As the entrusted entity for implementing the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), ECMWF will issue an Invitation to Tender (ITT) to provide quantitative estimates of “climate forcings”. “Climate forcings” characterise the radiative effects of changes in distributions of radiatively active atmospheric gases and particles and they are an essential element for the understanding of the impact of anthropogenic activities on the energy budget of the Earth-System. Climate forcings are both short-lived and long-lived, depending on the atmospheric residence time of the corresponding species. The successful bidder will be expected to estimate radiative forcings from CAMS outputs, greenhouse gases, reactive gases and aerosol and will have to demonstrate expertise as well as a proven track record in the field. Duration of the framework agreement is 30 months. Expected starting date of the services is 1 January 2019.

PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Section II.B: Object of the Contract(SUPPLIES OR SERVICES)

II.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Copernicus CAMS_74 Climate Forcings

II.2)

Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance

On contractor"s premises.

II.3)

Short description of nature and quantity or supplies or services

As the entrusted entity for implementing the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), ECMWF will issue an Invitation to Tender (ITT) to provide quantitative estimates of “climate forcings”. “Climate forcings” characterise the radiative effects of changes in distributions of radiatively active atmospheric gases and particles and they are an essential element for the understanding of the impact of anthropogenic activities on the energy budget of the Earth-System. Climate forcings are both short-lived and long-lived, depending on the atmospheric residence time of the corresponding species. The successful bidder will be expected to estimate radiative forcings from CAMS outputs, greenhouse gases, reactive gases and aerosol and will have to demonstrate expertise as well as a proven track record in the field. Duration of the framework agreement is 30 months. Expected starting date of the services is 1 January 2019.

II.4)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.5)

Scheduled date for start of award procedures

II.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.7)

Additional information

The procurement for the contract will be conducted in accordance with ECMWF"s procedures as set out in ECMWF"s Invitation to Tender documents, which will be available on ECMWF"s eProcurement Portal 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.

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)

Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them

III.2)

Conditions for participation

III.2.1)

Reserved contracts

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community fund

Copernicus — The European Earth Observation Programme.

See http://www.copernicus.eu/

VI.2)

Additional information

Tenders will not be eligible unless they are submitted by persons or entities based or registered in a member state of the EU or in a member state of ECMWF.

VI.3)

Information on general regulatory framework

VI.4)

Date of dispatch of this notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained