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Services - 61626-2023

31/01/2023    S22

Belgium-Brussels: Cloud II DPS 1 for Cloud Services (2023 Q1)

2023/S 022-061626

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 Informatics (DIGIT), Directorate A: Strategy and Resources, Unit A3: ICT Procurement and Contracts
Postal address: Rue de la loi 107, L-107 013/DCS
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
Contact person: DIGIT Contracts Info Centre
E-mail: digit-contracts-info-centre@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/informatics_en
Address of the buyer profile: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/tenders/tender-opportunities-department/tender-opportunities-informatics_en
I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: See the list of participating entities in the procurement documents
Postal address: Rue de la loi 107, L-107 013/DCS
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
Contact person: DIGIT Contracts Info Centre
E-mail: digit-contracts-info-centre@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/informatics_en
Address of the buyer profile: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/tenders/tender-opportunities-department/tender-opportunities-informatics_en
I.2)Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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:

Cloud II DPS 1 for Cloud Services (2023 Q1)

Reference number: DIGIT A3 PR 2018 035
II.1.2)Main CPV code
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

Acquisition of Cloud services in the field of multi-tenant infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS).

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: 18 900 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: BE Belgique / België
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The provision of multi-tenant IaaS/PaaS where the contracting authority has the capability to deploy applications onto the Cloud infrastructure supported by the contractor.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality criteria / 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:

EU administrative appropriations.

II.2.14)Additional information

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
A dynamic purchasing system was set up
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: 2019/S 154-378801
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: 196873
Title:

Contract 196873 (Cloud II DPS 1 MC8)

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:
27/10/2022
V.2.2)Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL
Postal address: 38, avenue John F. Kennedy
Town: Luxembourg
NUTS code: LU Luxembourg
Country: Luxembourg
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: 18 900 000.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)Additional information:

Apart from the European Commission, several other EU institutions participated as contracting authorities under Cloud II at the time of the award. For details see internet address provided in Section I.3) of the notice referred to in IV.2.1).

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
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Fax: +352 4303-2100
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu/
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Official name: European Commission, Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT), Directorate A: Strategy and Resources, Unit A3: ICT Procurement and Contracts
Postal address: Rue de la loi 107, L-107 013/DCS
Town: Brussels
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: digit-contracts-info-centre@ec.europa.eu
Internet address: https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/informatics_en
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
24/01/2023