Details StatusClosedReference2023 ECFIN 001/A3Publication date 6 February 2023 Opening date6 February 2023Deadline modelSingle-stageDeadline date28 February 2023, 14:00 (CET) DepartmentDirectorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs Description The European Commission is launching a call for proposals carrying out business and consumer surveys, as part of the Joint Harmonised EU Programme of business and consumer surveys (BCS) in Romania (consumer survey) and Ireland (consumer, construction, industry, retail trade and services surveys). The BCS programme is designed to gather information on the state of the economies in the EU and candidate countries, in order to be able to compare their business cycles for economic and monetary union (EMU) management purposes. The co-operation between the Commission and future beneficiaries shall be established in the form of Framework partnership agreements that will be concluded for the period May 2023 - April 2025 (2 years). How to submit a proposal? Please read carefully the detailed instructions in section 5) ‘Admissibility requirements of applications’ and section 14) ‘Procedure for the submission of proposals’ in the below Specifications of the call for proposals with ref. 2023 ECFIN 001/A3. 6 FEBRUARY 2023Specifications Call for proposals Ref. 2023 ECFIN 001/A3 Applications shall be sent electronically and exclusively to the functional mailbox ECFIN-GRANT-PROPOSALSec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ECFIN-GRANT-PROPOSALS[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) no later than 28 February 2023, 14.00 (CET). Exceptionally, paper applications sent by postal mail or courier service, can also be accepted on the conditions stipulated in the above-mentioned sections 5) and 14) of the Specifications of the call for proposals. All relevant information, formalities and documentation can be found in the above Specifications of the call for proposals as well as hereafter in the: 6 FEBRUARY 2023Guidelines for the financial management of grant agreements A checklist is available to assist you in preparing your application: 6 FEBRUARY 2023Checklist of documents to be provided Your proposal must include the following compulsory standard forms, accompanied where indicated by the required attachments: 6 FEBRUARY 2023Form 1 - Application letter 3 FEBRUARY 2023Form 2 - Administrative information 6 FEBRUARY 2023Form 3 - Mandate for co-ordinating applicant (consortium only) 6 FEBRUARY 2023Form 4 - Affiliated entity’s declaration 6 FEBRUARY 2023Form 5 - Declaration on honour 6 FEBRUARY 2023Form 6 - Financial capacity 6 FEBRUARY 2023Form 7 - Operational Capacity 6 FEBRUARY 2023Form 8a - Description of survey methodology Consumer survey 6 FEBRUARY 2023Form 8b - Description of survey methodology Business surveys 6 FEBRUARY 2023Form 9 - Estimated budget for year 1 6 FEBRUARY 2023Form 10 - Declaration on estimated costs budget year 1 6 FEBRUARY 2023Form 11 - Detailed technical proposal Forms for contractsThe forms to communicate the legal or banking coordinates for a contract or subvention, and the general conditions on low-value contracts. Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) 6 FEBRUARY 2023Model FPA, incl. Annex II - General conditions 6 FEBRUARY 2023Annex I - Action plan Annex II - General conditions (see model FPA above) Annex III - Model specific grant agreement (SGA) (see model SGA below) 6 FEBRUARY 2023Annex IV - Model technical report 6 FEBRUARY 2023Annex V - Model financial statement Annexes VI - VIII (not applicable) 6 FEBRUARY 2023Annex IX - Model declaration on reported final costs Specific Grant Agreement (SGA) 6 FEBRUARY 2023Model SGA 6 FEBRUARY 2023Annex I - Description of the action 6 FEBRUARY 2023Annex II - Model estimated budget 6 FEBRUARY 2023Annex III - Model declaration on estimated costs Questions about the call Questions must be sent to ECFIN-BCS-2023-CALL-Questionsec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ECFIN-BCS-2023-CALL-QUESTIONS[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu). Applications sent to this mailbox will not be accepted. Deadline for asking questions: 21 February 2023.
Forms for contractsThe forms to communicate the legal or banking coordinates for a contract or subvention, and the general conditions on low-value contracts.
