B-Brussels: study on State control of strategic defence assets

Contract Award

General Information
Country:   Belgium
City/Locality:   BRUSSELS
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:258846-2009
Publication Date:   Sept 19, 2009
Buyer:   EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENTERPRISE AND INDUSTRY - AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, GMES, SECURITY AND DEFENCE
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENTERPRISE AND INDUSTRY - AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, GMES, SECURITY AND DEFENCE
BRUSSELS  
Belgium
Web Site:   http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/dgs/index_en.htm

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: C398 - Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
EU Official Journal Publication: 181/2009, #258846-2009
Referenced Document Number: 79973-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Contract awards
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Successful Bidder: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: University of Manchester — Uniman, Oxford Road, UK-Manchester M13
9NB. E-mail: andrew.james@mbs.ac.uk. Tel. +44 1612752441. Fax +44
1612752445.

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CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): European Commission,
Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry — Aerospace Industries,
GMES, Security and Defence, avenue d'Auderghem 45 (BREY 9/34), Contact:
Directorate H — Aerospace Industries, GMES, Attn: Unit H 1 Defence,
Aerospace and Maritime industries, B-1049 Brussels. Tel. +32 22951304.
E-mail: Entr-def-coa@ec.europa.eu. Fax +32 22967014.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/dgs/index_en.htm.
Address of the buyer profile: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/dgs/
index_en.htm.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
European institution/agency or international organisation.
General public services.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Study on State control of strategic defence assets.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 27.
Main place of performance: contractor's premises.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The existence
of different policies and measures in EU Member States providing for
government intervention in inward foreign investments in the defence
sector could act as a potential barrier to the much-needed consolidation
of this industrial sector. The purpose of the study is to assess how
existing national policies and measures on inward foreign investment
should be shaped in the future in order to facilitate the necessary
consolidation of the sector and the building up of a European defence
technological and industrial base (EDTIB), while ensuring the protection
of Europe's essential defence and security interests.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 75000000.
II.1.6) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.2) TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s): Value: 250 000 EUR.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of
1. Quality of methodology for collecting data on national regimes on
control of defence assets and depth of coverage of such regimes and their
actual implementation. Weighting: 30.
2. Quality, relevance, thoroughness and clarity of the proposed
methodology for identifying options for the introduction of a European
dimension in the control of defence assets. Weighting: 30.
3. Quality, relevance, thoroughness and clarity of the proposed
methodology for assessing the advantages and disadvantages of each option
identified and for choosing the best option. Weighting: 40.
4. Price.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction was used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the Contracting Authority:
ENTR/09/019.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Notice on a
buyer profile
Contract notice
Notice number in OJ: 2009/S 56-079973 of 21.3.2009.
SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT
CONTRACT NO: ENTR
TITLE: Study on State control of strategic defence assets
V.1) DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD: 7.9.2009.
V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED: 4.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: University of Manchester — Uniman, Oxford Road, UK-Manchester M13
9NB. E-mail: andrew.james@mbs.ac.uk. Tel. +44 1612752441. Fax +44
1612752445.
V.4) INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT Initial estimated total value of
the contract:
Value: 250 000 EUR.
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 241 724 EUR.
If annual or monthly value: number of months: 12.
V.5) THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED: No.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY
COMMUNITY FUNDS: Yes.
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): Entrepreneurship and
innovation work programme for 2009, Council Decision No 1639/2006/EC
ENT/CIP/09/F/S01C16 (CIP/2111 — 3229/H1).
VI.3) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL:
VI.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Court of First Instance
of the European Communities, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2925 Luxembourg.
E-mail: ECJ.registry@curia.eu.int. Tel. +352 4303-1. URL:
http://curia.eu.int. Fax +352 433766.
VI.3.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff, or,
in absence thereof, of the day on which it came to knowledge. A complaint
to the European Ombudsman does not have an effect either to suspend this
period or to open a new period for lodging appeals.
VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 9.9.2009.
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