Multiple Framework Contracts in cascade for support services to the European Commission on gathering intelligence on priority threats and medical countermeasures

This EU4Health call for tenders aims at supporting the intelligence-gathering and horizon-scanning function of the Directorate-General for Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (DG HERA), in particular through providing essential information that can be used as an input by HERA to carry out its activities in the field of intelligence gathering on cross-border health threats and medical countermeasures (MCMs).

The intelligence gathering service to be purchased will foster the swift collection, summary and presentation of relevant requested data from which HERA will conduct further analysis, including literature searches, desk reviews, scanning of databases, and the presentation of the information collected in studies. These activities will be executed in complementarity with services provided by other Commission services and agencies, explicitly not to replicate existing information, but to address essential gaps to ensure solid preparedness and response activities targeting MCMs.

Estimated ceiling: €15,000,000

• Lot 1: €6 000 000

• Lot 2: €9 000 000

Read more and apply on the Funding and Tenders Portal.

Background

EU4Health, with a budget of €5.3 billion, is the fourth and largest of the EU health programmes. The EU4Health programme goes beyond an ambitious response to the COVID-19 crisis to address the resilience of European healthcare systems. The programme provides funding to national authorities, health organisations and other bodies through grants and public procurement, contributing to a healthier Europe.

HaDEA manages the vast majority of the total EU4Health budget and implements the programme by managing calls for proposals and tenders from 2021 to 2027.

This action supports the EU4Health policy priority to be better prepared to respond to cross-border health threats. It contributes to the achievement of the EU4Health Programme’s general objective of protecting people in the Union from serious cross-border threats to health and strengthening the responsiveness of health systems and coordination among EU countries to cope with serious cross-border threats to health (Article 3, point (b) of Regulation (EU) 2021/522) through the specific objectives defined in Article 4, points (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2021/522.