Chafea/2019/Health/08 concerning the provision of a study (i) exploring the feasibility of and identifying options for physical stockpiling of vaccines and (ii) developing a concept for a mechanism for exchanging vaccine supplies from...

The Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (henceforth "CHAFEA" or "the Contracting Authority"), acting under the powers delegated by the European Commission (henceforth "the Commission"), is launching the present invitation to tender for the conclusion of a service contract (henceforth "the contract").
In line with the Council Recommendation on strengthening cooperation against vaccine preventable diseases, the purpose of the contract is to (1) examine the feasibility of and identify options for physical stockpiling of vaccines in the European Union and to (2) develop a concept for a mechanism for exchanging vaccine supplies from one Member
State to another in case of an outbreak. For the purposes of these tender specifications, annexed documents and resulting public
procurement contract, the term ‘stockpiling’ must be understood as a mechanism to store, maintain and deploy vaccines during an emergency.