Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Shinfield Park
Reading
RG2 9AX
UK
Contact person: Procurement at ECMWF
E-mail: procurement@ecmwf.int
NUTS: UKJ11
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.ecmwf.int/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
European institution/agency or international organisation
I.5) Main activity
Other: Meteorological Services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Copernicus C3S_427 Sectoral Information System to Support Biodiversity Sector
Reference number: C3S_427
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
ECMWF, as the Entrusted Entity for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), signed a contract for services related to operational service provision in support of the biodiversity sector.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 393 089.91
EUR
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
00
Main site or place of performance:
On contractor's premises.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The objective of this framework agreement is to develop an operational service able to provide relevant climate information, addressing the needs of key users in the assessment of climate change impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems. The service shall be designed to provide high-visibility to the development that is taking place within C3S. The contractor will develop a service that will be integrated into the Climate Data Store (CDS) that is currently being integrated into the overall C3S infrastructure. The biodiversity sectoral information system service will rely upon, and act as a demonstrator of, the functionalities of the CDS and thus will need to be put together using the CDS infrastructure and data contained within the CDS catalogue.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: General
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Track Record
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Quality of Resources to be Deployed
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Technical Solution Proposed
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Management and Implementation
/ Weighting: 20
Price
/ Weighting:
15
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
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
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about 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 procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 135-309849
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: ECMWF/COPERNICUS/2019/C3S_427_VITO
Title: Copernicus C3S_427 Sectoral Information System to Support Biodiversity Sector
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (Flemish Institute for Technological Research)
Boeretang 200
Mol
2400
BE
NUTS: BE
Internet address(es)
URL: https://vito.be/
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:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 393 089.91
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Shinfield Park
Reading
RG2 9AX
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/suppliers
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
See instructions on ECMWF's Suppliers web page: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/suppliers
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Shinfield Park
Reading
RG2 9AX
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/suppliers
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/04/2019