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Belgium-Brussels: Support for the Natura 2000 biogeographical process

2014/S 248-437394

Contract award notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Official name: European Commission, Directorate-General for the Environment
Postal address: BU 9 01/005
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
Contact person: Markets Team, SRD.2 — Finance
E-mail: env-tenders@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 22960008

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/funding/calls_en.htm

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.3)Main activity
Environment
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The 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
Support for the Natura 2000 biogeographical process.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
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 objective of this contract is to provide support to the Commission in relation to the implementation and further development of the Natura 2000 biogeographical process, including in particular the organisation of steering committee meetings and Natura 2000 seminars, the establishment and implementation of a biogeographical Natura 2000 networking programme, including the organisation of and support to networking events, as well as the compilation of scientific background information in relation to the 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: 860 337 EUR
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Quality of the proposed methodology. Weighting 50
2. Organisation of the work. Weighting 30
3. Quality control measures. Weighting 20
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
ENV.B.3/SER/2014/0009.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior information notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2014/S 34-054570 of 18.2.2014

Contract notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2014/S 79-138014 of 23.4.2014

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 07.0202/2014/691538/SER/ENV.B.3
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
15.12.2014
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 3
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Official name: European Centre for Nature Conservation
Postal address: Reitseplein 3
Town: Tilburg
Postal code: 5037 AA
Country: Netherlands

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 300 000 EUR
Excluding VAT
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 286 779 EUR
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value:
Number of months: 12
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: yes
Value or proportion of the contract likely to be sub-contracted to third parties:
Proportion: 41 %
Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be sub-contracted: 7 % + 7 % + 9,5 % +10 % + 7,5 %.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The 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.

Please note that this was previously published in the PIN OJ 2014/S 34-054570 of 18.2.2014 with the title 'Technical support to the new biogeographical process' and had a budget of 300 000 EUR.

The contract is renewable twice (in total 36 months) for a total amount of 860 337 EUR. The amount for 12 months is 286 779 EUR.
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

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 4303-2100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise 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. 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:
16.12.2014