Services - 520872-2021
15/10/2021    S201

Belgium-Brussels: Support Services on Deforestation, EU Timber Regulation and FLEGT Regulation

2021/S 201-520872

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Services

Legal Basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment (ENV)
Postal address: ENV.A.5 – Finance, BU 9 01/005
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: env-tenders@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/funding/calls_en.htm
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:

Support Services on Deforestation, EU Timber Regulation and FLEGT Regulation

Reference number: ENV/2020/OP/0039
II.1.2)Main CPV code
90700000 Environmental services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

The object of this contract is to:

1. Provide support to the European Commission and the EU Member States in implementing the EU Communication on ‘Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests’ (‘Deforestation Communication’); and

2. Provide support to the European Commission and the EU Member States in the implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation and the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Regulation.

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: 1 800 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
90700000 Environmental services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: BE Belgique / België
Main site or place of performance:

The contractor's premises.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

Support services on deforestation, EU Timber Regulation and FLEGT Regulation.

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: 20
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: yes
Identification of the project:

07 02 02 (Life Op.) Halting and reversing biodiversity loss.

II.2.14)Additional information

This was previously published in the PIN OJ S 059-140463 with a slightly different title 'Deforestation, EUTR (EU Timber Regulation) and FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and Support Services'.

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: 2020/S 223-547635
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: 09.029901/2021/845573/SER/ENV.F.3
Title:

Support Services on Deforestation, EU Timber Regulation and FLEGT Regulation

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
05/03/2021
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: WCMC (Europe) asbl
Postal address: Rue d’Edimbourg 26
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE Belgique / België
Postal code: 1050
Country: Belgium
The contractor is an SME: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: WCMC LBG
Postal address: Huntingdon road 219
Town: Cambridge
NUTS code: UK United Kingdom
Postal code: CB3 0DL
Country: United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Institute For European Environmental Policy AISBL
Postal address: Rue Joseph II 36-38
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE Belgique / België
Postal code: 1000
Country: Belgium
The contractor is an SME: yes
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 1 800 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 1 800 000.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)Additional information:

See internet address provided in Section I.3).

VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review body
Official name: General Court of the European Union
Postal address: Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: L-2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: GC.Registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

See internet address provided in Section I.3).

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
08/10/2021