EY CONSULTING

EY Consulting is searching for partners for the following project opportunity:

2014/S 056-094048_Developing a more efficient early warning and response system, in line with EU standards

Project description:

Ministry of Interior of Republic of Serbia intends to award a service contract for the provision of services in developing a more efficient early warning and response system (EWS), in line with EU standards, and to establish the capacities for the implementation of a warning system that will be relevant for both sides involved in the project.

This will be achieved by properly combining data, forecast tools and trained forecasters.

Various trainings in the use of the identified system, documented procedures for work and reaction that shall be casted into the current Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) will increase capacity of responsible authorities to make decisions and intervene in emergency situations.

Current SOPs shall be improved through institutional assistance to the competent authorities.

The system should enhance the capacities of the responsible authorities in the area to share data and SOPs in order to improve their common forecast, monitoring and reaction capacity.

This shall be sleeked through sponsoring proper information standards and interoperability protocols.

This will ensure necessary information flow to decision making and reaction in case of floods or fire

Technical criteria:

1) The tenderer has worked successfully on at least one Early Warning System or similar project with a budget of at least that of this contract (478 811,73 EUR) in fields related to this contract in the past three years period prior to the deadline for submission of tenders.

2) At least one of the eligible projects identified under the technical criterion 1) shall include training on the application of the early warning and response system in emergency situations.