The EEA, as the leading contracting authority for the purpose of this inter-institutional call for tenders, seeks to contract 1 contractor who will assist it and the European Commission (in particular DG Environment) as participating contracting authority, by providing IT services and support to develop and operate various spatial and tabular data flows and deliver hands-on training on the software packages used.

The EEA is responsible for developing, implementing and operating a number of spatial and tabular data flows in which countries report data to the EEA. When data have been successfully delivered to the EEA, the data are processed in various steps and levels and eventually disseminated for further use.

The European Commission (in particular DG Environment) can require services under this framework contract when the EEA infrastructure is used for processing and handling of data. This work will always be in close cooperation with EEA technical staff to ensure coherence, transparency and technical compliance of the implementation.

For further details see Sections 7 and 8 of the tender specifications.