Copernicus C3S2_410 Multi-model Operational Hydrological Seasonal Prediction Service

Concepts

• entrusted entity for the copernicus climate change service
• research and development
• reading
• copernicus c3s2
• operational hydrological seasonal prediction service
• copernicus climate change service
• consultancy services
• hydrological seasonal forecast
• copernicus emergency management service
• multi-model

Location

On contractor's premises

Description

ECMWF, as the Entrusted Entity for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), invites tenders for the provision of two operational services to produce timely, high quality, probabilistic pan-European and global multi-model hydrological seasonal forecast and retrospective forecasts (hindcasts) information, and to make such information available through the Climate Data Store (CDS), in synergy with the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) hydrological seasonal forecasting component. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) is split into two Lots. Tenderers may respond to one or both Lots. For each Lot, ECMWF intends to award a single framework agreement for a period of 24 months, with the right to extend for a further 24 months at ECMWF’s discretion, which shall be implemented via Service Contracts expected to commence in Q1 2022.

Lot Division

Renewal Options

See Volume II of the ITT documents.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Indicators

• Bids should cover one or more lots.
• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Staff qualifications are relevant.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Please note the important additional information in Section VI.3) regarding funding and eligibility. Procedure to be applied: The procurement for the contract will be conducted in accordance with ECMWF's procedures as set out in Invitation to Tender documents, which will be available on ECMWF's eProcurement Portal (http://procurement.ecmwf.int/) and no other procedures will apply. In submitting this notice ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities granted to it by virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation or submit itself to any jurisdiction. Tenders must be submitted using ECMWF's eProcurement Portal. Hard copy (paper) submissions will not be accepted. Due to the need to include performance and compliance obligations in the contract, ECMWF will contract only with a single legal person or entity which is competent to undertake and commit to these obligations. ECMWF recognises that some bids will involve a number of organisations which may wish to work together to deliver the contract requirements. In such cases, these organisations must identify a lead contractor who will sign the contract with ECMWF and who will be responsible for putting in place legal arrangements to ensure that it can guarantee that all other organisations will also meet the contract obligations. ECMWF will not enter into multiple contracts with individual members of consortia or groups of service providers. General eligibility: Refer to Section 3.2.1 of Volume I of the ITT documents. Eligibility of United Kingdom (UK) and Swiss (CH) entities: Refer to Section 3.2.2 of Volume I of the ITT documents. Please note that Copernicus operations will eventually be fully managed by ECMWF from Bonn, Germany. Consequently, ECMWF may introduce a version of the Framework Agreement consonant with German law. All key obligations of providers under the Framework Agreement will remain unaffected.