The project aims to streamline and harmonise the implementation of chemical grouping to support human risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals. Its main tasks are to map EFSA’s current and future needs, identify relevant data types and sources (including traditional toxicological data and emerging technologies) as well as practices and approaches (such as AI-driven data extraction), and define key aspects for efficient data collection and appraisal. The expected outcome is a compendium of existing data types, sources and approaches, accompanied by recommendations for an operational strategy, ideally utilizing automated solutions to enable consistent and effective chemical grouping across EFSA’s domains.
See the official notice for the place of performance.
The tenderer must have generated an overall annual turnover of at least 400,000.00 € in each of the last 2 closed financial years (2023, 2024).
The tenderer overall must have extensive and demonstrable experience in the following areas: (1) Project Management of complex and multidisciplinary projects in the scientific domains covered by the present call or similar projects in terms of subject matter and value. (2) Scientific expertise in human health risk assessment of chemicals in food and feed and in chemical grouping methodologies for the assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals. (3) Data Science Expertise: experience in handling large and heterogeneous datasets, applying advanced computational methods, and developing automated workflows for evidence collection, appraisal and integration, including the use of AI where appropriate.
Project Manager: Responsibilities: Ensures overall coordination, planning, quality assurance and timely delivery of all project tasks and deliverables, acting as the main liaison with EFSA. The tenderer must be composed of a multidisciplinary team made up of at least 4 profiles (one person can cover more than one profile).
Toxicologist: Responsibilities: Provides scientific expertise in toxicology to support the analysis and interpretation of toxicological evidence relevant to chemical grouping. Contributes to the critical evaluation of different lines of evidence, including their relevance and limitations across EFSA domains, and supports the scientific robustness and coherence of implementation approaches.
Computational Toxicologist / Cheminformatics Specialist: Responsibilities: Develops and applies computational and cheminformatics methods to support chemical similarity assessment, clustering, and grouping analyses.
Data Scientist: Responsibilities: Provides expertise in data science, machine learning and natural language processing techniques to support the analysis of heterogeneous data sources relevant to chemical grouping. Contributes to the assessment of feasibility, opportunities and limitations related to data extraction, structuring, harmonisation and integration, including in the context of exploratory or illustrative proof-of-concepts, without developing or deploying operational systems.
Each project team member must have a very good level of spoken and written standard UK English to ensure clear communication with EFSA, effective participation in meetings, and production of high-quality reports and documentation. For non-native English speakers, the English language capacity must be demonstrated by at least three years of prior professional experience in English-speaking environments OR an official certificate of English proving a B2 level.
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The tenderer must confirm that all selection criteria are fulfilled and that the tender was prepared independently. They must also declare the ability to provide supporting evidence listed in the tender specifications upon request, ensuring documents are valid and issued within one year.
The tenderer must confirm that it will provide the necessary resources for contract performance and declare that it is not subject to any conflicting interests that could affect the work, including professional conflicts related to past or current projects, business impact, financial investments, previous EU assignments, or consultancy activities within the same scope.
EFSA will verify the absence of professional conflicting interests based on the evidence provided under 'Professional and Technical capacity', the information within the Declaration of Honour (section C) and, where applicable, individual Declarations of Interests (DoIs). If EFSA concludes that such a conflict exists, the tenderer may be rejected in accordance with articles 143(1)(d) and 170(1)(c) of the Financial Regulation and paragraphs 166 and 167 of the recitals.
Environmental protection is an integral part of EFSA's governance. EFSA has established, implemented and maintains a certified environmental management system in accordance with the international standard ISO 14001 and the European EMAS regulation. Environmental impacts of EFSA's activities are identified, managed and monitored in order to improve environmental performance. This commitment to environmental sustainability requires us to consider a life-cycle perspective when purchasing our services. For this reason, we are asking you some information on the environmental management of your activities, to be provided filling in Annex 3 (Information on environmental management). To be completed by the tenderer or leading partner. The answers will not be considered under any criteria, neither selection nor award criteria.
Published 13 April 2026 · rebuilt nightly from the official notice.