Results of the procurement procedure
Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.4)Type of the contracting authorityEuropean institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activityGeneral public services
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Study on Opportunity and Feasibility of an EU Blockchain Infrastructure — Smart 2017/0044
Reference number: SMART 2017/0044
II.1.2)Main CPV code73420000 Pre-feasibility study and technological demonstration
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
The EU Commission is looking carefully at blockchain developments with the objective of setting the right conditions for the advent of an open, innovative, trustworthy, transparent, and EU law compliant data and transactional environment.
This feasibility study will be carried out to assess the opportunity, benefits, and challenges of creating at EU level an enabling framework or infrastructure supporting blockchain-based services.
The study will assess if, when and how blockchain technologies may help public authorities to deliver European services and implement policies in an optimized way.
The study will provide a clear understanding of what type of intervention is more suited and on the opportunity, conditions and value added to support a EU blockchain infrastructure.
To do so, the study will examine the existing initiatives at national or local level and will address how to dimension such an infrastructure at EU level, including which services could run on such infrastructure.
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)Value excluding VAT: 219 050.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)73100000 Research and experimental development services
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
73300000 Design and execution of research and development
75110000 General public services
75130000 Supporting services for the government
79310000 Market research services
79419000 Evaluation consultancy services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
See Internet address provided in Section II.1.4.
II.2.5)Award criteriaQuality criterion - Name: Quality of the proposed methodology (to address the technical specifications) / Weighting: 60
Quality criterion - Name: Quality of the proposed resource management / Weighting: 25
Quality criterion - Name: Quality of the proposed quality and risk management / Weighting: 15
Price - Weighting: 40/100
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Identification of the project:
II.2.14)Additional information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen 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: yes
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure 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
Title:
Study on Opportunity and Feasibility of an EU Blockchain Infrastructure — Smart 2017/0044
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:07/08/2018
V.2.2)Information about tendersNumber of tenders received: 16
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 7
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: PwC EU Services EESV
Postal address: Woluwe Garden, Woluwedal 18
Town: Sint-Stevens-Woluwe
NUTS code: BE241 Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde
Postal code: 1932
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: 250 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 219 050.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 27 %
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
You may submit any observations concerning the award procedure to the Contracting Authority using the contact means 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.4.1.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:09/08/2018
