next
previous
items

EEA/IDS/06/001

Page Last modified 27 Jan 2009
3 min read

DK-Copenhagen: miscellaneous services n.e.c.

2005/S 252-248475

Prior information notice

Services


Section I: Contracting authority

 I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s):  
European Environment Agency, attn: Mr Marc Clement, Kongens Nytorv 6, DK-1050 Copenhagen. Tel.  (45-33) 36 71 00. Fax:  (45-33) 36 72 74. E-mail: procurement@eea.eu.int, marc.clement@eea.eu.int.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority (URL): http://org.eea.eu.int/tenders.
Further information can be obtained at: as in above-mentioned contact point(s).
 I.2)Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities:  
European institution/agency or international organisation.

Section II.B: Object of the contract (supplies or services)

 II.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:  
Pre-information: Calls for proposals for European Topic Centres on "Air and Climate Change", "Water" and "Land use and spatial information".
 II.2)Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance:  
Services.
Service category 27.
 II.3)Short description of nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:  
The European Environment Agency will publish later in January 2006 3 calls for proposals for renewing its European Topic Centres.
The European Topic Centres (ETCs) are, according to the EEA founding regulation and in practise, an important instrument supporting the EEA through the execution of sizeable, continuous, well-defined tasks with the involvement of member countries. Following developments in 2005, European Topic Centres will be involved in the work of EEA as the data centre for the issues of air, climate change, water, biodiversity and land use. Tasks focus on the support to harmonisation of monitoring of the environment in the member countries, in the compilation of the resulting data in international databases, in the processing of information including the use of models to describe and analyse the present and future state of the environment, and in the production of indicators to communicate the findings to various users.
European Topic Centres are part of the European environmental information and observation network (Eionet) and a support to Eionet. Their activities have an important component on networking with various experts in the member countries on the harmonisation, the quality and exchange of data, in building capacities in the member countries through country visits and meetings with national Eionet representatives. Topic Centres assist countries in discussing options for improving national information systems. Networking with the countries also occurs when involving the member countries in data analyses, assessments and the development of indicators. The ETCs are expected to also work together on crosscutting projects.
To perform these tasks European Topic Centres include the best expertise in Europe to handle data in their topic area, and to analyse the environmental data with regards to developments in society and the economy and with regards to environmental and sectoral policies. The consortia that form European Topic Centres are also expected to have the expertise to cover the full geographical area of EEA member countries.
The successful consortia will be proposed Framework Partnership Agreements covering initially the period from 2007 to 2008 (under current EEA Strategy 2004–2008) which may be renewed for an additional period of 2 years under a new EEA Strategy 2009–2013. The yearly budgets for execution of these agreements are currently estimated at about EUR 2 200 000, EUR 1 200 000 and EUR 1 200 000 respectively for ETC 'air and climate change', for ETC 'water' and for ETC 'land use and spatial information', including a contribution of at least 10 % co-financing from the consortia.
 II.4)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):  
93900000.
 II.5)Scheduled date for start of award procedures

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information


Section VI: Complementary information

 VI.1)Contract relates to a project and/or programme financed by Community funds:  
No.
 VI.2)Additional information:  
Non-mandatory notice: yes.
 VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:  
22.12.2005.

Permalinks

Document Actions