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Services - 399655-2017
11/10/2017    S195

Belgium-Brussels: Work on the implementation of the EU ecolabel scheme in the area of stakeholder representation (3 lots)

2017/S 195-399655

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 Environment, SRD.2 — Finance
Postal address: BU-9 01/005
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE BELGIQUE-BELGIË
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
Contact person: Markets Team
E-mail: env-tenders@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/funding/calls_en.htm
I.2)Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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:

Work on the implementation of the EU ecolabel scheme in the area of stakeholder representation (3 lots).

Reference number: ENV.B.1/SER/2017/0003.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
90700000 Environmental services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

Participation of various stakeholder groups within the EU Eco-labelling Board (EUEB) is required by Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council. These groups (SMEs, consumers and environmental NGOs) should submit written positions on the various points of discussion at such meetings. They are also expected to nominate technical representatives to participate in ad hoc working group meetings on the different product groups which are under development or revision.

Promotion of the EU ecolabel through their various umbrella organisations is deemed essential in order to increase general awareness of the scheme.

II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: 200 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:

Implementation of the EU ecolabel scheme in the area of stakeholder representation — lot 3: stakeholder representation: environmental NGOs

Lot No: 3
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
90700000 Environmental services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: 00 Not specified
Main site or place of performance:

‘Extra muros’.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

Participation of various stakeholder groups within the EU Eco-labelling Board (EUEB) is required by Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council. These groups (SMEs, consumers and environmental NGOs) should submit written positions on the various points of discussion at such meetings. They are also expected to nominate technical representatives to participate in ad hoc working group meetings on the different product groups which are under development or revision.

Promotion of the EU ecolabel through their various umbrella organisations is deemed essential in order to increase general awareness of the scheme.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality of the proposed methodology / Weighting: 40
Quality criterion - Name: Organisation of the work and allocation of resources / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Quality control measures / Weighting: 30
Price - Weighting: 50/50
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

This was previously published in the PIN OJ 2017/S 044-079856 of 3.3.2017 with a slightly different title ‘Implementation of the EU ecolabel scheme in the area of stakeholder representation’.

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
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 088-171193
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: 070201/2017/762130/SER/ENV.B.1
Lot No: 3
Title:

Implementation of the EU ecolabel scheme in the area of stakeholder representation — lot 3: stakeholder representation: environmental NGOs

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
25/09/2017
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
Postal address: boulevard de Waterloo 34
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE BELGIQUE-BELGIË
Postal code: 1000
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: 200 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 200 000.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)Additional information:

In line with Article 134.1.e) of the rules of application to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2015/1929 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28.10.2015 (Financial Regulation), during the 3 years following conclusion of the original contract, the contracting authority will be able to use the negotiated procedure for additional services (without prior publication of a contract notice) for new services or works consisting in the repetition of similar services or works entrusted to the economic operator to which the same contracting authority awarded an original contract, provided that these services or works are in conformity with a basic project for which the original contract was awarded after publication of a contract notice, subject to the conditions set out in paragraph 4 of Article 134.

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 4303-1
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.4.1.

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
29/09/2017