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Tender reference number	ENV.B.2/ETU/2014/0016.
Title	Invasive alien species - prioritising prevention efforts through horizon scanning.
Description	Invasive alien species (IAS) are species that are transported outside of their natural range across ecological barriers, due to human action, that establish and spread in their new location and cause negative impacts on biodiversity, society and the economy. IAS are estimated to have cost the EU at least 12 000 000 000 EUR/year over the past 20 years, and the damage costs continue to increase. To effectively tackle the problems linked to IAS, the Commission has proposed a dedicated regulation, seeking to prevent the entry of IAS, to set up a system of early warning and rapid response and to more effectively manage the IAS that have established and spread.The approach chosen is one that seeks to prioritise action on a common set of species considered of EU concern because of the magnitude of their impact, on the basis of risk assessments. Given that new IAS continuously enter the EU, the list of species of Union concern will need to be a dynamic one, able to adapt to an evolving situation and thus be fit to tackle the challenges ahead. Moreover, the focus should be first and foremost on prevention.Thus, this study aims at devising the necessary methodological framework to be able to select potential IAS (horizon scanning) in order to screen for major future threats to the Union in order to prioritise future risk assessments on the worst potential invasive alien species. This study will go beyond the existing work on risk assessment and set the scene for future preventative work.
Contract type	Services
Procedure type	Open procedure
Status	Closed
Published on TED
Award method	N/A

Milestones

TED publication date	20/05/2014 00:00
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or accessing documents	N/A
Question deadline	24/06/2014 16:30 UTC+02:00
Answer deadline	25/06/2014 00:00 UTC+02:00
Time limit for receipt of tenders	01/07/2014 16:00
Conditions for opening tenders (date)	15/07/2014 10:30

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Notices

Reference	Notice type	Publication date
2014/S 096-166916	Contract notice	20/05/2014 00:00