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27/12/2014    S249

Belgium-Brussels: Trade sustainability impact assessment (Trade SIA) on the Environmental Goods Agreement

2014/S 249-440401

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 Trade, Directorate D
Postal address: rue de la Loi 200
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
Contact person: Urszula Stepkowska
For the attention of: Marc Vanheukelen
E-mail: trade-contracts@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 22964117
Fax: +32 22966036

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/trade-policy-and-you/calls-for-tender/

Electronic access to information: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=561

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.3)Main activity
Other: Trade policy.
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
Trade sustainability impact assessment (Trade SIA) on the Environmental Goods Agreement.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 11: Management consulting services [6] and related services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Contractor's premises or elsewhere at the desktop as the analysis will be performed by gathering data to study literature, etc.
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 objective of the SIA is to assess the trade provisions under negotiation that could affect economic, social, environmental and human rights issues in the EU and countries negotiating the Environmental Goods Agreement.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

79419000 Evaluation consultancy 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: 249 900 EUR

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. Coherence of the proposed team. Weighting 40
2. Quality of work plan/methodology. Weighting 45
3. Reliability and appropriateness of proposed local contacts. Weighting 10
4. Management of the project and coordination of the team. Weighting 5
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
TRADE2014/D1/D16.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Contract notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2014/S 188-330937 of 1.10.2014

Section V: Award of contract

V.1)Date of contract award decision:
11.12.2014
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 2
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Official name: Development Solutions Europe Ltd
Country: United Kingdom
Internet address: http://www.development-solutions.eu/

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 250 000 EUR
Excluding VAT
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 249 000 EUR
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

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:

Tenderers can download the tender documents and any possible additional documents and information from DG Trade's Internet site for public procurement http://ec.europa.eu/trade/trade-policy-and-you/calls-for-tender/

The site will be updated regularly and it is the tenderer's responsibility to check for updates and modifications during the tendering period.

The documents are also available via the e-Tendering application by using the following link https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=561

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

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Official name: The European Ombudsman
Postal address: 1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman
Town: Strasbourg
Postal code: 67001
Country: France
E-mail: euro-ombudsman@europarl.europa.eu
Internet address: http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/home.faces

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 the absence thereof, of the day on which it came to the knowledge of the plaintiff. A complaint to the European Ombudsman does not have 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:
17.12.2014