The envisaged procurement channel will cover services to support the development and maintenance activities of scientific IT tools supporting the regulatory processes currently entrusted to ECHA without preclusion of those that shall or are in the process of being entrusted to ECHA, on the basis of the EU chemicals legislation.
Primary channel for TRANSFORM initiatives, primarily covering IT services on project-based activities for the construction of new products and other specialised services.
The legal basis for the increase of the ceiling is point 11.1.e) and 11.4 of Annex I to the Financial Regulation (Regulation 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union).