Provision of services related to research on determinants for support of military spending build-up and EU-level defence cooperation
Overview
European Commission DG JRC invites expressions of interest for a planned negotiated procurement (ExA) for online survey services to research determinants of public support for military spending and EU-level defence cooperation. The contract foresees recruitment of 8,000 respondents across five EU Member States, three fieldwork waves, delivery of cleaned datasets and documentation, a maximum duration of 12 months and an estimated value of €40,000. Expressions of interest must be submitted electronically via EU Login on the Funding and Tenders Portal between 05/10/2026 and 19/10/2026, with the negotiated procedure indicatively launching on 20/10/2026. Full tender documents will specify country allocation, selection and award criteria, GDPR and technical requirements.
Highlights
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Key facts
Public procurement by European Commission DG JRC to commission online-survey services that generate policy-relevant evidence on determinants of public support for military spending build-up and EU-level defence cooperation.
What is funded:A contract for online-survey services: recruitment of subjects, three waves of online data collection, and delivery of the resulting dataset (target sample 8,000 respondents across five EU Member States).
Who can apply:Commercial or not-for-profit service providers with capacity to recruit large online samples and run multi-wave surveys (survey agencies, market research organisations, social research teams). Electronic submission requires an EU Login account.
- 1Procedure type: planned negotiated procedure for low/middle value contract
- 2Estimated total value: €40,000
- 3Maximum contract duration: 12 months
- 4Planned sample: 8,000 participants across 5 Member States in 3 fieldwork waves
- 5Submission method: electronic via EU Login (expressions of interest open 05/10/2026 and close 19/10/2026)
| Contracting authority | European Commission, DG JRC - Joint Research Centre |
|---|---|
| Procedure identifier | EC-JRC/2026/LVP/5212-EXA |
| Estimated value | €40,000 |
| Duration | Up to 12 months |
| Planned launch (indicative) | 20/10/2026 Europe/Brussels |
Applicants should be able to demonstrate past experience in large-scale online recruitment, panel management and multi-wave survey delivery, and must submit expressions of interest electronically by the stated deadline.
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Title:Provision of services related to research on determinants for support of military spending build-up and EU-level defence cooperation. Reference / Procedure identifier: EC-JRC/2026/LVP/5212-EXA. Contracting authority: European Commission, DG JRC - Joint Research Centre. Main CPV classifications: 73110000 Research services; 79311000 Research and development services. Nature of contract: services. Procedure type: Planned negotiated procedure for middle/low value contract (publication announces intention to launch). Maximum contract duration: 12 months. Estimated total / overall contract amount: €40,000. The procurement concerns online-survey services comprising recruitment, data collection in three fieldwork waves, and delivery of resulting data to the Contracting Authority.
Planned timeline and key dates:Start date for expression of interest: 05/10/2026 (Europe/Brussels). Deadline for expression of interest: 19/10/2026 21:59 (Europe/Brussels). Indicative launch of the negotiated procedure: 20/10/2026 (Europe/Brussels). Planned date shown: 20/10/2026. Maximum contract duration: 12 months. These dates indicate this publication is an advance notice (ExA) of an upcoming negotiated low or middle value procedure.
Scope of services required
Objective:generate policy-relevant evidence on determinants of public support for increases in military spending and for EU-level defence cooperation. Tasks to be delivered by the Contractor: recruitment of 8,000 participants across five EU Member States; design/management of online survey panels or respondent recruitment; execution of online-survey data collection in three separate fieldwork waves; quality control of collected data; preparation and delivery of the cleaned dataset(s) and associated documentation to the Contracting Authority. The contract is explicitly limited to online-survey services and data delivery (recruitment, data collection, delivery).
Target sample and geographic coverage:Total sample size required: 8,000 participants. Geographic coverage: five EU Member States (the specific Member States are not listed in the published notice — selection will be specified in the forthcoming negotiated procedure documentation). Data collection waves: three fieldwork waves, implying repeated cross-sectional samples or panel waves depending on the final specification.
Eligibility, applicants and consortium rules
Lead contracting authority indicates the procedure will be a negotiated procedure for a middle/low value contract. The notice is an ExA (publication announcing intention) so full tender documents will be provided at launch. Key eligibility and application modality indicated in the notice: electronic expression of interest via the EU Login account on the Funding & Tenders Portal; submissions must be sent exclusively to the address for submission provided in the tendering documentation. The notice does not explicitly restrict applicant legal types; as a public procurement for services with CPV 73110000 it is typically open to legal entities (companies, market research firms, universities, research institutes or consortia) able to deliver the requested services and to comply with public procurement conditions. The notice flags SME suitability indicator: false, meaning it is not specifically reserved for SMEs.
- 1Eligible applicant types: legal entities capable of performing market research/online survey services (examples: market research companies, social research consultancies, specialised survey panels, universities or research institutes with survey capacity, NGOs with survey delivery capability). The publication does not limit to SMEs or disallow large enterprises.
- 2Consortium requirement: not explicitly required by the notice. The procurement will follow a negotiated procedure and could accept single economic operators or consortiums depending on tender documents; the notice does not mandate a consortium.
- 3Beneficiary geographic scope: EU Member States. The contracting authority is the European Commission (DG JRC) and the activity and sample are within EU Member States.
- 4Funding type: public procurement / service contract (procurement tender), not a grant or loan.
- 5Nature of support: procurement contract paying money for delivered services (monetary compensation).
- 6Application type: planned negotiated procedure. Expression of interest is electronic via EU Login; full call will be a negotiated tender (likely limited-call negotiation).
Technical and operational requirements (extracted and implied)
Explicit technical requirements from the notice:recruitment of 8,000 participants across five Member States; collection of online-survey data in three waves; delivery of the resulting data to the Contracting Authority. Implied/typical technical requirements for this type of procurement (to be verified in tender documents): use of representative sampling or quota controls aligned with specifications (age, gender, region, socioeconomic variables); panel management and retention practices (if same respondents across waves); multilingual survey administration; secure data handling and transfer, compliance with EU data protection rules (GDPR); documentation and metadata (codebooks, variable dictionaries, sampling frame description, response and attrition rates per wave); quality assurance procedures (attention checks, deduplication, speeding detection, validation of respondent origin), provision of raw and cleaned datasets in standard formats (e.g., CSV, SPSS, Stata), and delivery deadlines tied to each wave.
- 1Sample recruitment target: 8,000 respondents total, distributed across five EU Member States (allocation per country to be specified in tender documentation).
- 2Fieldwork waves: three waves — contractor must perform three distinct data collection periods and deliver associated datasets for each wave.
- 3Data deliverables: cleaned datasets with documentation, metadata, and quality reports.
- 4Data protection: compliance with GDPR and secure transfer protocols.
- 5Duration: contract period up to 12 months (including all waves and delivery).
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Estimated total value | €40,000 |
| Maximum contract duration | 12 months |
| Number of respondents | 8,000, across 5 EU Member States |
| Fieldwork waves | 3 |
| CPV codes | 73110000 (Research services); 79311000 (Research and development services) |
Application and submission process
This publication is an ExA — an advance notice that a negotiated low or middle value procedure will be launched. Expressions of interest must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal using an EU Login account. The expression of interest window listed: open from 05/10/2026 and closing 19/10/2026 at 21:59 Europe/Brussels. The negotiated procedure will be launched indicatively on 20/10/2026. Submissions must be sent exclusively to the address for submission specified in the tender documentation. Applicants should register an EU Login account beforehand and monitor the portal for the tender dossier (technical specifications, draft contract, selection and award criteria, forms).
Method of submission:Electronic submission via the Funding & Tenders Portal with EU Login required. The notice uses ESUBMISSION method. Additional tender documentation and the negotiated procedure invitation will specify exact electronic forms and upload requirements.
Contract award, evaluation and contracting modality
Procedure type:planned negotiated procedure for middle/low value contract. The procurement is not an open competitive EU-wide restricted call in this publication; the contracting authority intends to launch a negotiated tender (ExA flag shows an upcoming negotiated low or middle value procedure). Award criteria, selection and exclusion rules will be provided in the forthcoming tender documentation. Typical award evaluation for such service contracts will assess technical capacity, methodology and quality of proposed survey approach, sample access and recruitment capability, data protection and ethics compliance, timetable, and price. The ExA notice does not provide success rates; as a single-contract procurement, success rate equals number of contracts awarded divided by number of bidders and cannot be inferred from the notice.
- 1Consortiums: allowed unless tender documentation restricts to single economic operators; if forming a consortium, a lead partner must be designated and legal/financial responsibility clarified.
- 2Selection likely to require demonstration of relevant experience in large-scale EU online surveys, references and CVs of key personnel, evidence of panel access or recruitment approach, and GDPR-compliant data processes.
- 3Award criteria: expected combination of technical quality (methodology, quality control), capacity to recruit the required sample within timelines, and price (within the €40,000 envelope).
Funding, co-funding and financial details
This opportunity is a procurement/service contract funded by the European Commission (DG JRC). Estimated overall contract amount: €40,000. As a public procurement contract where the Commission pays for services, there is no separate co-funding requirement from applicants beyond pricing their offer. The notice does not require co-financing or in-kind contributions from bidders. Payment terms, billing, and potential advance payments will be set out in the tender documents and contract conditions.
Funding type:Procurement contract (service contract) — monetary payment to contractor for delivery of online-survey services and datasets.
Application templates and documents
The ExA publication does not include the full tender dossier or application templates. It instructs potential applicants to submit an expression of interest electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal (EU Login required). The forthcoming negotiated procedure documentation should contain: tender specifications, draft contract, selection/exclusion forms, technical proposal templates (methodology, work plan, staffing), price schedule, GDPR and data-processing clauses, and contractual annexes. Applicants should prepare the following documents in advance: legal entity form, financial capacity evidence (if requested), descriptions of similar contracts/projects and references, CVs of key personnel, detailed survey methodology and QA plan, data protection and security procedures, and a clear price breakdown aligned with the expected total value.
- 1Prepare legal entity identification and registration documents (company registration, VAT, legal representative).
- 2Evidence of prior experience: descriptions of previous online surveys with similar scale (sample size, countries), and contactable references.
- 3Technical proposal: study design, sampling strategy per country, recruitment approach, fieldwork timeline for three waves, questionnaire programming and multilingual implementation, quality assurance and validation methods, data cleaning procedures, and deliverables schedule.
- 4Data protection documentation: GDPR compliance statement, data processing agreement proposal, secure transfer method and data retention policy.
- 5Price proposal: itemised budget for recruitment, per-wave data collection costs, platform/programming costs, data cleaning and deliverable preparation, overheads and VAT considerations (as instructed).
Risks, constraints and important notes
This publication is only an intention notice (ExA). It is not the final call for tenders. The contracting authority will launch a negotiated procedure for a low or middle value contract; exact tender conditions, country list, detailed sampling quotas, technical evaluation criteria, and contract terms will be published at the time of the negotiated procedure launch. The specific five Member States where recruitment is required are not specified in this notice and will be detailed in the tender dossier. Bidders must have EU Login accounts to submit expressions of interest and later tender responses. The estimated budget of €40,000 must cover recruitment, three waves of data collection, quality assurance and final data delivery; bidders should ensure realistic costing for sample access and multilingual fieldwork.
- 1The ExA reference contains no public Q&A (zero items found at publication).
- 2SME suitable indicator is false — not reserved to SMEs.
- 3CPV and procurement metadata indicate research services as primary classification.
Categorisation answers (structured extraction)
Eligible Applicant Types:market research companies, social research consultancies, survey panel providers, universities and research institutes with demonstrated online survey capacity, NGOs or other legal entities able to perform large-scale online data collection and comply with procurement rules. Individuals are unlikely to be eligible unless legally registered as economic operators. Public-private partnerships may bid where procurement rules are respected.
Funding Type:public procurement service contract (procurement of services). Not a grant, loan, equity or subsidy.
Consortium Requirement:not explicitly required; single economic operator or consortium may be possible depending on tender documents. The notice does not mandate consortia.
Beneficiary Scope (Geographic Eligibility):EU Member States. The contracting authority and sample are EU-focused. Specific five Member States will be named in the tender dossier.
Target Sector:social sciences research / public policy research / political science. Secondary sector classification: research services, survey and opinion polling.
Mentioned Countries:the notice states five EU Member States but does not list them explicitly. Therefore no specific countries are named in the published ExA.
Project Stage:data collection / research implementation. Required maturity: operational and implementation-ready (ability to recruit respondents, run online surveys, deliver datasets). This is not an early idea or basic research funding call; it is a procurement for an executed survey project.
Funding Amount:estimated total contract value €40,000. Bidders should price all tasks (recruitment, three waves, cleaning, delivery) within this envelope.
Application Type:expression of interest followed by a negotiated tender. The immediate action requested is an electronic expression of interest via EU Login; full tender will be a negotiated procedure launching indicatively on 20/10/2026.
Nature of Support:monetary payment through a public procurement contract for delivered services (money).
Application Stages:at least two stages implied — (1) expression of interest during the ExA window, and (2) participation in the negotiated tender and submission of full offer. The negotiated procedure itself may comprise additional phases (clarifications, negotiation rounds) depending on the contracting authority.
Success Rates:not provided in the notice. Success rate depends on number of bidders and contracting authority selection — cannot be determined from the ExA.
Co-funding Requirement:none specified. This is a fee-for-service procurement; bidders submit priced offers to be paid from the €40,000 contract value.
How to prepare a competitive bid (recommended checklist)
- 1Register and maintain an EU Login account before the expression of interest opening date.
- 2Prepare company or legal entity documentation (registration, VAT, bank details and legal representative information).
- 3Compile recent references and case studies of large-scale online surveys (preferably cross-national EU work) including sample sizes, countries and outputs.
- 4Draft a clear technical approach: sampling strategy per country, panel access or recruitment mechanisms, quota controls, multilingual questionnaire implementation, fieldwork schedule for three waves, and contingency plans.
- 5Document GDPR compliance and data security procedures; prepare a draft data processing plan and secure transfer method for dataset delivery.
- 6Prepare a detailed price schedule aligned to the €40,000 envelope and include per-wave costing, platform/programming fees, recruitment fees, data cleaning and delivery charges.
- 7Assemble CVs of key personnel who will manage fieldwork, data processing and quality assurance.
- 8Be ready to submit an expression of interest electronically during the 05/10/2026 to 19/10/2026 window and monitor the portal for the formal negotiated tender launch.
Summary and explanation
This procurement notice is an advance publication (ExA) for a planned negotiated procedure by the European Commission DG JRC to contract online-survey services to produce policy-relevant evidence on determinants of support for increased military spending and EU-level defence cooperation. The contracted services will require recruitment of 8,000 respondents across five EU Member States, execution of three waves of online surveys, and delivery of cleaned datasets and documentation. The estimated budget for the contract is €40,000 and the maximum contract duration is 12 months. Interested suppliers must register an EU Login account and submit an electronic expression of interest during the indicated window; the contracting authority will publish full tender documentation in the forthcoming negotiated procedure. Bidders should prepare strong methodological proposals, evidence of sample access and recruitment ability, GDPR-compliant data-handling procedures, and a realistic priced offer that covers all three waves and final data delivery within the €40,000 envelope.
Footnotes
- 1This publication is an ExA notice announcing the contracting authority's intent to launch a negotiated low or middle value procedure; it is not the final call for tenders. Full tender documentation with technical specifications, exact list of five Member States, selection and award criteria, and contractual conditions will be published when the negotiated procedure is launched on the Funding & Tenders Portal.
Short Summary
Impact Generate policy‑relevant empirical evidence on the determinants of public support for increasing military spending and for EU‑level defence cooperation to inform EU policymaking. | Impact | Generate policy‑relevant empirical evidence on the determinants of public support for increasing military spending and for EU‑level defence cooperation to inform EU policymaking. |
Applicant A legal entity with proven capacity to recruit large online samples, manage multi‑wave survey panels, run multilingual online data collection, perform rigorous data cleaning/QA and ensure GDPR‑compliant secure data handling and delivery. | Applicant | A legal entity with proven capacity to recruit large online samples, manage multi‑wave survey panels, run multilingual online data collection, perform rigorous data cleaning/QA and ensure GDPR‑compliant secure data handling and delivery. |
Developments Funding will support multi‑wave online survey research in social sciences focused specifically on public attitudes toward military spending build‑up and EU‑level defence cooperation. | Developments | Funding will support multi‑wave online survey research in social sciences focused specifically on public attitudes toward military spending build‑up and EU‑level defence cooperation. |
Applicant Type Profit SMEs/startups (market research firms), NGOs/non‑profits, researchers (universities and research institutes) and large corporations with demonstrated survey and panel capabilities. | Applicant Type | Profit SMEs/startups (market research firms), NGOs/non‑profits, researchers (universities and research institutes) and large corporations with demonstrated survey and panel capabilities. |
Consortium No consortium is mandated; the procurement is open to single economic operators and may accept consortiums but formation is not required by the notice. | Consortium | No consortium is mandated; the procurement is open to single economic operators and may accept consortiums but formation is not required by the notice. |
Funding Amount Estimated contract value:€40,000. | Funding Amount | Estimated contract value:€40,000. |
Countries Geographic scope:five EU Member States (specific countries not specified in the ExA and will be named in the forthcoming tender documentation). | Countries | Geographic scope:five EU Member States (specific countries not specified in the ExA and will be named in the forthcoming tender documentation). |
Industry Defence policy / public policy research (social sciences) targeting evidence on citizens' support for military spending and EU defence cooperation. | Industry | Defence policy / public policy research (social sciences) targeting evidence on citizens' support for military spending and EU defence cooperation. |
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- 1The opportunity page is the official source for the final procurement terms, including the deadline, contract value, duration, and submission instructions.
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