B-Brussels: study on the competitiveness of the European small and medium sized enterprises (SME's) in the defence sector

Country:

Belgium

City/Locality:

BRYJELLES

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:257875-2008

Publication Date:

Oct 8, 2008

Buyer:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Original Language:

English

Address:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
BRUSSELS
Belgium

Email:

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75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services

Notice Type: C398
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Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
EU Official Journal Publication: 195/2008
, #
257875-2008
Referenced Document Number: 140302-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Contract awards
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
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, GMES,
Security and Defence, attention: Unit H 1 Defence, Aerospace and Maritime
industries, avenue d'Auderghem, 45 (BREY 9/34), B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel.
Contact: Directorate H Aerospace GMES. Tel. (32-2) 295 13 04. Fax (32-2)
296 70 14. E-mail: entr-sme-def@ec.europa.eu.
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 the Competitiveness of the European Small and Medium sized
Enterprises (SME's) in the defence sector.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category No 27.
In case of contract for service categories 17 to 27, do you agree to the
publication of this notice? yes
Main place of performance: contractor's premises.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The contractor
shall draw a clear picture of the current situation of European SME's in
the defence sector. He shall identify the challenges and gaps for European
SME's in the defence sector. The contractor shall make some
recommendations which measures should be undertaken on a national as well
as on a European basis to improve the competitiveness of SME's and to have
a better distribution of defence business in Europe. In addition, the
contractor shall make some suggestions on how SME's can contribute in the
European industrial landscape (niche capacities of SME's, highly
innovative enterprises, Centres of Excellence).
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: EUR 170 590.
Excluding VAT.
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 and completeness (both by topic and geographically) of the
proposed organisation of the work, including the balance of the team
proposed for the performance of the tasks required and the relevance and
quality of the sources and methodology proposed for data collection and
literature review; weighting: 40;
2. quality and comprehensiveness of the methodology proposed for carrying
out the analysis, assessing challenges and opportunities for SME in the
defence sector and for the development and assessment of recommendations;
weighting: 40;
3. proposed structure and information value of the output of the report to
be provided, its practical usability and quality of presentation;
weighting: 20;
4. EUR 200 000.
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/08/005.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Prior
information notice:
Notice number in OJ: 2008/S 38-51602 of 23.2.2008
Contract notice:
Notice number in OJ: 2008/S 105-140302 of 31.5.2008.
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: ENTR
Title: Study on the competitiveness of European Small and Medium sized
Enterprises (SME's) in the defence sector
V.1) Date of contract award: 25.9.2008.
V.2) Number of offers received: 3.
V.3) Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been
awarded: Europe Economics, Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane, London
WC2A 1QU, United Kingdom. Tel. (44-20) 78 31 45 15. Fax (44-20) 78 31 45
15. E-mail: dermot.glynn@europe-economics.com. URL:
www.europe-economics.com.
V.4) Information on value of contract: Initial estimated total value of
the contract:
EUR 200 000.
Excluding VAT.
Total final value of the contract:
EUR 170 590.
Excluding VAT.
If annual or monthly value: number of months: 10.
V.5) The contract is likely to be subcontracted: 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 2008 Council Decision1639/2006/EC
ENT/CIP/08/F/S03C11.
VI.2) Additional information
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.
Tel. (352) 43 03-1. Fax (352) 43 37 66. E-mail: ECJ.registry@curia.eu.int.
URL: http://curia.eu.int.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
The European Ombudsman, 1, avenue du President Robert Schuman, F-67001
Strasbourg Cedex. Tel. (33) 388 17 23 13. Fax (33) 388 17 90 62. E-mail:
euro-ombudsman@europarl.eu.int. URL: http://www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int.
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.3.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice: 26.9.2008.

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