Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Framework service contract for providing services in the area of natural capital and ecosystem assessment to the EEA and EC DG Environment.
Reference number: EEA/NSS/17/002.
II.1.2)Main CPV code
90700000
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:
The purpose of this call for tenders is to establish a single framework service contract for each of the 4 lots in this call with (an) economic operator(s) who can support the contracting authorities in expanding and structuring the knowledge base on natural capital and ecosystem services. This includes ecosystem mapping and assessment, natural capital accounting, ecosystem-based management and relevant concepts on planetary boundaries. The aim is to develop the understanding of our natural capital as an integrated part of Europe's sustainable development, socio-economic prosperity, and the well-being of its citizens. Work under this framework contract will help implement the Biodiversity strategy 2020 as well as respond to the action plan for nature, people and the economy.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 3 000 000.00 EUR
II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
Spatial analysis and mapping, informing ecosystem-based management
Lot No: 1
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
71354100
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: DK011
NUTS code: BE1
Main site or place of performance:
The services shall be performed at the contractor's premises or at the premises of either of the contracting authorities depending on the requirements of each specific contract.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lot has the particular purpose to provide the information base and a shared pool of ecosystem-related reference data for spatial analysis at ecosystem scale. Work under this lot should support the mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services initiative (MAES) on ecosystem mapping, assessment of ecosystem condition and the links to ecosystem services. The scope of the work covers terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems and is based on the MAES methodological framework (e.g. ecosystem typology, ecosystem services categories, tools, glossary). The assessment of the state of ecosystems is based primarily on information from the implementation and reporting under the environment legislation (i.e. Nature Directives, the Water Framework Directive (WFD), and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)). The assessment of relevant, multiple pressures includes land-based sources of pollution (e.g. National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive, Nitrate Directive), effects of land use on fragmentation, climate change impacts and structural (including hydro-morphological) changes.
II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 1 200 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
The successful tenderer(s) will be awarded a framework service contract (maximum 1 framework contract per lot) for an initial period of 24 months, starting from the date of signature, with the possibility of maximum 1 renewal for a period of 24 months.
II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
Support to implementation of natural capital accounting
Lot No: 2
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
90712400
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: DK011
NUTS code: BE1
Main site or place of performance:
The services shall be performed at the contractor's premises or at the premises of either of the contracting authorities depending on the requirements of each specific contract.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Work under this lot shall support the development and implementation of European level accounts on ecosystem extent and condition (as part of integrated system for natural capital and ecosystem services accounting, knowledge innovation projects KIP INCA), and the testing of them in specific EU policy contexts. This lot also serves to establish a joint capacity for developing the KIP INCA data architecture and shared ecosystem accounting reference data sets for use by all KIP INCA partners. The shared data architecture approach has relevance beyond natural capital accounting and discussions on knowledge management at EU level will provide important context that needs to be taken into account. The EEA integrated data platform will provide the technical foundation for establishing the KIP INCA data architecture. Work under this contract shall facilitate EEA input to the development and implementation of European ecosystem service accounts as well as the overall EEA input to the KIP INCA process at the EU level. Work will require substantial on-the-spot support at the premises of the EEA as well as of other KIP INCA partners (e.g. DG Environment, Eurostat and the JRC).
II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 1 200 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
The successful tenderer(s) will be awarded a framework service contract (maximum 1 framework contract per lot) for an initial period of 24 months, starting from the date of signature, with the possibility of maximum 1 renewal for a period of 24 months.
II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
Ecosystem-based initiatives
Lot No: 3
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
90712400
90713000
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: DK011
NUTS code: BE1
Main site or place of performance:
The services shall be performed at the contractor's premises or at the premises of either of the contracting authorities depending on the requirements of each specific contract.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
There is an increasing appreciation among policymakers that environmental and socio-economic challenges need to be tackled in an integrated manner. To this end, various overarching European policy objectives already encourage decision makers to think outside the local, regional or even national box and across different policy areas and sectors in order to find the optimal path for future implementing solutions delivering multiple benefits for both society and nature. Possible solutions relate mostly to management practices but also approaches that again depend on spatial/regional planning decisions. As outlined in a series of EEA reports, ecosystem-based initiatives, including green infrastructure, are based on natural processes that deliver multiple benefits to society, and provide nature-based solutions. Tasks under this lot include for instance contribution to the analysis of strategic planning for GI at landscape and urban levels, taking into consideration the multi-functionality of GI in benefiting both people and nature in an environmental, social and economic context; contribution to the analysis of the impact of GI and its underlying natural processes as an essential component of good planning for urban and rural areas, particularly in the face of climate change; contribution to the analysis of the range of benefits GI can deliver and how it can be promoted and delivered through existing policies/strategies and processes for a better management of land; contribute to the analysis of the methodology of how to account for ecosystem services and other co-benefits over the lifetime of GI measures to ensure standardisation across Europe and comparability of monetary figures for investment decisions.
II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 400 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
The successful tenderer(s) will be awarded a framework service contract (maximum 1 framework contract per lot) for an initial period of 24 months, starting from the date of signature, with the possibility of maximum 1 renewal for a period of 24 months.
II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
90713000
90714100
90712400
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: DK011
NUTS code: BE1
Main site or place of performance:
The services shall be performed at the contractor's premises or at the premises of either of the contracting authorities depending on the requirements of each specific contract.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This lot focuses on activities to better understand environmental limits. The activities are divided into 2 main focus areas: 1) operationalising the planetary boundaries resilience and biosphere integrity concepts in future EU environment policies, and 2) understanding environmental limits in ecosystems. Potential assessments for the former could include further defining the safe operating space for the EU for specific planetary boundaries; analysing potential consequences for Europe based on the degree of exceeding planetary boundaries and certain levels of resilience; help developing concepts for linking/integrating the planetary boundary concepts, resilience and the global perspective into EU policy in particular planning for the next environment action programme. Potential assessments for understanding environmental limits in ecosystems could include documentation of case studies on regime shifts in ecosystems in Europe; investigation of possible indicators to aid analysis; assessing pressures and their interaction that can result in regime shifts, e.g. critical loads of N and degrees of their reversibility.
II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 200 000.00 EUR
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
The successful tenderer(s) will be awarded a framework service contract (maximum 1 framework contract per lot) for an initial period of 24 months, starting from the date of signature, with the possibility of maximum 1 renewal for a period of 24 months.
II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
As specified in Sections 11.1 and 11.2.1 of the tender specifications.
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.1)Information about a particular profession
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
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
Framework agreement with a single operator
IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction
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 procedure
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 08/09/2017
Local time: 16:00
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 15/09/2017
Local time: 10:00
Place:
EEA premises at Kongens Nytorv 6, 1050 Copenhagen K, DENMARK.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Representatives of tenderers (1 per tenderer) are allowed to participate in the opening session. They are requested to inform EEA's procurement services in advance and at the latest by 14.9.2017 by e-mail at MTFvcW5idHFkbGRtcz9kZGAtZHRxbm9gLWR0