022/S 100-275635
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: TRADE/2022/OP/0003
Title:

My Trade Assistant for Services and Investment: Procurement of Information and Data Regarding the Export of Services and Investment to Third Country Markets

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
01/12/2022
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: WTI Advisors SARL
National registration number: 847766292
Postal address: 250B boulevard Saint Germain
Town: Paris
NUTS code: FR1 Ile-de-France
Postal code: 75007
Country: France
The contractor is an SME: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: WTI Advisors LTD
Postal address: John Eccles House, Robert Robinson Avenue, Oxford Science Park
Town: Oxford
NUTS code: UK United Kingdom
Postal code: OX4 4GP
Country: United Kingdom
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: 4 000 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 4 000 000.00 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: 7 %

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)Additional information:

Please consult the procurement documents available at the address indicated in Section I.3).

VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review body
Official name: General Court of the European Union
Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: L-2925
Country: Luxembourg
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Please consult the procurement documents available at the address indicated in Section I.3) in the contract notice.

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
11/01/2023