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 activityEnvironment
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
Establishment of a peer review mechanism for the improvement of Water Framework Directive implementation.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceServices
Service category No 12: Architectural services; engineering services and integrated engineering services; urban planning and landscape engineering services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: 'Extra muros'.
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 Water Framework Directive (WFD) introduced in 2000 many new concepts and governance and technical challenges in an integrated approach to sustainable water management. A lot of effort has been put by Member States into the development of the first river basin management plans (RBMPs), and knowledge of water status has considerably improved. However, the Commission's 2012 assessment of the RBMPs has shown important differences in implementation levels across the EU and more efforts are needed to ensure the achievement of the WFD objectives in the 2015, 2021 and 2027 planning cycles. The Commission, in the 2012 blueprint proposed, in the framework of the CIS, to set up a simple and voluntary peer review system, which was endorsed by EU Water Directors. Against this background, the call for service aim is to set up a simple, voluntary and targeted system to allow mutual learning between competent authorities (the peers) about WFD implementation and river basin management planning. The final output of this mechanism is the improvement of the WFD implementation across river basin districts (RBD) by sharing experience between various MS. In order to achieve this, the specific objective of this call for tender is to establish a secretariat for the peer review process.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)90700000 Environmental services
II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)Value: 232 435 EUR
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 of the proposed methodology. Weighting 50
2. Organisation of the work. Weighting 40
3. Quality control measures. Weighting 10
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
ENV.C.1/SER/2014/0005.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract Section V: Award of contract
V.1)Date of contract award decision:15.9.2014
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 7
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenOfficial name: Office International de l'Eau in consortium with National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management, and Mediterranean Network of Basin Organisations
Postal address: 21 rue de Madrid
Town: Paris
Postal code: 75008
Country: France
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: 232 435 EUR
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of months: 24
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:
In line with Article 134.1(f) of the rules of application to the Financial Regulation No 966/2012 of 25.10.2012, during the 3 years following conclusion of the original contract, the contracting authority will be able to use the exceptional negotiated procedure for additional services (without prior publication of a contract notice) consisting in the repetition of similar services (up to a maximum of 50 % of the original contract value) entrusted to the economic operator awarded the initial contract by the same contracting authority.
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: Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff, or, in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to the knowledge of the plaintiff. A complaint to the European Ombudsman does not have as an effect either to suspend this period or to open a new period for lodging appeals.
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:22.9.2014