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Macro-econometric Assessment of Reduced Working Time Policies - 240105/7807

Official description

As per PD 2026.

Plain-language summaryAI

Place of performance

Kick-off meeting via video conference approximately one week after contract signing Minimum three further coordination video conferences focusing on interim reports for each of the three tasks All tasks performed at the contractor's own premises Kick-off meeting held via video conference All coordination meetings (minimum four in total) held via video conference

Who can apply
5.4.1 · Legal and Regulatory Capacity

Tenderers can be natural or legal persons. Tenderers are not obliged to take a specific legal form in order to submit their tenders. Where tenderers submit a tender through an entity, which lacks legal personality (e.g., a branch), the compliance with the exclusion criteria, selection criteria, the rules on access to procurement as well as the absence of restrictive measures shall be assessed at the level of the tenderers. Tenderers do not need to prove specific legal and regulatory capacity to perform the contract.

5.4.2 · Economic and Financial Capacity Criterion

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.

5.4.3 · Technical and Professional Capacity

Experience in Macroeconomic Modelling and Labour Market Analysis: The tenderer must demonstrate experience in macroeconomic modelling, EU labour market analysis, working time or labour supply analysis, and cross-country comparative research.

5.4.3 · Technical and Professional Capacity

Capacity to Produce Research Reports in English: The tenderer must demonstrate capacity to produce research reports and technical documents in English.

5.4.3 · Technical and Professional Capacity

Experience with EU-Wide Microdata Sources: The tenderer must demonstrate experience working with EU-wide microdata sources, in particular the Eurostat Labour Force Survey (LFS) or equivalent Eurostat databases covering all or a substantial share of EU-27 Member States.

5.4.3 · Technical and Professional Capacity

Project Manager: The Project Manager shall have at least five years of experience in project management, including overseeing project delivery, quality control, client relations and conflict resolution. This experience shall have been gained on projects of comparable size (minimum contract value of €100,000) and scope, including experience managing multi-country projects covering at least ten EU Member States and teams of at least five people.

5.4.3 · Technical and Professional Capacity

Senior Macroeconomic Modelling Expert (two profiles required): Each expert shall hold a relevant higher education degree (at minimum Master's level) in economics, econometrics or a related quantitative discipline, or demonstrate equivalent professional experience. Each expert shall have at least seven years of professional experience in macroeconomic modelling, with demonstrated expertise in at least one of the following approaches: computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models, macroeconometric models, or input-output and multi-regional input-output (MRIO) approaches. Each expert shall demonstrate experience applying their modelling framework to multi-country analyses covering a substantial share of EU Member States, and producing quantitative results for core macroeconomic outcomes including employment, wages, labour productivity and GDP.

5.4.3 · Technical and Professional Capacity

Labour Market and Working Time Expert: The expert shall hold a relevant higher education degree (at minimum Master's level) in economics, labour economics, social policy or a related discipline. The expert shall have at least five years of professional experience in EU labour market research, with demonstrated expertise in working time analysis, labour supply modelling, or the analysis of working conditions using EU-wide microdata sources such as the Eurostat Labour Force Survey (LFS). Experience in cross-country comparative research covering a substantial share of EU Member States is required.

5.4.3 · Technical and Professional Capacity

Language Quality Check: At least one member of the team responsible for drafting deliverables shall demonstrate a minimum C1 level of proficiency in English under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), to ensure the quality of all written deliverables produced under this contract.

Contract value
€185,000
Deadline31 Aug 2026
Time left54 days left
BuyerEUROFOUND - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
ProcedureOpen procedure

Published 2 July 2026 · rebuilt nightly from the official notice.