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Services - 45279-2018
01/02/2018    S22

Belgium-Brussels: Cross-Cutting Activities — Human Capital

2018/S 022-045279

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: Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking
Postal address: avenue de la Toison d'Or 56–60
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Postal code: 1060
Country: Belgium
E-mail: procurement@s2r.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://shift2rail.org/
Address of the buyer profile: https://shift2rail.org/participate/procurement/
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activity
Other activity: Railway research and development

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:

Cross-Cutting Activities — Human Capital

Reference number: S2R.2017.NP.03
II.1.2)Main CPV code
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

Analyse the skills that the railway sector will need in the future, which links to the question of long-term transport needs. Assess the skills that will be needed, and analyse the gaps. Propose adapted strategies and tools (including training) to fill these gaps, and ensure increased flexibility of railway staff.

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: 200 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

See section II.1.4 above.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Rationale and Strategy/Timetable and quality check/Organisation of work, expertise and composition and functioning of the proposed team / Weighting: 70
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: yes
Identification of the project: Horizon 2020
II.2.14)Additional information

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below
  • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
Explanation:

The circumstances which justify the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice under Article 134(1)(a) of the Rules of Application are: no suitable tenders have been submitted in response to the open procedure S2R.2016.OP.02 and after the initial procedure has been completed with the publication of a cancellation notice in the EU Official journal (ref: 017/S 011-015630 of 17/01/2017).

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: no
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S: 2017/S 011-015630
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: S2R.2017.NP.03
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
21/12/2017
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research-TNO
National registration number: 002875718
Postal address: Anna van Buerenplein 1
Town: Den Haag
NUTS code: NL NEDERLAND
Postal code: 2592 DA
Country: Netherlands
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: University of Newcastle upon Tyne
National registration number: GB499672470
Postal address: King’s Gate
Town: New Castle upon Tyne
NUTS code: UK UNITED KINGDOM
Postal code: NE1 7RU
Country: United Kingdom
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:
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 4303-2100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

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) within 2 months of notice of the award decision, you may launch an action for annulment of the award decision. Any request you may make and any reply from us, or any complaint for maladministration, will have neither the purpose nor the effect of suspending the time-limit for launching an action for annulment or of opening a new period for launching an action for annulment. The body responsible for hearing annulment procedures is indicated in Section VI.4.1.

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
25/01/2018