Consolidation of legal acts of the European Union

Procurement tender EC-OP/2026/OP/0010 published by the Publications Office of the European Union seeks contractors to provide consolidation services for EU legal acts, including preparation, maintenance and delivery of consolidated texts. The open procedure is aimed at organisations or consortia and the estimated total value of the framework contract is €5,400,000 with a planned duration of 52 months. Submission is electronic via the EU Funding & Tenders Portal with a stated closing date of 23 September 2026 and bidders must use the published templates and comply with the technical and security annexes. Award criteria allocate 70% weighting to quality and 30% to price, so proposals must demonstrate robust technical methodology, experienced staffing, quality assurance and secure data exchange capability.

Type

EU tender — framework contract for services

Procurement to deliver consolidation of EU legal acts (technical preparation, data exchange, identification/specifications, quality checks and related deliverables).

Who can apply:Companies and consortia capable of providing IT, editorial and legal-technological services for legal text consolidation; participation follows the contracting authority's selection criteria and e-submission requirements ¹.

Estimated contract value:Approximately €5 400 000 for the framework (estimated overall contract amount).

1. 1Scope: Consolidation of EU legal acts, including data exchange, PDF/PDF-A specifications, security requirements and examples of inconsistencies.
2. 2Procurement type: Services under a framework agreement (planned duration 52 months).
3. 3Submission: Electronic submission via the Funding & Tenders Portal; specific tender documents and price schedule provided.

Call identifier EC-OP/2026/OP/0010. Tender documents, draft contract and annexes published on the Funding & Tenders Portal; consult the tender specifications and price schedule before applying ¹.

Footnotes

1. 1Tender documents and submission instructions available on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal: Tender details.

Basic facts and procurement identity

Title:Consolidation of legal acts of the European Union. Call identifier: EC-OP/2026/OP/0010. Tender type: Procurement (open call, electronic submission via the Funding and Tenders Portal). Main CPV code: 72300000. Lead contracting authority: European Commission, Publications Office. Estimated overall contract value: €5,400,000. Planned contract duration: 52 months. Lot structure: single lot (LOT-0001). Submission method: ESUBMISSION (required electronic submission).

Deadlines, key dates and timeline

Tender publication date:2026-07-31. Deadline for tender submission (closing): 23 September 2026 at 10:00:59 Europe/Luxembourg (10:00:59+02:00). Open tender event (information / opening): 23 September 2026 at 15:00:00+02:00. Last date to request additional information: 15 September 2026 (end of day per eForms / portal timeline). Consider-changed-until date for published procurement documents: 14 August 2026 for the listed documents. Update and status timestamps in the portal show updates on 31 July 2026 and on 23 September 2026.

Scope of work and objectives

The procurement seeks services for the consolidation of European Union legal acts. The contract will cover activities required to create, maintain and provide consolidated versions of EU legal acts, including technical specifications for file formats (PDF and AKN/ELI or similar), identification and subdivision rules, data exchange and delivery via secure channels, sample datasets for consolidation families, and quality assurance processes to detect inconsistencies. Security requirements and security baseline obligations are included as contract appendices.

Estimated value, contract type and duration

Estimated Total Procedure Value:€5,400,000 (estimated overall contract amount).

Contract Nature and Duration:Service contract delivered under a framework-agreement procurement system with an overall planned period of 52 months.

Eligibility and applicant requirements

Eligible applicant types:The procurement documentation addresses organisations capable of delivering consolidation services; typical eligible applicants include large enterprises, SMEs, research institutes, specialised service providers (legal/legislative text processing, legal informatics), nonprofit organisations with technical capacity, and consortia of such entities. SME suitability indicator in the procurement metadata is false, indicating the contract is not specifically reserved for SMEs. The tender contains specific tenderer qualification requests and selection criteria; applicants must consult the tender specifications and the document '03.1 EC-OP2026OP0010 TA A1 CONSLEG CompositionRules' for precise composition/consortium rules and eligibility conditions.

Geographic eligibility:This is an EU procurement managed by the European Commission Publications Office. Bidders must follow the portal and public procurement rules applicable to EU tenders. No other countries were explicitly listed beyond the EU authority; therefore eligible bidders are those permitted to participate in EU public procurement under EU rules (member states and entities allowed by the procurement documents).

Consortium, subcontracting and contractual arrangements

Consortium requirement:The tender documentation includes 'CompositionRules' and specific tenderer requirements. The procurement allows either single tenderers or consortia as defined in the composition rules; bidders must consult document 03.1 EC-OP2026OP0010 TA A1 CONSLEG CompositionRules for exact requirements on legal composition, lead partner responsibilities and supporting documentation. Subcontracting and subcontractor declaration rules, and whether economic operators may form a consortium or joint venture, are set out in the tender specifications and draft framework contract.

Award criteria and evaluation

Award criteria weighting:Quality 70%, Price 30% (subordinate awarding criteria under 'quality' and 'price' are defined in the tendering documents; bidders must consult the tender specifications and price schedule for detail). Tender validity period required: 6 months from tender submission. The procurement process includes publication of tender specifications, financial offer templates and price schedule, and a case study to accompany the financial offer.

Security, technical and delivery requirements

Security requirements:Document 02.2 Appendix 2 Security requirements and 02.3 Appendix 3 Security baseline detail contractual security obligations. Technical specifications: 04.1 AKN4EU-CONSLEG Specifications (TA B1), 04.2 Specs. ident. subdiv. in EU leg.-ELI (TA B2), 03.3 Technical Specifications and General Guidelines for PDF files (TA A3). Data exchange and delivery: 03.2 TA A2 CONSLEG data exchange and 03.4 EU SENDsFTP UserGuide describe data transfer mechanisms and user guides for secure file delivery. A 'ReadMe Unzip Zip extraction' document provides packaging and sample data extraction guidance. Examples of inconsistencies and sample data sets are provided in TA C1 and TA C2 documents for bidders to use in quality and case-study work.

Submission, templates and application format

Application type:Open public tender via electronic submission through the Funding and Tenders Portal eSubmission tool. Bidders must submit documentation through the Portal by the stated closing date and time. Required submission documents include: tender specifications (01.1), financial offer form and price schedule including the case study (01.2), invitation to tender (00), draft framework contract and contract annexes (02.1–02.3), and the technical annexes listed under 'CFT Documents' (03.x, 04.x, 05.x, 06).

Templates and forms:The procurement publishes the following specific submission templates and guidance materials which bidders must use where applicable: 01.1 Tender Specifications (docx and PDF versions, current V2), 01.2 Price schedule and case study (XLSX, V2), 00 Invitation to tender (PDF), 02.1 draft FWC (draft framework contract PDF), 02.2 Appendix 2 Security requirements (PDF), 02.3 Appendix 3 Security baseline (PDF), 03.1 CompositionRules (PDF), 03.2 data exchange (ZIP native), 03.3 Tech specs and guidelines for PDF files (PDF), 03.4 EU SENDsFTP UserGuide (PDF), 04.1 AKN4EU-CONSLEG Specifications (PDF), 04.2 Specs. identification/subdivision in EU leg.-ELI (PDF), 05.1 Samples Consleg families (ZIP native), 05.2 Examples of inconsistencies (PDF), 06 ReadMe Unzip extraction (PDF). Bidders must follow the structure and content instructions in these files when preparing technical and financial offers.

1. 1Prepare and submit an electronic tender via the Funding and Tenders Portal by 23 September 2026 10:00:59 Europe/Luxembourg.
2. 2Use the official templates: 01.1 Tender Specifications, 01.2 Price schedule and case study and all specified technical annexes.
3. 3Demonstrate compliance with security requirements in Appendices 2 and 3 (02.2 and 02.3).
4. 4Follow composition and consortium rules in 03.1 CompositionRules if bidding as a consortium.
5. 5Address the quality criteria in detail, as quality has a 70% weighting in evaluation.

Financial and co-funding considerations

Funding type:This is a procurement contract (service contract under a framework arrangement), not a grant, loan or equity. The contracting authority will pay according to the procurement and framework contract terms; no co-funding requirement from the applicant is specified in the procurement metadata. Standard invoicing and payment conditions apply per the draft framework contract. Applicants should consult the draft FWC (02.1) for payment modalities, invoicing, and financial guarantees if any.

Submission stages and expected procurement process

Application stages:The procurement process follows standard EU tender stages: 1) Publication and call for tenders; 2) Electronic submission of tenders by the deadline (including requested supporting documents and the price schedule/case study); 3) Administrative and eligibility check and technical/financial evaluation against award criteria; 4) Award decision and contract signature (award of framework agreement and subsequent call-offs). Practically bidders should expect at least three evaluation stages: admissibility/eligibility check, technical evaluation (quality), and financial evaluation (price).

Success rates:Not published in the procurement documents. As an open EU tender for a single lot with an estimated value of €5.4 million, the success rate depends on the number and quality of bids received; historical public tender success rates vary and are not provided here.

Award weighting and selection priorities

Awarding criteria and weights:Quality (70) and Price (30). The tender specifications state subordinate awarding criteria and their detailed descriptions; bidders must address the quality dimensions (methodology, technical approach, staffing, past performance, case study results, data handling and QA for legal consolidation) and provide a complete priced offer using the price schedule (01.2).

Documents published and available to bidders

Key published documents (all published 31 July 2026 unless otherwise indicated) include:00 Invitation to tender (PDF), 01.1 Tender Specifications (V2 docx and earlier PDF), 01.2 Price schedule and case study (V2 XLSX), 02.1 Draft FWC (draft framework contract), 02.2 Appendix 2 Security requirements, 02.3 Appendix 3 Security baseline, 03.1 CompositionRules, 03.2 TA A2 CONSLEG data exchange (ZIP), 03.3 Tech specs and guidelines for PDF files, 03.4 EU SENDsFTP UserGuide, 04.1 AKN4EU-CONSLEG Specifications, 04.2 Specs. identification/subdivision in EU leg.-ELI, 05.1 Samples Consleg families (ZIP), 05.2 Examples of inconsistencies, 06 ReadMe Unzip Zip extraction. Bidders must download, read and follow each relevant document; certain documents are provided as native files (docx, xlsx, zip) as templates or sample data.

Administrative and practical notes

Tender validity period required by the contracting authority:6 months. The procurement process uses electronic order and electronic payment methods post-award. The procurement project metadata flags a government agreement constraint indicator and that the procurement is EU-funded. SMEs are not the target of this call specifically (smeSuitableIndicator: false).

Portal and reference links:Official tender page and documentation are available on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal: ec.europa.eu. The contracting authority (Publications Office) and procurement references appear on the op.europa.eu portal Publications Office.

Explicitly mentioned countries and geographic scope

The tender is published by the European Commission Publications Office (EU-level). No individual member states are listed in the scraped content. Geographic eligibility is the EU procurement space; bidders must adhere to EU procurement participation rules and the conditions set in the tender documents.

Technical and sector focus

Target sector(s):public-sector legal information management, legal text consolidation, document management, legal informatics, data exchange and secure file transfer. Relevant technical domains include XML/AKN/ELI or other legislative mark-up standards, PDF handling and conversion, data packaging and secure transmission, quality assurance for consolidated legal texts, and tooling/processes to detect and resolve inconsistencies across legislative versions.

Co-funding and financial obligations

Co-funding:No co-funding from applicants is stated. This is a paid service contract: the contracting authority will procure services and pay according to contract terms. Applicants should consult the draft FWC (02.1) for financial conditions, guarantees, retention, and invoicing terms.

Templates and application structure guidance

Application forms and templates available in the procurement dossier include:01.1 Tender Specifications (structure of the required technical offer sections and administrative documents), 01.2 Price schedule and case study (spreadsheet for the financial offer with case study instructions). Bidders must structure their submission around: administrative documentation (legal entity registration, declarations, consortium agreements if applicable), technical offer responding to each tender specification section (methodology, staffing, quality assurance, data handling, technical compliance with TA B1/B2/A3), case study deliverables per the price schedule, and the financial offer using the provided price template. Security compliance must be demonstrated using the appendices (02.2 and 02.3).

Risk, compliance and other contractual constraints

Bidders must comply with the security baseline and security requirements set out in appendices 02.2 and 02.3. The procurement references government agreement constraints and standard EU contractual obligations under a framework agreement. The award will be subject to administrative checks and verification of selection criteria, and the contracting authority reserves the right to exclude bidders who do not meet requirements.

How to proceed (recommended bidder checklist)

1. 1Download and read all procurement documents listed under the call (use the Funding & Tenders Portal link above).
2. 2Decide on bidding structure: single tenderer or consortium, and review 03.1 CompositionRules for allowed composition and required supporting documents.
3. 3Prepare administrative and legal documentation required by the tender specifications (including security declarations).
4. 4Prepare the technical offer addressing every point in 01.1 Tender Specifications and TA annexes (AKN/ELI specs, PDF guidelines, data exchange, QA processes).
5. 5Complete the financial offer using 01.2 Price schedule and implement the required case study deliverable format.
6. 6Submit electronically via eSubmission before 23 September 2026 10:00:59 (Europe/Luxembourg).

Concluding summary

This procurement seeks a contractor (or consortium) able to provide high-quality consolidation services for EU legal acts and to operate under the technical, security and data-exchange standards set by the Publications Office. The procurement is an open electronic tender with an estimated value of €5.4 million and a planned duration of 52 months. Quality carries the heaviest weight in evaluation (70%), so technical compliance, robust methodology, experienced staff and high-quality delivery of consolidations (including demonstrable processes to detect and correct inconsistencies) are critical. Bidders must follow and use the published templates (tender specifications, price schedule with case study, draft contract and appendices) and comply with security and technical annexes. For precise legal and contractual obligations bidders must consult the published draft framework contract and appendices; practical submission must be completed via the Funding and Tenders Portal by the stated deadline. ¹

Footnotes

1. 1Full procurement dossier and downloadable templates are available on the Funding & Tenders Portal tender page: ec.europa.eu. Consult document identifiers 01.1, 01.2, 02.1–02.3, 03.1–03.4, 04.1–04.2, 05.1–05.2, 06 for the full requirements and templates.

This opportunity is a procurement tender for services linked to the consolidation of EU legal acts.[11][18][23] Consolidation means compiling the basic act and all subsequent amendments into a single updated text without creating a new legally binding act.[11][18][23] Consolidated texts are published and searchable in EUR-Lex through the Publications Office of the European Union.[1][12][24]

Key facts

What the contract is about

The contract concerns the preparation of consolidated versions of EU legal acts, meaning an updated single text that integrates the original act together with its later amendments and corrigenda.[11][18][23][24] This is different from codification or legislative reform, because consolidation does not adopt a new act and has no legal effect.[11][18][23]

Who can apply

The notice metadata available in the search results indicates that eligibility is for organisations, not individuals, and the market appears to extend across many European countries listed in the notice aggregator.[5] By inference from the subject matter and the consulting-services classification, bidders would need strong legal editing, terminology, version control, and publication capability.[5][11][12]

Budget and commercial context

The estimated total value reported in the notice aggregator is €5,400,000.[5] No funding rate is indicated in the available material, which is normal for a procurement tender because this is a service contract rather than a grant.[3][5][7]

Deadlines and timing

• The metadata supplied with the opportunity lists a deadline of 2026-01-01T08:00:59.000Z.
• The metadata supplied with the opportunity also lists a deadline of 2026-09-23T10:00:59+00:00.
• Because the supplied notice is described as open and one of the listed dates is already past relative to the current date, the live notice should be checked to confirm which deadline is operative.[5]

Practical assessment for applicants

• This opportunity is most relevant to organisations with legal publishing, legislative consolidation, or institutional editorial services experience.[5][11][12]
• Applicants should be prepared to show controls for multilingual legal text handling, accuracy assurance, and version management, because that is what consolidation work typically requires.[11][18][24]
• The award method is not confirmed in the supplied notice text, so bidders should verify whether the contract is evaluated on lowest price or on the best price-quality ratio before preparing their proposal.[3][7]

Source quality note

The legal meaning of consolidation is well supported by EUR-Lex and Publications Office material, but the tender-specific commercial facts in the supplied results come mainly from a secondary notice aggregator rather than the full official notice.[1][11][12][18][23][24] For final bid preparation, the authoritative source remains the official EU tender notice linked from the Funding and Tenders portal.