C3S2_413_bis Lot 1 Maintenance and Extension of C3S Windstorm and Storm Surge Services

Description

ECMWF, as the Entrusted Entity for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), invites Tenders for the maintenance and extension of C3S windstorm and storm surge services. The requirements are split into two Lots: maintenance and extension of the Operational Windstorm Service (Lot 1), and maintenance and extension of operational storm surge products (Lot 2). For each Lot, ECMWF intends to award a single Framework Agreement for a period of maximum 28 months, which shall be implemented via a single multi-annual Service Contract expected to commence in Q3 2026. Tenderers are invited to submit their Tenders for either one or both Lots. Note that the expertise required for each Lot strongly differ. In cases where a Tenderer opts to submit Tenders for both Lots, it is mandatory that each Tender is presented as a separate submission, with its own set of documents, including but not limited to, technical proposals, pricing tables and any required supporting documents. Tenderers must ensure that the submissions for each Lot are independently viable and stand on their own merits. At the same time, Tenderers should indicate what synergies, including cost savings, can be achieved should more than one Lot be awarded to them. Lot 1: Maintenance and extension of the Operational Windstorm Service The objective of Lot 1 is to ensure the continued operational delivery, maintenance, and scientific robustness of the Operational Windstorm Service and its ERA5-based extra-tropical cyclone (ETC) diagnostics, datasets, applications and notebooks, while extending the service to meet evolving user needs, especially for insurance/catastrophe modelling, by strengthening QA, providing L2 user support and updated training material, and preparing migration to ERA6 through targeted testing and sensitivity assessment. The extension work includes broadening the geographic domain beyond Europe (to at least Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, and potentially Southern Hemisphere), adding variables and derived products (e.g., precipitation linkage, return periods), improving downstream-relevant statistics (including UNSEEN/synthetic/analogue/AI generative approaches with benchmarking and documentation), developing storm indicators usable across reanalysis and climate projections (CMIP/CORDEX) without explicit storm tracking, and co-developing user-driven case studies and online demonstrators with clear documentation and dissemination assets in coordination with ECMWF and (where relevant) Lot 2. Portal instructions: Some of the ITT documents are accessible under the ‘Attachments’ box at bottom right of this page. The full set of ITT documents which are provided inside the response questionnaire are only accessible by registering an interest in this opportunity (see the 'Expression of interest window' at top right). Please refer initially to the ‘ECMWF eProcurement Portal Guidance for suppliers’ file in the Attachments box as this document will help you navigate the portal and locate the necessary information in order to submit a proposal. Please note that the contact email address shown under 'Contact details' is not monitored, and any messages sent to this email address will not be attended to. Questions / clarifications concerning this ITT must be submitted via the Messaging area of the ITT, which can be accessed through the My Activities page of the Portal once you have logged-in and registered your interest in this opportunity. Keywords: windstorm service, climate