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This notice in TED website: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:405263-2013:TEXT:EN:HTML

Belgium-Brussels: Service contract for the provision of legal advice, legal verification and assessment on specific questions in the context of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations 2013/S 234-405263 Contract award notice Services Directive 2004/18/EC Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s) European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade, Directorate E Neighbouring countries, USA and Canada CHAR 08/216 For the attention of: Victor Garcia Lopez Berges 1049 Brussels BELGIUM Telephone: +32 22980202 E-mail: trade-e1-request-box@ec.europa.eu Fax: +32 22921797 Internet address(es): General address of the contracting authority: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/trade-policy-and-you/calls-for-tender/ I.2) I.3) Type of the contracting authority European institution/agency or international organisation Main activity General public services Economic and financial affairs Other: Trade policy. Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

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Section II: Object of the contract II.1) Description II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract Service contract for the provision of legal advice, legal verification and assessment on specific questions in the context of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance Services Service category No 21: Legal services Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Washington DC, Brussels. NUTS code Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS) Short description of the contract or purchase(s) Commission - Service contract - Contract award - Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union 1/3

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The subject matter of the contract is to provide DG Trade negotiators with additional and well-targeted information regarding the United States' legal and administrative framework at federal and also sub-federal level as appropriate, pertaining to the 3 main pillars of the TTIP regulatory component (technical barriers to trade, horizontal disciplines, sectors). II.1.5) II.1.6) II.2) II.2.1) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV) 79100000 - QB02, 79111000, 79140000 Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes Total final value of contract(s) Total final value of contract(s) Value: 672 000 EUR Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure IV.1) Type of procedure IV.1.1) Type of procedure Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in Section 2 of Annex D1) Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU): Directive 2004/18/EC 1) 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 2) Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the Directive. Award criteria Award criteria The most economically advantageous tender in terms of 1. Price of experts proposed. Weighting 225 2. Price of first assignment. Weighting 75 3. Quality criteria. Weighting 750 Information about electronic auction An electronic auction has been used: no Administrative information File reference number attributed by the contracting authority TRADE/2013/E1/E04. Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract no

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Section V: Award of contract Contract No: TRADE/2013/E1/E04 V.1) Date of contract award decision: 21.11.2013 V.2) Information about offers Commission - Service contract - Contract award - Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union 2/3 03/12/2013 S234 http://ted.europa.eu/TED

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Number of offers received: 3 V.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken Law Offices of Gary N. Horlick 3101 Hawthorne St. NW 20008 Washington DC UNITED STATES E-mail: gary.horlick@ghorlick.com Telephone: +1 2024294790 Internet address: http://www.Ghorlick.com Fax: +1 2024292902 Information on value of contract Initial estimated total value of the contract: Value: 1 000 000 EUR Excluding VAT Total final value of the contract: Value: 672 000 EUR Excluding VAT If annual or monthly value: Number of years: 4 Information about subcontracting The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

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Section VI: Complementary information VI.1) Information about European Union funds The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no VI.2) VI.3) VI.3.1) Additional information: Procedures for appeal Body responsible for appeal procedures General Court of the European Union rue du Fort Niedergrnewald 2925 Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG E-mail: cfi.registry@curia.europa.eu Telephone: +352 4303-1 Fax: +352 4303-2100 Lodging of appeals Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained Date of dispatch of this notice: 21.11.2013

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