Secretariat of the Clean Energy for EU Islands Initiative

Caribbean Electricity Integrator Facility

The European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Barbados needs services for the Caribbean Electricity Integrator Facility (CEIF) over 24 months, with a maximum total value of 2,000,000 EUR. The project aims to provide integrated technical, engineering, and transaction-advisory support to advance priority electricity-integration investments in the Caribbean, focusing initially on St Kitts and Nevis, including the interconnection between St Kitts and Nevis and associated infrastructure. The contractor will assess various dimensions (technical, economic, financial, legal, commercial, environmental, social, institutional, and procurement) and develop viable structures for priority investments, while also supporting a scale-up and replication mechanism for wider Caribbean electricity-integration investments. The services will be delivered to Caribbean partner countries covered by the EU-Caribbean Cooperation Facility+ and, where relevant, Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories and French Outermost Regions. The contractor must provide an engineering-anchored transaction advisory team with strong power-system, grid, and submarine-interconnection capabilities, alongside expertise in market and demand analysis, economics, financial structuring, legal and commercial design, procurement, environmental and social safeguards, and stakeholder engagement. Award criteria are quality (80%) and price (20%).

EEA/CCE/TC/26/012 - Topic Centre on Energy System Decarbonisation

The European Environment Agency (EEA) needs services for a Topic Centre on Energy System Decarbonisation through a framework agreement over 4 years, with a maximum total value of 1,005,000 EUR. The services should support and strengthen EEA capabilities in quantitative analytical methods, such as indicators, trends and scenario assessments for the evolution of the energy system, and in the quantification of associated benefits, co-benefits, trade-offs and just transition implications. It also includes targeted case study work combining desk research, stakeholder mapping, structured questionnaires, EUSurvey-based evidence collection, expert workshops, and interviews to identify and share success factors, barriers, impacts, and transferability across policy contexts, sectors, and countries. Offers will be evaluated based on quality (70%) and price (30%).

Strengthening the capacities of the IPA bodies for the effective implementation of the Operational Programme on Energy 2024-2027

The Government of Albania needs services to strengthen the institutional, administrative, and operational capacities of bodies involved in the implementation of the IPA III Operational Programme on Energy 2024-2027 in Albania. This 36-month contract has a maximum total value of 3,600,000 EUR and includes institutional and administrative strengthening, capacity-building activities, preparation of project and procurement documentation, support for programme monitoring, evaluation, and reporting, assistance in procurement and contract management, and communication and visibility activities. Offers will be evaluated based on quality (80%) and price (20%).

Assistance for the Implementation of Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX 10) Activities: Provision of Logistical Services and Financial Management

The European Commission, ENEST.A - Enlargement Coordination, Strategy & Investments, needs services for the implementation of Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX 10) activities, specifically the provision of logistical services and financial management, for a duration of 4 years, with a maximum total value of 68,000,000 EUR. The contractor will execute instructions from the European Commission, arranging logistics for conferences, workshops, expert missions, study visits, and promotional materials, as well as managing payments for these logistical activities and expert fees. CECOFORMA ~ CONCEPTION, ETUDES ET COOPERATION DE FORMATION likely has a similar contract today. Award criteria are Quality (80%) and Price (20%).

Research and Policy Insights Framework

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is planning the procurement of expert services for its Research and Policy Insights Directorate, covering areas such as sustainable energy policy research, market research, innovation management, finance, behavioural science, and renewable energy technology. Suppliers can provide feedback and input by registering their interest to attend a market information meeting by emailing jim.scheer@seai.ie with their company name, contact name, and contact details, using "Research & Technology Market Information Meeting" as the subject line. KPMG, Fehily Timoney and Company, Plan Energy Consulting Ltd, BioXL Limited, Infranua, MCO Projects Limited, QMPF LLP, Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions, Tipperary Energy Agency Ltd, and COWI UK Ltd currently hold a similar contract for Trusted Advisor Support Services.