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15/12/2018    S242

Belgium-Brussels: Renewable Cooling under the Revised Renewable Energy Directive

2018/S 242-552117

Contract notice

Services

Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy
Postal address: Rue Demot 24-26 (DM24 4/135)
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: ENER-TENDER-2018-493@EC.EUROPA.EU
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/home
I.3)Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=4201
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=4201
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activity
Other activity: Energy

Section II: Object

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

Renewable Cooling under the Revised Renewable Energy Directive

Reference number: ENER/C1/2018-493
II.1.2)Main CPV code
73210000 Research consultancy services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

The study will have to assess the economic, social and environmental impacts of the proposed renewable cooling definition and methodologies for calculating renewable energy quantities and shares from cooling. In this context, it will especially have to analyse the impact on the baseline of the renewable energy shares in 2020; the expected contribution to the 2030 EU renewable target, and the contribution to the national renewable energy shares under the new EU Governance Regulation and the revised Renewable Energy Directive.

II.1.5)Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 400 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: BE BELGIQUE-BELGIË
Main site or place of performance:

The tasks will be performed on the contractor's premises. Meeting between the contractor and the Commission will be held on Commission premises in Brussels.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The objective of the study will be to:

— overview cooling technologies and their technological development trends,

— establish current cooling demand and how that demand will evolve until 2030 and beyond by at least until 2050,

— overview and present possible renewable cooling technologies and their technological development,

— examine in detail to what extent heat pumps and district cooling can provide renewable cooling,

— elaborate options for defining renewable cooling consistent with the revised renewable energy directive and options for the possible methodologies to calculate the renewable energy shares,

— assess the economic, social and environmental impacts, costs and benefits of the possible renewable cooling definitions and related calculation and statistical reporting methodologies based on quantitative and qualitative analysis,

— provide reasoned recommendation for selecting a suitable renewable cooling definition and calculation methodologies based on technical suitability, legal requirements in the renewable energy directive, the quantified and qualified comparison of the impacts, costs and benefits of the options,

— provide the calculation equations for the recommended methodologies,

— provide recommendations as regards how statistical reporting can be put in place for renewable cooling taking into account the EU energy statistics framework,

— ensure consistency with and provide insight into the relationship with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, the EU Ecodesign framework and F-gas Regulation,

— help the implementation of the revised Renewable Energy Directive, in particular as regards the achievement of the EU 2030 target (Article 3), the calculation of the renewable energy shares (Article 7), the provisions related to heating and cooling (Article 23) and district heating and cooling (Article 24).

II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 400 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 18
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
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:

H2020 work programme 2018-2020

II.2.14)Additional information

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

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.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 01/02/2019
Local time: 16:00
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
English
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 04/02/2019
Local time: 10:00
Place:

Directorate-general for Energy, Unit C/1, rue De Mot 24, 1040 Brussels, Belgium

Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:

Tenderers may attend the meeting but be represented by not more than 1 person. At the end of the opening session, the Chairman of the opening committee will indicate the name of the tenderers and the decision concerning the admissibility of each offer received. The prices mentioned in the bids will not be communicated.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.3)Additional information:
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: 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.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
Official name: The European Ombudsman
Postal address: 1 avenue du Président Robert Schuman, P.O. Box 403
Town: Strasbourg
Postal code: 67001
Country: France
E-mail: eo@ombudsman.europa.eu
Telephone: +33 3881-72313
Fax: +33 3881-79062
Internet address: http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu
VI.4.3)Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Within 2 months of the notification letter informing about the result of the tender or, failing this, the date on which the claimant was informed thereof. The lodging of the complaint with the European Ombudsman can neither suspend the deadline nor give rise to a new deadline.

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: General Court of the European Union
Postal address: rue du Fort Nidergerünewald
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.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
04/12/2018