Results of the procurement procedure
Legal Basis:
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: European Commission, Directorate-General for Budget (BUDG), BUDG.E.4 - Policy and Legal Coordination
Postal address: rue Montoyer, 15
Town: Brussels
NUTS code: BE1 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Postal code: 1049
Country: Belgium
E-mail: BUDG-MAILBOX-E04-1@ec.europa.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/budget_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:Reference number: BUDG/LUX/2021/NP/0007
II.1.2)Main CPV code66150000 Financial markets administration services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
In order to borrow on the markets, the Commission as the Union's issuer needs a rating by the major international credit rating agencies.
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: 1 286 000.00 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)66150000 Financial markets administration services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: BE Belgique / België
NUTS code: LU Luxembourg
II.2.4)Description of the procurement: II.2.5)Award criteriaPrice
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: no
II.2.14)Additional information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureAward of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
Pursuant to Article 164(5)(f) FR, the use of a negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice, in the clearly defined exceptional circumstances set out in Annex I (point 11.1) FR is proposed: ‘where the works, supplies or services can only be provided by a single economic operator under the conditions set out in point 11.3 and for any of the following reasons: [...] (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons’. This provision concerns the exceptional situation where there is only one particular service provider, when no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters when defining the procurement. The services required by the EC can only be provided by Fitch Ratings Ltd. The Commission needs to access these services that can be provided only by a single operator in the situation laid down under point 11.1 of Annex I FR.
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.2.8)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
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:22/11/2021
V.2.2)Information about tendersNumber of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: Fitch Ratings Ltd
Postal address: 30 North Colonnade
Town: London
NUTS code: UK United Kingdom
Postal code: E14 5GN
Country: United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME: no
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)Total value of the contract/lot: 1 286 000.00 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
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: 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 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:29/11/2021
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