Research and development services and related consultancy services

Description

ECMWF as the Entrusted Entity for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for services related to operational service provision. Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) aims to provide information to support the development of a climate resilient society. Through the Sectoral Information System (SIS), C3S has already 7 Proof of Concept elements (POCs) under development, addressing the needs of sectoral users in water, energy, insurance, agriculture and urban-management sectors in Europe. It is expected that building upon the experience gained from the POCs, a new set of operational services will be developed and delivered to address the sectors that are not served by the existing contracts. Lot 2 aims to develop a set of services demonstrators based on the Climate Data Store (CDS) and able to provide relevant climate information to users operating at regional scale in Europe or in other regions of European interest. In particular, we are looking for services addressing the needs of one or more of the following sectors: transport, tourism, coastal areas, marine and fisheries, health and biodiversity. The service will build upon the experience acquired during the preparation of the proof of concept demonstrators that are being developed as part of the SIS. The services will rely upon and act as demonstrators of the functionalities of the CDS and thus will need to be put together solely using the tools and datasets available on the CDS and be designed fully compatible and interoperable with them. This Contract Award Notice lists the Contractors for Lot 2 of ITT C3S_422 (Lot Title: European Services). The Contractor for Contract no. ECMWF/COPERNICUS/2017/C3S_422_LOT2_Deltares will deliver operational climate services for the coastal community. More specifically, the contract will put together detailed datasets of historical storm surges and associated coastal floods and will look at how these events could be changing with climate change. Specific case studies will be developed to address the needs of specific user communities. The Contractor for Contract no. ECMWF/COPERNICUS/2017/C3S_422_LOT2_PML will deliver operational climate services for European fisheries. More specifically, the contract will examine how the climate-change induced alterations of the oxygen & nutrient level and surface circulation in the European shelf seas could alter the distribution and the seasonality of the fish stocks. The Contractor for Contract no. ECMWF/COPERNICUS/2017/C3S_422_LOT2_TEC will deliver operational climate services for the tourism sector. The significant changes we expect to take place in the climate of Europe, if unmitigated, have the potential to significantly disrupt the tourism business. With specific indicators addressing the needs of winter, coastal and global tourism, the contract aims to provide the target users with the tools they need to prepare the sector for the changes to come. The Contractor for Contract no. ECMWF/COPERNICUS/2017/C3S_422_LOT2_VITO will deliver operational climate services for the health sector. Using a combination of high-resolution urban modelling and vector borne diseases the contractor will provide health authorities in Europe with usable information about the likelihood of upcoming heatwaves or outbreaks of specific diseases.