Support for the Development of Harmonised European Public Sector Accounting Standards (№10922508)

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1. Section I
   1. Name and addresses
      European Commission, Eurostat
      Luxembourg
      2920
      Luxembourg
      E-mail: [email protected]
      
   2. Type of the contracting authority:
      European institution/agency or international organisation
      
   3. Main activity:
      Other activity: Statistics
      
2. Section II
   1. Scope of the procurement:
      1. Title:
         

         Support for the Development of Harmonised European Public Sector Accounting Standards

         Reference number: ESTAT/TF EPSAS/2018/003
         
      2. Main CPV code:
         79330000, 79330000, 79330000
         
      3. Type of contract:
         Services
         
      4. Short description:
         

         The objective of this call for tenders is to get support for the development of harmonised European public sector accounting standards. The tender is divided into the following lots:

         — lot 1: updated methodology for the measurement and monitoring of the transparency of public sector financial reporting in the Member States and collection of relevant information,

         — lot 2: a help desk for ad-hoc questions in support for the development of harmonised European public sector accounting standards, and general purpose financial reporting standards.

         The work may require close cooperation with national public sector accounting standard setting authorities, national government accounting authorities and other national and international stakeholders such as Ministries of Finance, and Court of Auditors in the MS. Eurostat will make available the initial lists of contact points in the MS.

      5. Information about lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: yes
      6. Total value of the procurement:
         Value excluding VAT: 126 000.00 EUR
   2. Description
      1. Title:
         

         Updated Methodology for the Measurement and Monitoring of the Transparency of Public Sector Financial Reporting in the Member States and Collection of Relevant Information

      2. Additional CPV code(s):
         79330000
         
      3. Place of performance:
         Main site or place of performance:

         Contractor"s premises

      4. Description of the procurement:
         

         For this lot, the contractor should pilot the methodology for the measurement and monitoring of the main aspects of the transparency of public sector financial reporting in the Member States (presented at the EPSAS Working Group in November 2017). Where deemed necessary, the contractor should propose amendments to the methodology in accordance with the results of the pilot. The contractor should moreover collect and compile reliable information – with the main focus on publicly available information – on the transparency of public sector financial reporting in the EU Member States.

      5. Award criteria:
         Quality criterion - Name: Technical approach and methodology / Weighting: 45
         Quality criterion - Name: Work plan and timetable — overall planning / Weighting: 15
         Quality criterion - Name: Management arrangements — Organization of the work and resources / Weighting: 20
         Quality criterion - Name: Quality arrangements — Quality control measure / Weighting: 20
         Price - Weighting: 50
         
      6. Information about options:
         Options: no
      7. Information about European Union funds:
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
      8. Additional information:
         
      9. Title:
         

         A help Desk for Ad-hoc Questions in Support for the Development of Harmonised European Public Sector Accounting and General Purpose Financial Reporting Standards

      10. Additional CPV code(s):
          79330000
          
      11. Place of performance:
          Main site or place of performance:

          Contractor"s premises

      12. Description of the procurement:
          

          The objective of this lot is to obtain support, in the form of a help desk for ad-hoc questions, for the development of harmonised European public sector accounting standards, and general purpose financial reporting standards.

      13. Award criteria:
          Quality criterion - Name: Technical approach and methodology / Weighting: 45
          Quality criterion - Name: Work plan and timetable — overall planning / Weighting: 15
          Quality criterion - Name: Management arrangements — Organization of the work and resources / Weighting: 20
          Quality criterion - Name: Quality arrangements — Quality control measure / Weighting: 20
          Price - Weighting: 50
          
      14. Information about options:
          Options: no
      15. Information about European Union funds:
          The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
      16. Additional information:
          
3. Section IV
   1. Description:
      1. Type of procedure:
         Open procedure
      2. Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system:
         
      3. Information about electronic auction:
         
      4. Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
   2. Administrative information:
      1. Previous publication concerning this procedure:
         Notice number in the OJ S: 2018/S 052-114412
         
      2. Information about termination of dynamic purchasing system:
         
      3. Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice:
         
4. Section V
   1. Lot No: 1
      Title:

      Updated Methodology for the Measurement and Monitoring of the Transparency of Public Sector Financial Reporting in the Member States and Collection of Relevant Information

      Contract No: 2018.0270
      Lot No: 2
      Title:

      A Help Desk for ad-hoc Questions in Support for the Development of Harmonised European Public Sector Accounting and General Purpose Financial Reporting Standards

   2. Award of contract
      1. Date of conclusion of the contract: 2018-10-16
         
      2. Information about tenders:
         Number of tenders received: 4
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 2
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
         The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
      3. Name and address of the contractor:
         PwC EU Services EESV
         Woluwe Garden, Woluwedal 18
         Sint-Stevens-Woluwe
         B-1932
         Belgium
         The contractor is an SME: no
      4. Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT):
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 180 000.00 EUR
         Total value of the contract/lot: 126 000.00 EUR
         
      5. Information about subcontracting:
         
         Proportion: 5
         
5. Section VI
   1. Additional information
      
   2. Procedures for review
      1. Review body
         General Court
         rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
         Luxembourg
         L – 2925
         Luxembourg
         Telephone: +352 4303-1
         E-mail: [email protected]
         Fax: +352 4303-2100
         
      2. Body responsible for mediation procedures
         
         
      3. Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         

         You may submit any observations concerning the procurement procedure to the Contracting Authority using the contact means under I.1. If you believe that there was maladministration, you may lodge a complaint to the European Ombudsman within 2 years of the date when you became aware of the facts on which the complaint is based (see http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu). Within 2 months of notice of the award decision, you may launch an action for annulment of the award decision. Any request you may make and any reply from us, or any complaint for maladministration, will have neither the purpose nor the effect of suspending the time-limit for launching an action for annulment or to open a new period for launching an action for annulment. The body responsible for hearing annulment procedures is indicated in Section VI.4.1

         
         
   3. Date of dispatch of this notice
      2018-10-22