Results of the procurement procedure
Legal Basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046
Section I: Contracting authority
I.2)Information about joint procurementThe contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4)Type of the contracting authorityEuropean institution/agency or international organisation
I.5)Main activityGeneral public services
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Environmental Claims in the EU: Inventory and Reliability Assessment
Reference number: ENV.B.1/SER /2019/0018
II.1.2)Main CPV code90700000 Environmental services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
The objective of the assignment is to provide information on the current state of play on the presence of misleading environmental claims in the EU, both on non-food and food and drinks markets at the level of products (goods and services) and marketing strategies. To enable this investigation, the contractor will generate an inventory of green claims and identify the share of misleading claims within these.
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)Value excluding VAT: 497 950.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: 00 Not specified
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
See internet address provided in Section I.3).
II.2.5)Award criteriaQuality criterion - Name: Quality of the proposed methodology / Weighting: 60
Quality criterion - Name: Organisation of the work and allocation of resources / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Quality control measures / Weighting: 20
Price - Weighting: 50/50
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Identification of the project:
07 02 01 (Life Op.) Contributing to a greener and more resource-efficient economy and to the development and implementation of Union environmental policy and legislation
II.2.14)Additional information
Please note this was previously published in the PIN OJ 2019/S 057 — 130610 with a different title: ‘Environmental Footprint — Assessment of the Reliability of Green Claims in EU’
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen 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 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: 070201/2019/815369/SER/ENV.B.1
Title:
Environmental Claims in the EU: Inventory and Reliability Assessment
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:29/11/2019
V.2.2)Information about tendersNumber of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: Milieu Consulting SPRL
Postal address: Chaussée de Charleroi 112
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE BELGIQUE-BELGIË
Postal code: 1060
Country: Belgium
The contractor is an SME: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: IPSOS NV
Postal address: Grote Steenweg 110
Town: Berchem
NUTS code: BE BELGIQUE-BELGIË
Postal code: 2600
Country: Belgium
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: 500 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 497 950.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 17 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
4.59 % + 6.22 % + 1.9 % + 1.9 % + 1.9 % =16.51
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
In line with Article 11.1(e) of the Annex to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, the contracting authority may use the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice, regardless of the estimated value of the contract for new services or works consisting in the repetition of similar services or works entrusted to the economic operator to which the same contracting authority awarded an original contract, provided that those services or works are in conformity with a basic project for which the original contract was awarded after publication of a contract notice, subject to the conditions set out in point 11.4.
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
See internet address provided in Section I.3) – invitation document.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:03/12/2019