The purpose of this procurement is to develop and operate a comprehensive system for timely monitoring of all cause mortality in Europe as an indicator of the population level impact of communicable diseases and other major public health threats. Excess all-cause mortality is a basic indicator for the assessment of the impact of influenza epidemics in the general population and an understanding of its epidemiology is key for effective public health planning and action. The most widely accepted and utilised methodology for estimating influenza mortality is to model this from time-series data of all-cause mortality. Vital statistics are accessible for all European countries, but might not be available in a timely fashion. The variation of mortality rates within a population over time can be ascribed to different factors as extreme weather conditions as well as waves of respiratory diseases as seen during the seasonal influenza epidemic. The monitoring of all-cause mortality provides valuable information on the general population and specific age-groups not targeted by disease-specific surveillance systems. Timely monitoring of excess mortality may also provide early warning signals for community-wide acute health effects. The objective of this tender is to establish and maintain a network of European Union, European Economic Area and Stabilisation and Association Agreement (EU/EEA/SAA) countries national institutes / study sites engaged in mortality monitoring and ensure monitoring of excess all-cause mortality in the EU as a mean to assess the impact of the respiratory viruses, mainly: seasonal and pandemic influenza, pandemic-prone coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2, and respiratory syncytial virus. The network and the methodology will build on the work done by the ‘Excess mortality monitoring in Europe to assess impact of communicable diseases’ project during 2022-2026. The analyses and outputs will be done in collaboration with activities covered by other similar supranational/global initiatives, with the capacity to serve and support EU/EEA/SAA countries. In order to ensure sustainability of project outcomes, the project will develop data collection, analysis and outputs in close collaboration with ECDC to enable handover of activities to ECDC, should this be requested. The overall objectives of this call for tender are: 1. To develop and maintain a network of EU Member State national authorities or study sites engaged or planning to engage in excess mortality monitoring. 2. To develop and maintain continuous and timely data collection processes, analytical methods and timely outputs for estimating expected mortality and identifying excess all-cause mortality monitoring across age groups and geographic areas. 3. To assess and analyse the impact of influenza, SARS-CoV-2, RSV and other epidemic or pandemic respiratory virus circulation on all-cause excess mortality. 4. To build and strengthen capacity in EU Member States for implementing harmonised mortality monitoring methodologies for all-cause excess mortality. 5. To disseminate analytical outputs in scientific, professional and public fora, and to support ECDC in integrating excess mortality findings into respiratory virus surveillance outputs. 6. To ensure uninterrupted excess all-cause mortality monitoring during a pandemic, extreme environmental events or an unexpected major public health event. 7. To ensure close collaboration with ECDC to support methodological alignment, data integration, and preparedness for a potential future transfer of activities.
In-person two-day country support visits to EU/EEA/SAA participating countries (DL 2.5; maximum 12 visits, two experts per visit) Physical presence of at least one or two contractor personnel on-site at each hybrid network meeting (DL 2.2; twice during FWC, approximately 60 participants) Hybrid network meetings to be held at commercial venues in the EU/EEA or at ECDC premises in Stockholm when available Kick-off meeting with ECDC (DL 1.1) — explicitly online Quarterly coordination meetings between contractor and ECDC (DL 1.1; 4 per year, 16 during FWC) — explicitly online Online kick-off meeting with the network (DL 2.1) — explicitly online Biannual online network meetings (DL 2.1; 6 during FWC) — explicitly online Online training and capacity-building activities to participating countries (DL 2.4; up to 30 total) — explicitly online format Remote operational or technical support to the network (DL 3.3) — explicitly remote
Tenderers (including each member of the group in case of joint tender) must prove that they have the legal capacity to perform the contract and the regulatory capacity to pursue the professional activity necessary to carry out the work subject to this call for tenders.
Tenderers must comply with the following selection criteria in order to prove that they have the necessary economic and financial capacity to perform the contract.
The tenderer must prove experience in the field of time-series analysis of national or supra-national-level mortality data and coordination of multinational networks in the field of public health or biostatistics.
The tenderer must prove capacity to work in English (C1 equivalent).
The tenderer must prove capacity to draft reports in English (C1 equivalent).
The tenderer must prove capacity to work in five EU/EEA/SAA countries.
The tenderer must prove having the necessary human resources to perform the contract in line with best professional practice. Tenderers should demonstrate sufficient staff are available to manage the contract and perform the overhead operations related to the requested services, including the capacity to carry out requests placed by several ordering services simultaneously and within short timeframes.
Published 9 July 2026 · rebuilt nightly from the official notice.