NCCS-Impacts I Call for proposals

The National Centre for Climate Services (NCCS) is launching a call for proposals based on their programme: “Decision Support for Dealing with Climate Change in Switzerland: a cross-sectoral approach” (NCCS-Impacts). The programme, managed by the NCCS Office at MétéoSuisse, focuses on the cross-sectoral compilation of climatic impacts in Switzerland as well as a bundle of climate services for decision-support.

The programme hence contributes to closing the gap identified between basic scientific research and climate mitigation and adaptation measures and pursues the following overarching goals:
 

1. Impacts: Systemic overview of climate change impacts on and in Switzerland and the subsequent key challenges for the environment, economy and society.
2. Decision-Support: Broad availability and use of jointly produced climate services for targeted and sustainable management of the risks and opportunities of climate change.
3. Support for Authorities: Cross-sectoral support of the federal government and all actors in their future-oriented actions to meet the challenges of climate change.

1. Global impacts: Impacts of global climate change on Switzerland
2. Ecosystem services: Impacts of climate change on ecosystem services in Switzerland
3. Human health and animal health: Impacts of climate change on health, well-being and performance of humans and animals and on food safety in Switzerland
4. Costs of climate change: Costs of climate change impacts in Switzerland with and without successful global climate change mitigation

1. Extremes, such as heat, heavy precipitation, or flooding
2. Social Justice, such as distributive justice, impact diversity across social groups particularly on the vulnerable, disadvantaged and marginalised populations, distribution of costs and benefits, equity-oriented adaptation and mitigation actions to avoid worsening inequities in connection to climate change impacts.

• Public and private entities in Switzerland, including research institutions
• Projects will be jointly carried out with internal NCCS partners: Lot 1 = ETH Zurich, Lot 2 = ETH Zurich, Agroscope & WSL, and Lot 3 = Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO)

1. Lot 1 - Global impacts: max. CHF 740’000.-
2. Lot 2 - Ecosystem services: max.  CHF 600’000.-
3. Lot 3 - Human health and animal health: max. CHF 760’000.-
4. Lot 4 - Costs of climate change: max. CHF 800’000.-

• Personnel costs, including costs of project management.
• Costs for translation (the products to be developed shall be made available in all official languages of Switzerland as well as in English).
• All prices must be quoted in Swiss francs (CHF) and exclusive of tax. The price excluding taxes includes insurance, fees, social security charges, etc.
• Overheads are not eligible

• Submission deadline: 26 August 2022 (23:59 CET)

• The offer must be structured as follow:
  • Catalogue of requirements, including information on the applicant (Annex 1)
  • Fully completed CA declaration (Annex 2)
  • Completed and signed form to confirm the competitive neutrality of a bid (Annex 3)
  • Completed concept template (Annex 4)
  • Completed reference form and corresponding annexes (Annex 5)
  • Completed specific lot price sheet (Annexes 6.1-6.4)

• The complete offer must be sent by 26.08.2022 at the latest in 2 copies (1 copy on paper and 1 copy in electronic form on an unencrypted USB stick) to the address below: