Copernicus C3S2_120a Technical Support for the Management of ECMWF’s ECVs Contracts

Tender description

ECMWF, as the Entrusted Entity for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), invites tenders for the technical and contractual management of the contracts for the supply of Essential Climate Variable products derived from observations. Lot 1: ECMWF intends to award a framework agreement with a maximum duration of 30 months for the technical and contractual management of the contracts for the supply of Essential Climate Variable products derived from observations. During Q4 2021 the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) plans to start five new ECVs contracts structured in 5 thematic areas, for the continuous supply of Essential Climate Variable (ECV) products derived from observations to the C3S Climate Data Store (CDS) covering 22 different ECVs associated with the domains of atmospheric physics, atmospheric composition, oceans, land hydrology and cryosphere and land biosphere. Bidders of this ITT shall oversee and review the deliverables from these ECVs contracts and hence will need to propose experts with proven technical knowledge in an operational service environment for all domains listed above, as well as project management experience. The experts must be able to work independently in their domains but can rely on ECMWF for input from internal or external scientific specialists where needed. Please note the important additional information in Section VI.3) regarding funding and eligibility.