Topic Centre on Chemicals, Environment and Health

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has issued an open tender (EEA/2026/OP/0047) to award a single framework service contract for a Topic Centre on Chemicals, Environment and Health to support OSOA dataflows, the Early Warning and Action System for Chemicals (EWAS), indicator development, environment and health assessments and capacity building. The procedure is a procurement (not a grant) restricted to consortia of designated Topic Centre Organisations (minimum four partners from different EEA member countries) with electronic submission via the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. The indicative total budget is €1,200,000 for 2027–2030, the maximum contract duration is up to 51 months, and award will be by best price-quality ratio (technical 70/price 30). The deadline for receipt of tenders is 9 November 2026 14:00 CET and submissions must comply with the mandatory templates and technical, IT and data management requirements in the procurement dossier.

What it funds

Framework service contract to provide services supporting the European Environment Agency (EEA) on chemicals, environment and health. Core areas: implementation and improvement of harmonised dataflows under the One Substance One Assessment OSOA regime, development and maintenance of visualisations/dashboards and data viewers, support to the Early Warning and Action System for Chemicals (EWAS), environment and health assessments including burden of disease analyses, literature reviews, One Health capacity building and analyses of inequalities in exposure and impact.

Who can apply

Only Topic Centre Organisations designated by the EEA Management Board may participate. Tenders must be submitted as consortia of designated Topic Centre Organisations (minimum four organisations from different EEA member countries); one partner must act as coordinator.

Submissions are electronic via the EU Funding & Tenders Portal eSubmission system; tenders must follow the tender specifications and annexes published by the EEA. See procurement documents and invitation to tender for full requirements, mandatory templates and rules on use of AI, data management and EEA IT procedures 1.

Footnotes

1. 1Procurement dossier and tender documents available on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal: Topic Centre on Chemicals, Environment and Health tender.

Summary

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published an open tender to establish a Topic Centre on Chemicals, Environment and Health (procedure identifier EEA/2026/OP/0047). The procurement will result in a single framework service contract (FWC) to support EEA obligations under the One Substance One Assessment (OSOA) regulatory framework, including dataflows required by OSOA and CDPC, development and upkeep of dashboards and viewers, delivery of the Early Warning and Action System for Chemicals (EWAS), indicator development, environment and health assessments (including burden of disease estimates), literature reviews, One Health capacity development, and work on inequalities in exposure and impact. The estimated total value for the period 2027–2030 is €1,200,000 and the maximum contract duration is 51 months (FWC running to 31 December 2030). The contracting authority is the European Environment Agency (EEA). Tender submission is electronic only via EU Login / eSubmission and the tender is restricted to designated Topic Centre Organisations acting as a consortium of at least four organisations from different EEA member countries. The award criterion is best price-quality ratio (technical merit 70 points, price 30 points). For full procurement documents see the Funding & Tenders Portal F&T Portal 1.

Key administrative details and deadlines

Detailed opportunity characteristics and requirements

This call is for a Topic Centre Organisation consortium to provide services across five interlinked task domains: 1) Chemicals dataflows, reporting and data infrastructure; 2) Chemicals Early Warning and Action System (EWAS); 3) Indicator development (including feasibility for aggregated exposure/risk indicators integrating HBM, environmental and modelling data); 4) Health and environmental assessments (including environmental burden of disease estimates and synthesis on mixtures and cumulative exposures); and 5) Networking, capacity building and stakeholder engagement within Eionet and with EU agencies and research networks. The FWC will provide a mechanism for issuing multiple specific contracts, anticipated to be at least four, each specifying deliverables, schedules and pricing. The contractor will support EEA legal obligations under OSOA Regulation and expected interfaces with the Common Data Platform on Chemicals (CDPC), Reportnet, JRC, ECHA and other bodies.

Eligibility and who should apply

Participation is restricted to Topic Centre Organisations designated by the EEA Management Board under the Topic Centre implementing rules. Eligible bidders are consortia of at least 4 designated Topic Centre Organisations established in different EEA member countries. Each consortium must submit administrative data and evidence proving eligibility. No entity may be member of more than one consortium competing for this FWC.

Evaluation, award and pricing

Award is based on the most economically advantageous tender assessed by best price-quality ratio: technical merit 70 points (minimum threshold 49/70) and price 30 points. Technical proposal page limit is 30 A4 pages with specified sub-limits for each award sub-criterion. Price is submitted using the all-inclusive daily rates template for three categories: contract manager (10% weighting of price score), senior experts (60%), junior experts (30%). Price scoring uses the ratio of lowest price to a tender price per category multiplied by the category weight. The EEA may require pre-financing and associated financial guarantees for specific contracts (pre-financing up to 30% of the specific contract value).

Selection and exclusion checks

Standard exclusion checks (Article 138 Financial Regulation) apply. Tenderers must submit declarations on honour (and identification forms) and simplified financial statements. Minimum economic requirement: consolidated annual turnover of at least €500,000 for each of the past two closed financial years. Technical capacity requirements include CVs for core team (minimum numbers and experience levels specified), at least three comparable contracts (>= €150,000 each) demonstrating requisite thematic experience, and at least five relevant outputs (reports, indicators, assessments) in the past six years.

Data, IT and AI requirements

Contractors must work within the EEA Common Workspace (CWS) and follow EEA IT & data management policies (Annex 6). All code and code-like deliverables must be delivered via EEA GitHub for version control and reproducibility; datasets must be registered in the EEA spatial/data infrastructure and conform to FAIR principles. Use of AI/LLMs is permitted but must be declared in the tender; tenderers proposing AI must document purpose, stages of use, expected added value, risk mitigation and human oversight arrangements. Any introduction of new AI systems during implementation requires prior written EEA approval; use of agentic AI or GenAI with sensitive or personal data is restricted and subject to EEA security, legal and DPO review.

Application process and templates

Submission is electronic only via the eSubmission application of the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. EU Login account and PIC registration are required for each organisation in a consortium. All requested annex templates must be completed and uploaded: administrative data form, identification forms, declaration on honour, simplified financial statement, technical offer (max 30 A4 pages), financial offer using Annex 1 financial template (daily rates), Annex 4 overview of expertise table (CV overview and contracts/publications tables), and the eSubmission checklist (Annex 7).

Structured extraction — categorisation fields

Below are the structured answers to the requested categorisation and extraction questions, based strictly on the procurement documentation and annexes supplied by the EEA call for tenders.

Concluding summary

Footnotes

1. 1Procurement documents, annexes and Q&A for Topic Centre on Chemicals, Environment and Health (EEA/2026/OP/0047) are available on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal at: ec.europa.eu

This is an EU public procurement tender led by the European Environment Agency for expert assistance on chemicals, environment and health topics. The stated scope covers support for EEA data collection obligations under the OSOA Regulation, updates to visualizations and dashboards, the Early Warning System for Chemicals, environment and health assessments, literature reviews, and capacity building on One Health and inequalities in exposure and impact. This is a procurement opportunity rather than a grant, so the successful bidder wins a service contract rather than a funding award with a co funding rate 214.

Who can apply

EEA topic centre procurements are typically restricted to Topic Centre Organisations designated by the EEA Management Board, so this is not a general market tender open to every supplier 612. For EEA procurements, tenderers are expected to use the Participant Register and submit electronically through the Funding and Tenders Portal e submission system 414.

What applicants should expect

Commercial terms and procedural points

Applicant takeaways

Footnotes

1. 1The deadline discrepancy comes from the metadata supplied in the request and should be resolved against the official Funding and Tenders Portal notice before submission.