Monitoring, reporting and verification system for non CO2 effects in aviation, stemming from the revision of the ETS Directive further steps

The EU ETS is a cornerstone of the Green Deal and key part of the Fit for 55 package, the revision of the EU ETS Directive for aviation is important part of this deal. The support service will provide for further support for the implementation of MRV framework for non-CO2 …

CPV: 73000000 Forschungs- und Entwicklungsdienste und zugehörige Beratung
Ausführungsort:
Monitoring, reporting and verification system for non CO2 effects in aviation, stemming from the revision of the ETS Directive further steps
Vergabestelle:
European Commission, DG CLIMA - Climate Action
Vergabenummer:
EC-CLIMA/2024/NP/0014

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Commission, DG CLIMA - Climate Action
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Monitoring, reporting and verification system for non CO2 effects in aviation, stemming from the revision of the ETS Directive further steps
Description : The EU ETS is a cornerstone of the Green Deal and key part of the Fit for 55 package, the revision of the EU ETS Directive for aviation is important part of this deal. The support service will provide for further support for the implementation of MRV framework for non-CO2 effects, as well as provide for support operating the implementing rules defined by the ETS Directive. The work will consist to provide further expertise towards the establishment of a MRV scheme for monitoring, reporting and verification of aviation non-CO2 effects.
Procedure identifier : 147d02e9-9fbc-4819-becc-280f10600ee7
Internal identifier : EC-CLIMA/2024/NP/0014
Type of procedure : Negotiated without prior call for competition
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

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Monitoring, reporting and verification system for non CO2 effects in aviation, stemming from the revision of the ETS Directive further steps
Description : The EU ETS is a cornerstone of the Green Deal and key part of the Fit for 55 package, the revision of the EU ETS Directive for aviation is important part of this deal. The support service will provide for further support for the implementation of MRV framework for non-CO2 effects, as well as provide for support operating the implementing rules defined by the ETS Directive. The work will consist to provide further expertise towards the establishment of a MRV scheme for monitoring, reporting and verification of aviation non-CO2 effects.
Internal identifier : EC-CLIMA/2024/NP/0014

5.1.1 Purpose

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

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Duration : 14 Month

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
Additional information : Within 2 months of the notification of the award decision, an appeal may be lodged to the review organisation. You may submit any observations concerning the award procedure to the contracting authority.

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Weight (percentage, exact) : 70
Criterion :
Type : Price
Name :
Description : Please consult the procurement documents.
Weight (percentage, exact) : 30
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria :
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Court of Justice of the European Union
Organisation signing the contract : European Commission, DG CLIMA - Climate Action
TED eSender : European Commission

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 199 760 Euro
Direct award :
Justification for direct award : Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the buyer
Other justification : According to Directive (EU) 2023/958 of 10 May 2023 amending Directive 2003/87/EC, aircraft operators shall report on the non-CO2 aviation effects occurring from 1 January 2025. For that purpose, the Commission was requested to adopt by 31 August 2024 an implementing act in order to include non-CO2 aviation effects in a first of its kind, monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) framework. The framework is considered as a highly complex technical exercise including recent scientific findings and important volume of data (aircraft, flight, weather). The MRV involves the use of several complex climate models to calculate the non-CO2 effects on climate from the flights. The Directive indicates that the Commission shall ensure, subject to available resources, that tools are available to facilitate and, to the extent possible, automatise monitoring, reporting and verification in order to minimise any administrative burden. To deliver on the MRV and inform on the possible IT tools, the Commission launched in 2023 a service contract under open call procedure (ref. 090293/2023/900647/SER/CLIMA.B4.) where a consortium was selected (To70, DLR, AerLabs). While the adoption of the cited implementing act is imminent (positive opinion of the Climate Change Committee from 29 August 2024), the operationalisation of the MRV framework is still underway. Number of important tasks that need to be undertaken to allow the operationalisation of the MRV framework were only identified in the last two months (July- August 2024). As most prominent example, in order to allow the completion of the MRV framework and inform design of the associated IT tools to automatise the MRV, a reference set of technical specifications document that identifies and proposes a relevant choice of mathematical and weather parameters for the MRV to use in the climate models implemented through the IT tools, is needed. This includes the need to create a so-called common reference numerical weather prediction (NWP) model by a weather institute to be able to use the weather data for the MRV (the weather-data approach being the default approach in the MRV framework). In such, the extreme urgency situation brought by the late identification of these needs, is not attributable to the contracting authority and is de facto related to findings on what the MRV framework will require in order to function in line with the implementing act under adoption. These needs could not have been foreseen at the time of preparing the original specifications of the tender in 2023, thus could not have been included in the above mentioned contract. The elaboration of the reference set of technical specifications to feed the design of the IT tools takes time as it requires additional in-depth analysis on scientific findings, and the Commission foresees that in the very best scenario, the above mentioned technical specifications can be only delivered towards in early 2025 (if new contract is launched in September 2024), while the MRV needs to start on 1st January 2025. Additional urgent support is therefore required due to the delays to finalize the operationalization of the MRV framework. This support can be only provided under the limited timeframe and specific expertise required by the above mentioned consortium and related weather institutes (e.g., German weather service - DWD) already involved in the ongoing work. The duration of this additional work should not exceed 12 months. The proposed maximum amount for the contract will be €200k (going above the 50% allowed for amendment to the existing contract (€299k) through extension procedure). Another contract is currently in preparation in DG CLIMA for the technical development and the system administration of the IT tool required by the MRV, which will use the deliverables under the above mentioned existing contract and the deliverables from the one subject to the this negotiated procedure.

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : TO70 BV
Tender :
Tender identifier : TO70 BV
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : 090203/2024/930689/SER/CLIMA.B.4
Date on which the winner was chosen : 06/12/2024
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no
Organisation signing the contract : European Commission, DG CLIMA - Climate Action

6.1.4 Statistical information

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

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : European Commission, DG CLIMA - Climate Action
Registration number : COM
Department : CLIMA.B - Carbon Markets and Clean Mobility
Postal address : Avenue d'Auderghem 19
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1040
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 299 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation signing the contract

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Court of Justice of the European Union
Registration number : CURIA
Postal address : Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : L-2925
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 4303-1
Internet address : http://curia.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : European Commission
Registration number : EUCOM
Postal address : Mondrian (CDMA), Rue du Champ de Mars 21
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1050
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 299 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : TO70 BV
Registration number : NL808755559B01
Postal address : ORANJEBUITENSINGEL 6
Town : DEN HAAG
Postcode : 2511 VE
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Extra-Regio NUTS 3 ( NLZZZ )
Country : Netherlands
Telephone : +31703922322
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 03e23ec8-bb4b-4a37-b3d4-4b1492072808 - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 10/01/2025 08:37 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00020861-2025
OJ S issue number : 8/2025
Publication date : 13/01/2025