Results of the procurement procedure
Legal Basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046
Procurement award procedure applying to European Union external actions financed from the general budget of the European Union and the European Development Fund (EDF)
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: European Union, represented by the European Commission
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE100 Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Postal code: B-1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: NEAR-2021-TENDER-IFICO4@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/node_en
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:
Horizontal coordination support under the Western Balkans Investment Framework - International Financial Institutions Coordination Office (IFICO 4)
Reference number: NEAR/2021/EA-RP/0034
II.1.2)Main CPV code79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
Provide administrative, technical, monitoring and evaluation, visibility and communication support to the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) Secretariat and to the WBIF governing bodies, beneficiaries and other WBIF stakeholders (EC, IFIs, bilateral donors, etc.).
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: 12 802 250.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
75100000 Administration services
80500000 Training services
72200000 Software programming and consultancy services
79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: 1A Kosovo
NUTS code: AL Shqipëria
NUTS code: BA Bosnia And Herzegovina
NUTS code: ME Црна Гора / Crna Gora
NUTS code: MK Северна Македонија / Severna Makedonija
NUTS code: RS Srbija/Сpбија / Serbia
Main site or place of performance:
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo * UN resolution (Region IPA instrument)
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Horizontal coordination support under the Western Balkans Investment Framework - International Financial Institutions Coordination Office (IFICO 4)
II.2.5)Award criteriaQuality criterion - Name: Organisation and methodology and Key experts / Weighting: 80%
Price - Weighting: 20%
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:
PreAccession Countries / New Member States
II.2.14)Additional information
Subsequent to the initial contract resulting from the current tender procedure, new services or works consisting in the repetition of similar services or works, up to the estimated amount of 15500000, may be entrusted to the initial contractor by negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice, provided the new services or works are in conformity with the same basic project.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureRestricted 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: no
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedureNotice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 070-177230
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: 2021/431-208
Title:
Horizontal coordination support under the Western Balkans Investment Framework - International Financial Institutions Coordination Office (IFICO 4)
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:28/12/2021
V.2.2)Information about tendersNumber of tenders received: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zussamenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
National registration number: HRB 12394
Postal address: Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5
Town: Eschborn
NUTS code: DE Deutschland
Postal code: 65726
Country: Germany
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: Mott Macdonald Romania SRL
National registration number: J40/9360/1998
Postal address: Traian 246, ĖT 3, APT 5, Sector2
Town: Bucharest
NUTS code: RO România
Postal code: 024046
Country: Romania
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: 15 500 000.00 EUR
Total value of the contract/lot: 12 802 250.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be subcontracted
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
The contract is awarded to the second best tenderer as the initial awarded tenderer could not maintain its offer.
Names of short-listed candidates:
1. DAI Global Belgium SRL (BE) in consortium with D.M.I. (FR)
2. Deloitte Consulting & Advisory BV (BE) in consortium with Tetra Tech International Development B.V (NL) / WYG Savjetovanje d.o.o (HR) / SYSTEMA Transport Planning Consultants SM Ltd (EL)
3. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zussamenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (DE) in consortium with Mott MacDonald Romania SRL (RO)
4. IBF International Consulting SA (BE) in consortium with Corporate Solutions Consulting Limited (UK)
5. KPMG d.o.o. Beograd (RS) in consortium with Arup d.o.o. Beograd (RS) / Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency (SIEA) (SK)
6. Particip GmbH (DE) in consortium with Kommunalkredit Public Consulting GmbH (AT) / LDK Consultants Global EEIG (BE) / VO Europe S.A. (BE)
7. PwC EU Services EESV (BE) in consortium with PricewaterhouseCoopers d.o.o. Beograd (RS) / PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (UK) / NIRAS SR d.o.o. (RS) / Comtrade System Integration d.o.o. Beograd (RS)
8. Stantec sa/nv (BE) in consortium with Louis Berger SAS (FR)
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review bodyOfficial name: General Court of the European Union
Postal address: Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town: Luxembourg
Postal code: 2925
Country: Luxembourg
E-mail: GC.Registry@curia.europa.eu
Telephone: +352 4303-1
Internet address: http://curia.europa.eu
VI.4.3)Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Please consult the procurement documents available at the address indicated in Section I.3.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:14/02/2022
http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:86299-2022:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0&tabId=2