C3S2_461 C3S NCP – Action 2024-2: Facilitate access to national data products in C3S activities

Tender description

ECMWF, as the Entrusted Entity for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), invites tenders for the development and implementation of activities that aim to enhance C3S uptake amongst Countries, in line with the specific mandate of C3S as a climate data & information service and existing and new policy requirements at national and EU level. The objective of the C3S National Collaboration Programme (NCP) is to support Countries in developing capacity to enhance uptake of C3S core products, applications, and services, in response to specific national needs and priorities, with the goal to improve climate resilience. The NCP will support the capacity of national authorities to deliver user-oriented climate services, support adaptation plans and promote climate change communication and public awareness at the national level. This action welcomes proposals that will contribute directly to enhancing the C3S service through the inclusion of national data products. Through initial consultation with national authorities, this module will include, but is not limited to: Priority 1: Contributing archive observations to the C3S data rescue activities. This action will support the inclusion of data records that are not included in current C3S data rescue efforts. The action will utilise C3S tools as defined in https://datarescue.ooxo1.nl and will contribute to characterisation of past climate, for Europe and beyond. The rescued data will, in part, support ECMWF’s next generation of reanalysis and those activities which depend on data rescue activities. Tenders which will facilitate data access from national archives, including those that build on novel approaches, e.g., citizen science (involving the public in scientific research), are welcome under this action. Priority 2: Uptake of national climate data into the Climate Data Store (CDS). Activities include exposing national datasets, such as in-situ and national downscaled projections. This module will allow Countries to take advantage of C3S infrastructure and user base to promote access to their data. Activities could include curation, standardisation, and publication of existing national high-resolution climate projections datasets in the CDS. Publication of national projections will utilise an interface with national infrastructure and the Common Data Store (CDS) Engine (the infrastructure behind the CDS), allowing national users to take advantage of C3S infrastructure and associated tools. ECMWF intends to award up to 7 contracts over the two Actions 2024-1 and 2024-2. The maximum contract duration is 24 months. Tenderers are expected to define and indicate the contract duration based on the activities proposed. Each contract award will be for a maximum of EUR 200k for activities covered by Action 2024-1, and a maximum of EUR 120k for those in Action 2024-2. However, in exceptional cases Tenders for Action 2024-2, which demonstrate significantly enhanced impact, communication potential and/or increased potential for sustainability beyond the term of the contract, can propose activities to an upper limit of EUR 200k. In these cases, Tenderers must demonstrate exceptional value for money and include a dedicated section providing detailed evidence and justification for the consideration of their increased budget. Portal instructions: Some of the ITT documents are accessible under the ‘Attachments’ box at bottom right of this page. The full set of ITT documents which are provided inside the response questionnaire are only accessible by registering an interest in this opportunity (see the 'Expression of interest window' at top right). Please refer initially to the ‘ECMWF eProcurement Portal Guidance for suppliers’ file in the Attachments box as this document will help you navigate the portal and locate the necessary information in order to submit a proposal. Please note that the contact email address shown under 'Contact details' is not monitored, and any messages sent to this email address will not be attended to. Questions / clarifications concerning this ITT must be submitted via the Messaging area of the ITT, which can be accessed through the My Activities page of the Portal once you have logged-in and registered your interest in this opportunity. Keywords: user uptake, C3S