Services - 397379-2017
10/10/2017    S194

Belgium-Brussels: Technical expertise to support the Commission on issues relating to an antitrust case in the IT sector

2017/S 194-397379

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 Competition
Postal address: MADO 13/028
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: COMP-TENDERS@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/
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:

Technical expertise to support the Commission on issues relating to an antitrust case in the IT sector.

Reference number: COMP/2017/012.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics - RC05
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

Technical expertise to support the Commission on issues relating to an antitrust case in the IT sector. For further information, please see Internet address provided in Section I.3 of the contract notice.

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: 10 000 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
Main site or place of performance:

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

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 of the proposed methodology / Weighting: 50
Quality criterion - Name: Organisation of the work / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Quality control measures / Weighting: 30
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

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

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
Accelerated procedure
Justification:

The accelerated procedure is justified by the need for the Commission to contract external experts within a very short time-frame in order to ensure that it has at its disposal all necessary technical expertise to support it in the case concerned.

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: 2017/S 121-244258
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: COMP/2017/012
Title:

Technical expertise to support the Commission on issues relating to an antitrust case in the IT sector

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
26/09/2017
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: KPMG LLP
Town: London
NUTS code: UKI LONDON
Country: United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Mavens Limited
Town: London
NUTS code: UKI LONDON
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: 10 000 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 10 000 000.00 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: Luxemburg
Postal code: 2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: GeneralCourt.Registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Fax: +352 4303-2100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

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

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
28/09/2017