The HAB-Hub Pilot project (PP33) aims to assess, improve and scale-up existing Earth Observation (EO) data, services and methodologies to detect in near-real-time (NRT) harmful algal bloom (HAB) events in European waters. The project will evaluate at a pan European scale the performance of methods and products already applied in existing operational EU services as well as phytoplankton bloom monitoring systems worldwide. The assessment will be carried out in retrospective mode, testing the capacity of alternative systems of successfully detecting and documenting past bloom events. The best performing system should then be evaluated during a NRT 6-month experiment. The purpose of this forthcoming contract is to provide the EO data needed for the assessment in retrospective mode, to develop a web-based platform (or dashboard) that will host the NRT experiment and will display and disseminate its results, and to run the NRT experiment with the appropriate data.
The Joint Research Centre is seeking data services for the HAB-Hub Pilot project, which aims to detect harmful algal bloom events in European waters using Earth Observation data. The contract will provide EO data for a retrospective assessment and support a 6-month near-real-time experiment. The contractor will also develop a web-based platform to host and display the experiment's results.
O projeto HAB-Hub visa avaliar e melhorar dados e serviços de Observação da Terra para detectar em tempo quase real eventos de florações de algas nocivas em águas europeias. O contrato visa fornecer dados de Observação da Terra para uma avaliação retrospectiva e desenvolver uma plataforma baseada na web para um experimento em tempo quase real. O objetivo é detectar e documentar eventos de florações de algas nocivas de forma eficaz.
Kick-off meeting organised online by the Contractor within one month of contract signature Quarterly progress meetings organised online by the Contractor throughout the contract Kick-off meeting — explicitly required to be organised on-line by the Contractor Quarterly coordination/progress meetings — explicitly required to be organised (on-line) by the Contractor Online training tutorial on the use of the web platform for the Contracting Authority and potential NRT users before the NRT experiment starts All routine work performed at the contractor's premises or via distributed (cloud) systems — no on-site presence at the contracting authority's premises required
Tenderers 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 processing and distribution of Earth Observation data applied to aquatic ecosystems.
The tenderer must prove its capability to carry out the services requested in terms of scientific competence and expertise, represented by a Team consisting of at least the following profiles. Profile: Project Coordinator (1 CV required).
The tenderer must prove its capability to carry out the services requested in terms of scientific competence and expertise, represented by a Team consisting of at least the following profiles. Profile: Senior Scientist in the domain of remote sensing applied to water quality (1 CV required).
The tenderer must prove its capability to carry out the services requested in terms of scientific competence and expertise, represented by a Team consisting of at least the following profiles. Profile: Specialist in web services development (1 CV required).
The tenderer must prove its capability to carry out the services requested in terms of scientific competence and expertise, represented by a Team consisting of at least the following profiles. Profile: Specialist in IT services applied to processing of large geospatial data sets (1 CV required).
Published 8 July 2026 · rebuilt nightly from the official notice.