C3S2_313c ECV Products and Services for the Land Hydrology Domain

ECMWF, as the Entrusted Entity for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), entered into a contract for the provision of Essential Climate Variable (ECV) products and services in the domain of land hydrology, specifically for Soil Moisture, Lakes, and Groundwater and Terrestrial Water Storage. The objective of the Framework Agreement …

CPV: 73000000 Forschungs- und Entwicklungsdienste und zugehörige Beratung
Ausführungsort:
C3S2_313c ECV Products and Services for the Land Hydrology Domain
Vergabestelle:
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Vergabenummer:
C3S2_313c

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Legal type of the buyer : International organisation
Activity of the contracting authority : Environmental protection

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : C3S2_313c ECV Products and Services for the Land Hydrology Domain
Description : ECMWF, as the Entrusted Entity for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), entered into a contract for the provision of Essential Climate Variable (ECV) products and services in the domain of land hydrology, specifically for Soil Moisture, Lakes, and Groundwater and Terrestrial Water Storage.
Procedure identifier : bf0adf36-3271-4709-b3bb-aa91523ff33e
Previous notice : 111381-2024
Internal identifier : C3S2_313c
Type of procedure : Open
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere in the European Economic Area
Additional information : Service shall be performed on Contractor's premises, located either in a European Union Member State or in a Copernicus Participating State.

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 2 050 000 Euro
Maximum value of the framework agreement : 2 050 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : C3S2_313c ECV Products and Services for the Land Hydrology Domain
Description : The objective of the Framework Agreement is the provision of operational services to ensure dependable access to high-quality, consistent, and globally homogeneous satellite climate data products via the CDS in the domain of the Land Hydrology, specifically for the following ECV products: (i) Soil Moisture: Surface Soil Moisture (SSM), Freeze Thaw (FT) and Root Zone Soil Moisture (RZSM); (ii) Lakes: Lake Water Level (LWL), Lake Water Level Single Track (LWL-S), Lake Surface Water Temperature (LSWT), Lake Ice Cover (LIC) and Lake Water-Leaving Reflectance (LWLR); (iii) Terrestrial Water Storage & Groundwater: Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly (TWSA) and Groundwater Storage Change (GWSC). The services shall include the following technical activities: (-) Operation and maintenance of processing systems to generate CDR/ICDR datasets; (-) Implementation and/or improvement of operational production chain components as needed to achieve Full Operational Capacity; (-) Provision of access to datasets via the CDS; (-) Quality assurance and validation of the resulting datasets; (-) Provision of supporting documentation that describes the operational algorithms employed in dataset generation, outlines the results of quality assessments, of a user guide to assist users in the appropriate utilisation of the datasets, and of a document where compliance of the datasets with the GCOS requirements is verified and where any gaps that may help paving the way forward for scientific and technical evolutions in future contracts are identified; (-) Maintenance of metadata describing CDR datasets and their associated documentation; (-) Provision of user support services; (-) Contribution to the European State of the Climate, contingent upon the maturity and latency of the ECV data, or an alternative form of support for climate intelligence, that will be added to a future ECV dashboard.
Internal identifier : C3S2_313c

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Anywhere in the European Economic Area
Additional information : On Contractor's premises.

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 01/12/2024
Duration : 40 Month

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 2 050 000 Euro
Maximum value of the framework agreement : 2 050 000 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project fully or partially financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : no
Information about previous notices :
Identifier of the previous notice : 111381-2024

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Legal and Financial
Weight (percentage, exact) : 5
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Track Record
Weight (percentage, exact) : 15
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Quality of Resources Deployed
Weight (percentage, exact) : 15
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Technical Solution Proposed
Weight (percentage, exact) : 30
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Management and Implementation
Weight (percentage, exact) : 20
Criterion :
Type : Price
Name :
Description : Price
Weight (percentage, exact) : 15
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Information about review deadlines : Please refer to ECMWF's Procurement Debriefing and Review Procedure published at the ECMWF Suppliers webpage ( https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/suppliers).

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
Framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure : European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents : European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Organisation whose budget is used to pay for the contract : European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Organisation executing the payment : European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Organisation signing the contract : European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
TED eSender : Publications Office of the European Union

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 2 049 630,64 Euro

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : EODC Earth Observation Data Centre for Water Resources Monitoring GmbH
Tender :
Tender identifier : C3S2_313c Tender 1
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 2 049 630,64 Euro
Subcontracting : Yes
Subcontracting value is known : yes
Value of subcontracting : 1 721 020,64 Euro
Subcontracting percentage is known : yes
Percentage of subcontracting : 84
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : ECMWF/COPERNICUS/2024/C3S2_313c_EODC
Title : ECV Products and Services for the Land Hydrology Domain
Date on which the winner was chosen : 16/12/2024
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 16/12/2024
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : yes
Information about European Union funds
Name of EU-financed project or programme : European Earth Observation Programme (Copernicus) (2014/2020)
Organisation signing the contract : European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 1

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Registration number : n/a
Postal address : Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
Town : Bonn
Postcode : 53175
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DEA22 )
Country : Germany
Contact point : Procurement at ECMWF
Telephone : +44 118 949 9000
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents
Organisation signing the contract
Organisation whose budget is used to pay for the contract
Organisation executing the payment

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Registration number : not applicable
Postal address : Shinfield Park
Town : Reading
Postcode : RG2 9AX
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Berkshire ( UKJ11 )
Country : United Kingdom
Contact point : Procurement at ECMWF
Telephone : +44 118 949 9000
Fax : +44 118 986 9450
Internet address : https://www.ecmwf.int/
Information exchange endpoint (URL) : https://procurement.ecmwf.int/
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : EODC Earth Observation Data Centre for Water Resources Monitoring GmbH
Registration number : FN 417398
Postal address : Franz-Grill-StraBe 9
Town : Vienna
Postcode : 1030
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Wien ( AT130 )
Country : Austria
Internet address : https://eodc.eu/
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0000

Official name : Publications Office of the European Union
Registration number : PUBL
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : 2417
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 29291
Internet address : https://op.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : f16eca99-a987-4f83-be72-4b64bec52c4e - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 23/01/2025 12:21 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00053218-2025
OJ S issue number : 17/2025
Publication date : 24/01/2025