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Challenge: PCP WISE Call for Tenders

 Challenge: PCP WISE Call for Tenders   Shaping the Future of Water Resilience with Earth Observation Technologies  About  PCP WISE is a Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) action funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Programme, selected under the call HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-5.  This ambitious initiative directly supports the European Green Deal’s objectives, advancing the uptake of Environmental Observation (EO), data, and products to tackle pressing societal challenges. With a total budget of €19 million, PCP WISE allocates nearly €12 million (11,765,338.80 EUR) to finance the R&D phases of the PCP. These investments aim to develop cutting-edge solutions up to TRL 8, addressing critical needs in water management and climate resilience across Europe.  The PCP is promoted by a group of 12 public buyers, coordinated by Het Waterschapshuis (Netherlands). Together, they form the backbone of the European PCP WISE consortium, which brings together 26 organisations - local authorities, water authorities, and research institutions - from 10 countries. This consortium is reinforced by 14 additional partners, who provide expertise and support throughout the PCP process.  By joining forces, this pan-European collaboration is set to drive innovation, sustainability, and resilience in the face of growing environmental and climate-related challenges.    The Challenge  PCP WISE addresses one of Europe’s most pressing challenges: the growing impact of climate change on water systems. Increasingly frequent droughts, floods, wildfires, and soil instability are placing pressure on water quality, supply, and infrastructure. These risks require water authorities to make informed, timely, and effective decisions to protect communities and ecosystems.  To meet this need, PCP WISE focuses on advancing the monitoring of the Soil-Water-Vegetation (SWV) system through remote sensing, Earth observation, and advanced hydrological modelling. By generating consistent and shareable data on local water balances, PCP WISE will give managers the tools to: 

• Prioritise actions based on Environmental Act guidelines 

• Allocate scarce water resources more effectively 

• Build risk maps that improve awareness and support crisis management 

Ultimately, PCP WISE will provide smart, sustainable, and scalable solutions to strengthen climate resilience across Europe, helping water authorities respond to both fast-onset events (floods, wildfires) and slow-onset impacts (droughts, soil subsidence, heat stress, infrastructure risks).   The PCP is divided into three phases: Phase 1 (Solution Design), Phase 2 (Prototyping and Lab Testing), Phase 3 (original development, field testing and, and validation of first products/services).  Solutions are expected to achieve TRL 8 at the end of Phase 3.    Key Information    📅 Deadline for submission of tenders: 07 January 2025 - 17:00  📍 Procurement Notice available via the TED eTendering portal: https://ted.europa.eu/it/notice/-/detail/581235-2025   💼 How to apply? This Pre-Commercial Procurement procedure is executed via the Tuttogare e-Procurement platform: https://pcp-wise.tuttogare.it/pcp/dettaglio.php?codice=1  🌐 Tender must be submitted in English     The SPIN4EIC consortium is not responsible for the initiatives launched by private or public buyers. Each participating entity is solely responsible for its own challenge, including the selection process, communication with applicants, and all information provided to participants. 

Call for Tenders by European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Products and Services for additional ECVs in the Land and Ocean Domains

About the Call for Tenders   The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), on behalf of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and funded by the European Union, has launched a new call for tenders focused on the provision of operational services for satellite-derived climate data products. This procurement falls under the C3S’s ongoing mission to ensure access to high-quality, consistent, and traceable climate data in support of climate monitoring, policy-making, and scientific research.   The call aims to secure service providers capable of delivering long-term, homogeneous Climate Data Records (CDRs) and Interim Climate Data Records (ICDRs) derived from satellite observations and made accessible via the Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS).   With an estimated contract value of EUR 2.75 million, this initiative represents a critical step toward consolidating Europe’s leadership in climate intelligence through robust, standardized, and transparent satellite-based climate records.    The Challenges  The core objective of this tender is to establish and enhance the end-to-end operational chains required to generate and disseminate global or near-global climate datasets rooted in satellite observations. Tenderers are expected to deliver mature, validated datasets that meet stringent requirements of temporal consistency, spatial coverage, uncertainty quantification, and scientific traceability. Beyond dataset generation, services must include the operation and maintenance of processing systems, continuous quality assurance, comprehensive metadata management, documentation of algorithms, and user support. Data must be made available through the CDS and align with its standards for interoperability and transparency.   The Call is divided into six thematic Lots, each dedicated to the generation and maintenance of long-term, globally consistent CDRs for six key Essential Climate Variables (ECVs):  

• Lot 1 – Sea Surface Salinity
• Lot 2 – Permafrost, including temperature, extent, and active layer thickness, 
• Lot 3 – Above-ground Biomass, 
• Lot 4 – Albedo, spectral and broadband DHR & BHR with Associated Spectral Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) parameter, 

• Lot 5 – Leaf Area Index, 

• Lot 6 – Fraction of Absorbed Photosyntetically Active Radiation.

  Key Information  📅 Deadline for submission of tenders: 17 September 2025 - 16:00:00 (UTC+2) Eastern European Time, Central European Summer  📍 For full details on the technical requirements, please visit the TED eTendering portal.   💼 How to apply? Participation is open to all interested economic operators, including SMEs, research institutions, public bodies, and private companies established in EU Member States, e or in a Copernicus Participating State.  Any economic operator willing to participate in this call for tenders must be registered on the ECMWF's eProcurement Portal.  🌐 Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English    The SPIN4EIC consortium is not responsible for the initiatives launched by private or public buyers. Each participating entity is solely responsible for its own challenge, including the selection process, communication with applicants, and all information provided to participants.