C3S2_411 Lot 2 Operational Copernicus Climate Change Water Service

Tender description

ECMWF, as the Entrusted Entity for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), invites tenders for the establishment of a unique operational C3S water service as a core provider of European and global scale climate and hydrological information to assist decision-making for a diverse range of users in the water sector at seasonal and climate timescales. Data will be delivered through the CDS and will offer a user-friendly web interface complete with links to data, applications, and demonstrations. This service covers the provision of three contracts to produce timely, high-quality information for the water sector encompassing historical data, a seasonal forecasting component (Lot 1), a collection of climate projection outlooks (Lot 2) and a user-oriented service and interface (Lot 3). For each Lot, ECMWF intends to award a single Framework Agreement for a period of 36 months, which shall be implemented via Service Contracts expected to commence in Q4 2024. Tenderers are invited to submit their Tenders for any one of the Lots, a combination of two, or for all three Lots. Lot 2: The multi-decadal to centennial multi-model component of the C3S operational water service Lot 2 provides data and information based on multi-model climate projections at global and regional scale, for hydrological modeling. The main objective of Lot 2 is to deliver a multi-model climate forcing framework and a methodology for hydrological climate projections, encompassing all necessary steps, any applicable: selection of multiple climate models, ensembles, scenarios, bias adjustment, downscaling, common grids, standardized formats, and quality control. For the choice of the climate models, it is recommended to follow ECMWF guidance to ensure consistency with the ECMWF strategy and data quality filtering, including for example to be aligned with the models used in the C3S Climate Atlas, wherever possible. 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: operational water service