amending Regulation (EC) No 1564/2005 as regards the standard forms for the publication of notices in the framework of public procurement in accordance with Council Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts (1), and in particular Article 3a thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/13/EEC of 25 February 1992 coordinating the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of Community rules on the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors (2), and in particular Article 3a thereof,
Having regard to Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (3), and in particular Article 44(1) thereof,
Having regard to Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (4), and in particular Article 36(1) thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee for Public Contracts,
Whereas:
(1)
Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC as amended by Directive 2007/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (5), allow Member States to provide for a reduction of the time limit for applying for ineffectiveness of a public contract where the contracting entity or contracting authority has published a contract award notice in accordance with Directive 2004/17/EC or Directive 2004/18/EC, respectively, without prior publication of a contract notice, provided that the contract award notice includes justification of the decision to award the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(2)
The standard forms for contract award notices are set out in Annexes III and VI to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1564/2005 of 7 September 2005 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the framework of public procurement procedures pursuant to Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (6). In order to ensure the full effectiveness of Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC as amended by Directive 2007/66/EC, the standard forms of those notices should be adapted so that contracting entities and contracting authorities could include the justification referred to in Article 2f of Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC in those notices.
(3)
Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC provide for a notice for voluntary ex ante transparency to be used in order to ensure pre-contractual transparency on a voluntary basis. It is necessary to establish a standard form for that notice.
(4)
Regulation (EC) No 1564/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1564/2005 is amended as follows:
1.
The title is replaced by the following:
‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 1564/2005 of 7 September 2005 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the field of public procurement’;
2.
after the first citation, the following legal bases are inserted:
‘Having regard to Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts (*1), and in particular Article 3a thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/13/EEC of 25 February 1992 coordinating the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of Community rules on the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors (*2), and in particular Article 3a thereof,
Contracting authorities and contracting entities shall, from the date of entry into force of the respective national measures transposing Directive 2007/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (*3) and from 21 December 2009 at the latest, use, for the publication of the notice referred to in Article 3a of Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC in the Official Journal of the European Union, the standard form set out in Annex XIV to this Regulation.
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s) (give figures only) (Please give only total final value, including all contracts, lots and options; for information about individual contracts, please fill section V. Award of contract)
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in points k) and l) in Annex D)
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union: please complete Annex D
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria (please tick the relevant box)
Lowest price
or
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
Criteria
Weighting
Criteria
Weighting
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction has been used
yes
no
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority (if applicable)
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
SERVICE CATEGORIES REFERRED TO IN SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
Category No 1
Subject
1
Maintenance and repair services
2
Land transport services 2, including armoured car services, and courier services, except transport of mail
3
Air transport services of passengers and freight, except transport of mail
4
Transport of mail by land 3 and by air
5
Telecommunications services
6
Financial services:
a) Insurances services
b) Banking and investment services 4
7
Computer and related services
8
Research and development services 5
9
Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services
10
Market research and public opinion polling services
11
Management consulting services 6 and related services
12
Architectural services; engineering services and integrated engineering services; urban planning and landscape engineering services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services
13
Advertising services
14
Building-cleaning services and property management services
15
Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract basis
16
Sewage and refuse disposal services; sanitation and similar services
Category No 7
Subject
17
Hotel and restaurant services
18
Rail transport services
19
Water transport services
20
Supporting and auxiliary transport services
21
Legal services
22
Personnel placement and supply services 8
23
Investigation and security services, except armoured car services
24
Education and vocational education services
25
Health and social services
26
Recreational, cultural and sporting services 9
27
Other services
1 Service categories within the meaning of Article 20, Annex IIA to Directive 2004/18/EC.
2 Except for rail transport services covered by category 18.
3 Except for rail transport services covered by category 18.
4 Except financial services in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securities or other financial instruments, and central bank services.
Also excluded: services involving the acquisition or rental, by whatever financial procedures, of land, existing buildings, or other immovable property or concerning rights thereon; nevertheless, financial services supplied at the same time as, before or after the contract of acquisition or rental, in whatever form, shall be subject to this Directive.
5 Except research and development services other than those where the benefits accrue exclusively to the contracting authority for its use in the conduct of its own affairs on condition that the service provided is wholly remunerated by the contracting authority.
6 Except arbitration and conciliation services.
7 Services categories within the meaning of Article 21, Annex IIB to Directive 2004/18/EC.
8 Except employment contracts.
9 Except contracts for the acquisition, development, production or co-production of programme material by broadcasters and contracts for broadcasting time.
JUSTIFICATION FOR THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT WITHOUT PRIOR PUBLICATION OF A CONTRACT NOTICE IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Please provide hereunder a justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. This justification must be in accordance with the relevant Articles in Directive 2004/18/EC.
(In terms of Directive 89/665/EEC on Remedies, as amended by Directive 2007/66/EC, the time limit for application for review referred to in Article 2f(1)(a), first indent, can be reduced if the notice contains a justification of the contracting authority’s decision to award the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. In order to benefit from this reduced time limit, please tick the relevant box(es) and provide the additional information below).
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Article 31 of Directive 2004/18/EC
a) No tenders or no suitable tenders in response to:
open procedure,
restricted procedure.
b) The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the Directive (for supplies only).
c) The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
technical,
artistic,
connected with the protection of exclusive rights.
d) Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive.
e) Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under the strict conditions stated in the Directive.
f) New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive.
g) Service contract awarded to the successful candidate or one of them after a design contest.
h) For supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market.
i) For the purchase of supplies on particularly advantageous terms:
from a supplier which is definitely winding up its business activities,
from the receivers or liquidators of a bankruptcy, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure.
j) All tenders submitted in reply to an open procedure, a restricted procedure or competitive dialogue were irregular or inacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria.
Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU
k) The contract has as its object services listed in Annex IIB to the Directive.
l) The contract falls outside the scope of application of the Directive.
In order to benefit from the reduced time limit referred to above, in addition to the box(es) to be ticked above, please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful, by stating in any case the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the Articles in Directive 2004/18/EC (500 words maximum).
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s) (give figures only) (Please give only total final value, including all contracts, lots and options; for information about individual contracts, please fill section V. Award of contract)
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in points k) and l) in Annex D)
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union: please complete Annex D
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria (if appropriate)
(Indicate the award criteria under heading V.2.6) if the information is not destined for publication)
Lowest price
or
The most economically advantageous tender
IV.2.2) An electronic auction has been used
yes
no
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting entity (if applicable)
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
(Please indicate the identity of successful economic operator(s) and contract value below or in section V.2) if the information is not intended for publication)
V.1.1) Date of contract award decision: // (dd/mm/yyyy)
V.1.2) Number of offers received:
V.1.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom a contract award decision has been taken
Official name:
Postal address:
Town:
Postal code:
Country:
E-mail:
Telephone:
Internet address (URL):
Fax:
V.1.4) Information on value of contract (give figures only)
Excluding VAT
Including VAT
VAT rate (%)
Initial estimated total value of the contract (if applicable)
Value: ,
Currency:
at
,
Total final value of the contract
Value: ,
Currency:
at
,
or
Lowest offer , and
at
,
highest offer ,
taken into consideration
Currency:
If annual or monthly value, please give:
number of years:
or number of months:
V.1.5) The contract is likely to be subcontracted (if appropriate)
yes
no
If yes, value or proportion of the contract likely to be subcontracted to third parties (give figures only):
Value excluding VAT: ,
Not known
Currency:
Proportion: , (%)
Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted (if known)
V.1.6) Price paid for bargain purchases (if applicable)
V.2) AWARD AND CONTRACT VALUE – MANDATORY INFORMATION NOT INTENDED FOR PUBLICATION
The Commission will respect any sensitive commercial aspects which the contracting entities may point out when forwarding information provided under this section, concerning the number of tenders received, the identity of economic operators, or prices.
(Please complete the headings V.2.1), V.2.4) and V.2.6) for each contract awarded if the information required is not intended for publication and has not been supplied in the preceding sections)
CONTRACT NO
LOT NO
TITLE
V.2.1) Number of offers received:
V.2.2) Number of contracts awarded:
V.2.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom a contract award decision has been taken
Official name:
Postal address:
Town:
Postal code:
Country:
E-mail:
Telephone:
Internet address (URL):
Fax:
V.2.4) Total final value of the contract excluding VAT (give figures only)
,
Currency:
V.2.5) Country of origin of the product or service
Community origin
Non-Community origin
Country:
V.2.6) Award criteria
Lowest price
or
The most economically advantageous tender
V.2.7) The contract was awarded to a tenderer who submitted a variant
yes
no
V.2.8) Tenders were excluded on the ground that they were abnormally low
SERVICE CATEGORIES REFERRED TO IN SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
Category No 1
Subject
1
Maintenance and repair services
2
Land transport services 2, including armoured car services, and courier services, except transport of mail
3
Air transport services of passengers and freight, except transport of mail
4
Transport of mail by land 3 and by air
5
Telecommunications services
6
Financial services:
a) Insurances services
b) Banking and investment services 4
7
Computer and related services
8
Research and development services 5
9
Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services
10
Market research and public opinion polling services
11
Management consulting services 6 and related services
12
Architectural services; engineering services and integrated engineering services; urban planning and landscape engineering services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services
13
Advertising services
14
Building-cleaning services and property management services
15
Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract basis
16
Sewage and refuse disposal services; sanitation and similar services
Category No 7
Subject
17
Hotel and restaurant services
18
Rail transport services
19
Water transport services
20
Supporting and auxiliary transport services
21
Legal services
22
Personnel placement and supply services 8
23
Investigation and security services, except armoured car services
24
Education and vocational education services
25
Health and social services
26
Recreational, cultural and sporting services
27
Other services
1 Service categories within the meaning of Article 31, Annex XVIIA to Directive 2004/17/EC.
2 Except for rail transport services covered by category 18.
3 Except for rail transport services covered by category 18.
4 Except financial services in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securities or other financial instruments, and central bank services.
Also excluded: services involving the acquisition or rental, by whatever financial procedures, of land, existing buildings, or other immovable property or concerning rights thereon; nevertheless, financial services supplied at the same time as, before or after the contract of acquisition or rental, in whatever form, shall be subject to this Directive.
5 Except research and development services other than those where the benefits accrue exclusively to the contracting authority for its use in the conduct of its own affairs on condition that the service provided is wholly remunerated by the contracting authority.
6 Except arbitration and conciliation services.
7 Service categories within the meaning of Article 32, Annex XVIIB to Directive 2004/17/EC.
JUSTIFICATION FOR THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT WITHOUT PRIOR PUBLICATION OF A CONTRACT NOTICE IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Please provide hereunder a justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. This justification must be in accordance with the relevant Articles in Directive 2004/17/EC.
(In terms of Directive 92/13/EEC on Remedies, as amended by Directive 2007/66/EC, the time limit for application for review referred to in Article 2f(1)(a), first indent, can be reduced if the notice contains a justification of the contracting entity’s decision to award the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. In order to benefit from this reduced time limit, please tick the relevant box(es) and provide the additional information below).
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Article 40(3) of Directive 2004/17/EC
a) No tenders or no suitable tenders in response to:
open procedure,
restricted procedure,
negotiated procedure with prior call for competition.
b) The contract involved is purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the Directive.
c) The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
technical,
artistic,
connected with the protection of exclusive rights.
d) Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive.
e) Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under the strict conditions stated in the Directive.
f) New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive.
g) Service contract awarded to the successful candidate or one of them after a design contest.
h) For supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market.
i) For the purchase of supplies on particularly advantageous terms:
from a supplier which is definitely winding up its business activities,
from the receivers or liquidators of a bankruptcy, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure.
j) For contracts to be awarded on the basis of a framework agreement in conformity with the Directive
Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU
k) The contract has as its object services listed in Annex XVIIB to the Directive.
l) The contract falls outside the scope of application of the Directive.
In order to benefit from the reduced time limit referred to above, in addition to the box(es) to be ticked above, please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful, by stating in any case the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the Articles in Directive 2004/17/EC (500 words maximum).
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VOLUNTARY EX ANTE TRANSPARENCY NOTICE
This notice is published by a
contracting authority (covered by Directive 2004/18/EC)
contracting entity (covered by Directive 2004/17/EC)
This notice aims at providing voluntary prior transparency as referred to in Article 2d(4) of Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC on Remedies, as amended by Directive 2007/66/EC (information on the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union). In order to use this mechanism, the following boxes must be filled in: I.1); II.1.1); II.1.2); II.1.4); II.1.5); V.3) and Annex D. The remaining boxes are optional and can be used to provide any other information deemed useful by the contracting authority.
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY/ENTITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
Official name:
Postal address:
Town:
Postal code:
Country:
Contact point(s):
For the attention of:
Telephone:
E-mail (if applicable):
Fax
Internet address(es) (if applicable)
General address of the contracting authority/entity (URL):
Address of the buyer profile (URL):
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES (in the case of a contracting authority covered by Directive 2004/18/EC)
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
National or federal agency/office
Regional or local authority
Regional or local agency/office
Body governed by public law
European institution/agency or international organisation
Other (please specify):
General public services
Defence
Public order and safety
Environment
Economic and financial affairs
Health
Housing and community amenities
Social protection
Recreation, culture and religion
Education
Other (please specify):
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s) (give figures only)
(Please give only total final value, including all contracts, lots and options; for information about individual contracts, please fill section V. Award of contract)
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in points l) and m) in Annex D)
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union: please complete Annex D in full
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria (please tick the relevant box)
Lowest price
or
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
Criteria (for contracting authorities)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Weighting
Criteria (for contracting authorities)
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Weighting
IV.2.2) An electronic auction has been used
yes
no
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity (if applicable)
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
SERVICE CATEGORIES REFERRED TO IN SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
Category No 1
Subject
1
Maintenance and repair services
2
Land transport services 2, including armoured car services, and courier services, except transport of mail
3
Air transport services of passengers and freight, except transport of mail
4
Transport of mail by land 3 and by air
5
Telecommunications services
6
Financial services:
a) Insurances services
b) Banking and investment services 4
7
Computer and related services
8
Research and development services 5
9
Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services
10
Market research and public opinion polling services
11
Management consulting services 6 and related services
12
Architectural services; engineering services and integrated engineering services; urban planning and landscape engineering services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services
13
Advertising services
14
Building-cleaning services and property management services
15
Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract basis
16
Sewage and refuse disposal services; sanitation and similar services
Category No 7
Subject
17
Hotel and restaurant services
18
Rail transport services
19
Water transport services
20
Supporting and auxiliary transport services
21
Legal services
22
Personnel placement and supply services 8
23
Investigation and security services, except armoured car services
24
Education and vocational education services
25
Health and social services
26
Recreational, cultural and sporting services 9
27
Other services
1 Service categories within the meaning of Article 31, Annex XVIIA to Directive 2004/17/EC and/or Article 20, Annex IIA to Directive 2004/18/EC.
2 Except for rail transport services covered by category 18.
3 Except for rail transport services covered by category 18.
4 Except financial services in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securities or other financial instruments, and central bank services.
Also excluded: services involving the acquisition or rental, by whatever financial procedures, of land, existing buildings, or other immovable property or concerning rights thereon; nevertheless, financial services supplied at the same time as, before or after the contract of acquisition or rental, in whatever form, shall be subject to the relevant directive.
5 Except research and development services other than those where the benefits accrue exclusively to the contracting authority for its use in the conduct of its own affairs on condition that the service provided is wholly remunerated by the contracting authority.
6 Except arbitration and conciliation services.
7 Service categories within the meaning of Article 32, Annex VIIB to Directive 2004/17/EC and/or Article 21, Annex IIB to Directive 2004/18/EC.
8 Except employment contracts.
9 Except contracts for the acquisition, development, production or co-production of programme material by broadcasters and contracts for broadcasting time (for contracting authorities).
JUSTIFICATION FOR THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT WITHOUT PRIOR PUBLICATION OF A CONTRACT NOTICE IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Please provide hereunder a justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. This justification must be in accordance with the relevant articles in Directive 2004/18/EC for contracting authorities or in Directive 2004/17/EC for contracting entities
(please tick the relevant box(es) and provide the additional information below).
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC or 2004/17/EC respectively
a) No tenders or no suitable tenders in response to:
open procedure,
restricted procedure,
negotiated procedure with prior call for competition (for utilities only).
b) The contract involved is purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the relevant Directive (for supplies only under Directive 2004/18/EC).
c) The works/goods/services can be provided only by a particular tenderer for reasons that are:
technical,
artistic,
connected with the protection of exclusive rights.
d) Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the relevant Directive.
e) Additional works/deliveries/services are ordered under the strict conditions stated in the relevant Directive.
f) New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the relevant Directive.
g) Service contract awarded to the successful candidate or one of them after a design contest.
h) For supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market.
i) For the purchase of supplies on particularly advantageous terms:
from a supplier which is definitely winding up its business activities,
from the receivers or liquidators of a bankruptcy, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure.
j) All tenders submitted in reply to an open procedure, a restricted procedure or competitive dialogue were irregular or unacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria (for contracting authorities only).
k) For contracts to be awarded on the basis of a framework agreement in conformity with the relevant Directive (for utilities only).
Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU
l) The contract has as its object services listed in Annex IIB to Directive 2004/18/EC or in Annex XVIIB to Directive 2004/17/EC.
m) The contract falls outside the scope of application of the relevant Directive.
In addition to the box(es) to be ticked above, please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful, by stating in any case the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the articles in the relevant Directive (500 words maximum).