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    Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in support of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

    European Commission, DG REGIO - Regional and Urban Policy

    Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in support of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

    1. Competition notice published

      Jul 2, 2025 12:41 PMJuly 2, 2025 12:41 PM

    2. Supplier selection

      Dec 5, 2025 12:00 AMDecember 5, 2025 12:00 AM

    3. Contract signed

      Dec 17, 2025 12:00 AMDecember 17, 2025 12:00 AM

    4. Result notice published

      Dec 22, 2025 8:58 AMDecember 22, 2025 8:58 AM

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    Belgium: Tenders/European Commission, DG REGIO - Regional and Urban Policy/Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in support of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

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    Brief

    Markeds- og opinionsundersøkelser

    The European Commission, DG TRADE - Trade, has entered into an agreement with TRADE IMPACT BV, Gulf Research Center Foundation Brussels AISBL, and SQ CONSULT B.V. for the delivery of services related to a Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA). This assessment will analyze the potential economic, social, environmental, and human rights impacts of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Bahrain, KSA, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and UAE). The contract has a duration of 18 months and a total value of 455,050 EUR.

    Result

    Winners
    • Gulf Research Center Foundation Brussels AISBL
    • SQ Consult B.V.
    • TRADE IMPACT BV
    Number of bids
    6
    Contract value
    €455,050

    About the bid

      The DG TRADE- specific tool Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) is an ex-ante analysis of the potential economic, social and environmental impacts as well as human rights impacts of a trade negotiation in order to facilitate a better policy mix and coherence between the objective of trade liberalisation and the EU policy objective of sustainable development and respect for human rights. This SIA would cover Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Countries (Bahrain, KSA, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and UAE). This will feed information into and help steer the negotiations, help identify trade- offs and ensure that the related policy choices are optimised.

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      +32 2 299 11 11
      Contact email
      trade-contracts@ec.europa.eu
      Address
      CSM1, rue Père de Deken 23, B-1040 Brussels

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    Contracting authority
    European Commission, DG REGIO - Regional and Urban Policy
    Title
    Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in support of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
    Type
    ResultPrequalification
    Main code
    79311400Economic research services
    Supplemental codes
    73000000Research and development services and related consultancy services79000000Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security79300000Market and economic research; polling and statistics79311410Economic impact assessment79419000Evaluation consultancy services90713000Environmental issues consultancy services
    Estimated value
    €500,000.00
    Duration
    18 months

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