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OSHA/2025/LVP/0003-EXA-Work-related cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in figures – Exploratory research- Low value procedure

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) is planning to launch a call for tender for an overview and analysis of quantitative data available in the EU and Member States on the types, extent and causes of work-related cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) as well as on sectors, occupations and worker groups at risk.

The main objectives of this project are: 

  • To provide a mapping, description and critical assessment of existing sources of quantitative data on the types, extent and causes of work-related CVDs (including recognised occupational ones) and occupational accidents related to CVDs in the EU and its Member States. The data sources identified should also provide information on sectors, occupations and worker groups at risk. Examples of such as data sources include monitoring and recording schemes and systems, statistics, surveys and estimates. The mapping should include data sources from outside the OSH discipline as relevant (e.g. public health, environmental health).

  • To provide a picture of the prevalence and costs of work-related CVDs (including recognised occupational ones) and occupational accidents related to CVDs, at the EU and Member State levels.

  • To improve understanding of underlying causes, exposures and risks of work-related CVDs (including recognised occupational ones) as well as of the sectors, occupations and worker groups at risk, through the analysis of data available from the data sources identified. 

  • To identify limitations, drivers, gaps and needs of the data sources available to encourage the development of data collection and monitoring systems allowing to have a comprehensive picture of work-related CVDs (including recognised occupational ones) and occupational accidents related to CVDs in the EU and in the Member States. 

The overall objective of the project is to increase visibility of this group of work-related diseases to support the development of effective data collection and monitoring schemes providing the data necessary to design targeted, evidence-based policy-making and prevention of work-related CVDs (including recognised occupational ones) and occupational accidents related to these in the EU.

The information and case examples on regulation, policies, strategies, initiatives and programmes will be collected through desk and fieldwork research. 

The expected deliverables are:

  • A final report of approximately 70 pages or 77,000 words maximum (excluding the executive summary, references and annexes).
  • A stand-alone executive summary (4 pages maximum) based on the content of the final report.
  • Two policy briefs of maximum 4-5 pages
  • A PowerPoint presentation highlighting the main issues and recommendations. This should be suitable for a non-technical audience. The PowerPoint slides will be drafted using good presentational practice, keeping text to the headlines on the slides and putting further detail in speaker’s notes. The presentation should have a maximum of 15 slides and will be prepared using the template and guidelines for accessible PowerPoint presentations provided by the contracting authority to the winning tenderer once the contract has been awarded.

The maximum total budget available for the contract to be awarded is EUR  55,000 (excluding VAT).

Tenderers must comply with the following selection criteria:

Economic and financial capacity
  • Average yearly turnover of the last two financial years above EUR 30,000.
Technical and professional capacity
  • Experience in the field of research on occupational safety and health and work-related diseases and recording schemes and analysis of quantitative data on work-related diseases:
    • at least 2 similar (in scope and complexity) projects completed in the last five years preceding the deadline for submission of tenders.
  • Expertise and capacity to provide final reports and other project deliverables at professional English native speaker or C1 level of the Common European Framework of reference for languages (CEF or CEFR) or equivalent and to manage contracts of a similar nature
  • The team delivering the service should include, as a minimum, the following profiles (non-exclusive list): 
    • At least one senior researcher with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in research on OSH and work-related diseases; using recording schemes of work-related diseases and analysing quantitative data on the burden of work-related diseases; drafting information and policy briefs. 
    • At least one team member with a minimum of 3 years of experience in using recording schemes of work-related diseases and analysing quantitative data on the burden of work-related diseases. 
    • At least one team member needs to be able to work at a level of English of native speaker or C1 level of the CEF/CEFR (or equivalent) to ensure the required language quality check of the project deliverables. 
    • One project manager with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in the management of contracts of a similar nature. 

Note: the above profiles may be covered by one person

The way, deadline and details for expressing your interest in being invited to tender are available on: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/tender-details/369ac161-6e6b-4993-bdbd-76a766fbd8c1-EXA 

It is possible to express interest as an individual organisation or a consortium. However please note that invited candidates can submit a joint tender with other economic operators only if they have expressed interest in the planned procedure as a consortium. More information regarding the participation rules can be found here. 

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