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This notice in TED website: https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:397617-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML

Denmark-Copenhagen: Copernicus Hotspot Monitoring Services 

— Urban Atlas: Production of Digital Building Block Heigth Models

2020/S 164-397617

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Services

Legal Basis:

Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Official name: European Environment Agency

Postal address: Kongens Nytorv 6

Town: Copenhagen K

NUTS code: DK011 Byen København

Postal code: 1050 K

Country: Denmark

Contact person: Olivier Cornu

E-mail: 

procurement@eea.europa.eu

Internet address(es):

Main address: 

https://www.eea.europa.eu

Address of the buyer profile: 

https://www.eea.europa.eu/about-us/tenders

I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

European institution/agency or international organisation

I.5)

Main activity

Environment

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title:

Copernicus Hotspot Monitoring Services — Urban Atlas: Production of Digital Building Block Heigth Models

Reference number: EEA/DIS/R0/20/008

II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72310000 Data-processing services

II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)

Short description:

The objective of this contract is to continue the build of the digital building height models for selected cities 

and urban areas with population up to 50 000 inhabitants in order to obtain a better insight and toolset into 

measuring urban density. The task consists in generating digital building height models for for selected cities 

and urban centres for the reference year 2012, covering an area ranging between 190 000 and 210 000 km

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(extending the existing dataset that currently covers 25 656 km

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) which will entail for each area or interest the 

production of the actual raster data (10 x 10 m) in GeoTIFF format, an XML-File with metadata, document 

with product description and result of accuracy assessment and pixel based information layer containing the 

information of the year of origin of the underlying input data (VHR stereo data or other suitable sources).

II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: 1 200 000.00 EUR

II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

71221000 Architectural services for buildings

90700000 Environmental services

II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code: DK011 Byen København

NUTS code: 00 Not specified

Main site or place of performance:

All services shall be performed at the contractor's own premises, with only the kick-off meeting which might be 

taking place at the EEA's premises in Copenhagen.

II.2.4)

Description of the procurement:

The objective of this contract is to generate digital building height models for selected cities and urban centres 

for the reference year 2012, covering an area ranging between 190 000 and 210 000 km

2

 (extending the 

existing dataset that currently covers 25 656 km

2

) which will entail, for each AoI (Aera of Interest) the production 

of:

— the actual raster data (10 x 10 m) in GeoTIFF format (ETRS89-LAEA),

— an XML-file with metadata,

— document with product description and results of accuracy assessment (see 1.3.10),

— pixel based information layer containing the information of the year of origin of the underlying input data (VHR 

Stereo data or other suitable sources).

For further details please refer to the information provided under section 1.3 of the tender specifications.

II.2.5)

Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality of the proposed strategy documented by: proposed input and ancillary data 

sources, workflow to derive building block height information, Proposed algorithms and how to deal with 

hilly terrain or flat urban areas, Procedures for elimination of erroneous height values (outlier removal) and 

refinement of the model, Specific measures to ensure fully harmonised results, QA/QC procedures and internal 

validation approach / Weighting: 30

Quality criterion - Name: Project organisation and resources including: production plan, including its optimisation 

aspects with a view of completing production in 12 months, composition of the project team (roles and 

responsibilities), facilities and resources, key risks and mitigating actions / Weighting: 10

Quality criterion - Name: Test data: Tenderers shall provide an example of the final products (digital building 

height model) for a test area (details on location and size of test areas are provided in annex 6 to these 

tender specifications). The test data shall comprise: The requested product (GeoTiff) for the test area in the 

European LAEA projection accompanied by INSPIRE compliant metadata; The test area will be evaluated 

based on: compliance to formal requirements as specified in section 1.3.1.1, correctness of building block height 

assignment (will be evaluated by means of ‘look and feel’) / Weighting: 10

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Price - Weighting: 50

II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no

II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes

Identification of the project:

Copernicus — Regulation (EU) No 377/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 (OJ 

L 122, 24 April 2014, p. 44).

II.2.14)

Additional information

During 2 years following the entry into force of the contract, the EEA reserves the right to exercise the option 

of conducting a negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice for new services with the 

contractor in accordance with point (e) of the second subparagraph of point 11.1 and point 11.4 of Annex I to the 

Financial Regulation.

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

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

Notice number in the OJ S: 

2020/S 074-175553

IV.2.8)

Information about termination of dynamic purchasing system

IV.2.9)

Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 

3436/R0-COPERNICUS/EEA.58143

Title:

Copernicus Hotspot Monitoring Services — Urban Atlas: Production of Digital Building Block Height Models

A contract/lot is awarded: yes

V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract:

03/08/2020

V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: yes

V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

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Official name: Centro de Observación y Teledetección Espacial S.A.U

National registration number: Tomo 920 del archivo general, folio 141, Hoja numero VA-11.913

Postal address: C/Luis Proust 17

Town: Boecillo (Valladolid)

NUTS code: ES418 Valladolid

Postal code: 47151

Country: Spain

The contractor is an SME: yes

V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Official name: KPGeo Sp. z. o.o.

National registration number: 122608684

Postal address: Królewska 65

Town: Krakow

NUTS code: PL214 Krakowski

Postal code: 30-081

Country: Poland

The contractor is an SME: yes

V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 1 200 000.00 EUR

Total value of the contract/lot: 861 000.00 EUR

V.2.5)

Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information:

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Official name: General Court

Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald

Town: Luxembourg

Postal code: 2925

Country: Luxembourg

E-mail: 

generalcourt.registry@curia.europa.eu

Telephone:  +352 4303-1

Fax:  +352 4303-2100

Internet address: 

https://curia.europa.eu

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Official name: European Ombudsman

Postal address: 1 Avenue du Président Robert Schuman

Town: Strasbourg

Postal code: 67001

Country: France

E-mail: 

eo@ombudsman.europa.eu

Telephone:  +33 388172313

Fax:  +33 388179062

Internet address: 

https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu

VI.4.3)

Review procedure

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Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Within 2 months of the notification to the plaintiff (date of receipt) or, in the absence thereof, the day when the 

person concerned had knowledge of the relevant information, an appeal may be lodged with the Court of Justice 

of the European Union.

VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Official name: General Court

Postal address: rue du Fort Niedergrünewald

Town: Luxembourg

Postal code: 2925

Country: Luxembourg

E-mail: 

generalcourt.registry@curia.europa.eu

Telephone:  +352 4303-1

Fax:  +352 5-4303-2100

Internet address: 

https://curia.europa.eu

VI.5)

Date of dispatch of this notice:

13/08/2020

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