BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Memento EPFL// BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:NCCS-Impacts I Call for proposals DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220826 DTSTAMP:20260415T191324Z UID:db86c01ec26512f4da7ae55f7225b31e9faa63d890abd4b822c4b24a CATEGORIES:Call for proposal DESCRIPTION:The National Centre for Climate Services (NCCS) is launching a call for proposals based on their programme: “Decision Support for Deal ing with Climate Change in Switzerland: a cross-sectoral approach” (NCCS -Impacts). The programme\, managed by the NCCS Office at MétéoSuisse\, f ocuses on the cross-sectoral compilation of climatic impacts in Switzerlan d as well as a bundle of climate services for decision-support.\n\nThe pro gramme hence contributes to closing the gap identified between basic scien tific research and climate mitigation and adaptation measures and pursues the following overarching goals:\n \n\n Impacts: Systemic overview of cli mate change impacts on and in Switzerland and the subsequent key challenge s for the environment\, economy and society.\n Decision-Support: Broad ava ilability and use of jointly produced climate services for targeted and su stainable management of the risks and opportunities of climate change.\n S upport for Authorities: Cross-sectoral support of the federal government a nd all actors in their future-oriented actions to meet the challenges of c limate change.\n\n\nThe programme is implemented over a period from 2022 t o 2025 and is divided into 6 projects of which 4 lots are open for tenders under this call for proposals:\n \n\n Global impacts: Impacts of global climate change on Switzerland\n Ecosystem services: Impacts of climate cha nge on ecosystem services in Switzerland\n Human health and animal health: Impacts of climate change on health\, well-being and performance of human s and animals and on food safety in Switzerland\n Costs of climate change: Costs of climate change impacts in Switzerland with and without successfu l global climate change mitigation\n\n\nFurthermore\, all projects must ta ke into account and elaborate on two common cross-cutting topics:\n\n\n Ex tremes\, such as heat\, heavy precipitation\, or flooding\n Social Justice \, such as distributive justice\, impact diversity across social groups pa rticularly on the vulnerable\, disadvantaged and marginalised populations\ , distribution of costs and benefits\, equity-oriented adaptation and miti gation actions to avoid worsening inequities in connection to climate chan ge impacts.\n\n\nA more detailed description of the lots can be found in t he programme description.\n\nWho can apply:\n\n\n Public and private entit ies in Switzerland\, including research institutions\n Projects will be jo intly carried out with internal NCCS partners: Lot 1 = ETH Zurich\, Lot 2 = ETH Zurich\, Agroscope & WSL\, and Lot 3 = Federal Food Safety and Veter inary Office (FSVO)\n\n\nFunding: CHF 2’900’000.- is available for the 4 lots\, with the respective cost ceiling:\n \n\n Lot 1 - Global impacts : max. CHF 740’000.-\n Lot 2 - Ecosystem services: max.  CHF 600’000. -\n Lot 3 - Human health and animal health: max. CHF 760’000.-\n Lot 4 - Costs of climate change: max. CHF 800’000.-\n\n\nApplicants to the curr ent call for tenders are asked to provide an offer that addresses all aspe cts and key questions of the respective lot in full. Partial offers for a lot (e.g. offer for one project module only) are not allowed. If necessary \, the indicative budgets per project module may be adjusted. However\, th e maximum budget per project\, and hence the sum of indicative budgets per modules\, may not be exceeded in the offer.\n\nDuration: 36 months\, from 2023 to 2025\n\nEligible costs:\n\n\n Personnel costs\, including costs o f project management.\n Costs for translation (the products to be develope d shall be made available in all official languages of Switzerland as well as in English).\n All prices must be quoted in Swiss francs (CHF) and exc lusive of tax. The price excluding taxes includes insurance\, fees\, socia l security charges\, etc.\n Overheads are not eligible\n\n\nTimeline of th e call:\n\n\n Submission deadline: 26 August 2022 (23:59 CET)\n\n\nApplica tion and submission process:\n\n\n The offer must be structured as follow: \n \n Catalogue of requirements\, including information on the applicant (Annex 1)\n Fully completed CA declaration (Annex 2)\n Completed and sig ned form to confirm the competitive neutrality of a bid (Annex 3)\n Compl eted concept template (Annex 4)\n Completed reference form and correspond ing annexes (Annex 5)\n Completed specific lot price sheet (Annexes 6.1-6 .4)\n \n \n\n\n\n The complete offer must be sent by 26.08.2022 at the lat est in 2 copies (1 copy on paper and 1 copy in electronic form on an unenc rypted USB stick) to the address below:\n\nOffice fédéral des constructi ons et de la logistique OFCL\nService des appels d’offres\nProjet (22145 ) 311 « NCCS-Impacts »\nFellerstrasse 21\nCH-3003 Berne\nEmail : beschaf fung.wto@bbl.admin.ch\n\nFor more information and application\, please hav e a look at the call webpage\, the cahier des charges (call guidelines) an d the programme description and the EPFL Toolkit. You will find all docume nts for this call for proposals in the EPFL Toolkit.\n\nPlease contact res earch@epfl.ch for personalised advice.\n\n  LOCATION: STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR