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 activityGeneral public services
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
The potential of spatial planning for protection and management of the Natura 2000 network.
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 general task of the contract is to contribute to a better understanding of how spatial planning can support meeting the objectives of the Natura 2000 network and as such contribute to halting the loss of biodiversity and restoration of ecosystem services (objectives of the biodiversity strategy). In addition, this contract aims at presenting best practices with regard to reconciling the goals of other EU policies with the objectives of nature protection in so much as spatial planning aspects are concerned. This general task will be achieved through the specific tasks: preparation of a study on spatial planning and Natura 2000, collection and presentation of the case studies and examples of best practice, organisation of a workshop, participation in the Commission working groups.
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: 190 478 EUR
Excluding VAT
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 60
2. Organisation of the work. Weighting 30
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.B.3/ETU/2015/0007.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 07.0202/2015/716477/ETU/ENV.B.3 V.1)Date of contract award decision:12.11.2015
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 12
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenOfficial name: Alterra, institute within the legal entity Stichting DLO
Postal address: Droevendaalsesteeg 4
Town: Wageningen
Postal code: 6708 PB
Country: Netherlands
V.4)Information on value of contractInitial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 200 000 EUR
Excluding VAT
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 190 478 EUR
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of months: 15
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: yes
Value or proportion of the contract likely to be sub-contracted to third parties:
Proportion: 35 %
Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be sub-contracted: 12 % + 11 % + 12 %.
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 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25.10.2012 (Financial Regulation), 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.
Please note this was published in the PIN OJ 2015/S 38-064198 of 24.2.2015 with a budget of 200 000 EUR it is now a range between 170 000 EUR and 200 000 EUR.
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: 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.3.1.
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:13.11.2015