Calls for tender

Over the past years, Mercator Ocean has built, through public procurement, a solid network of several hundred partners to support Ocean Sustainability-related challenges. Mercator Ocean regularly procures services including operational ocean products generation, scientific studies, IT development, capacity development, marketing and communication services, general services, etc.

Mercator Ocean is subject to French public procurement regulations, which derive from European legislation, in particular Directive 2014/24/EU on the award of public contracts. As such, all purchases made by Mercator Ocean are governed by the applicable rules of public procurement.

In accordance with this regulatory framework, Mercator Ocean strictly applies the fundamental principles of public procurement to all its purchases, regardless of their nature or value. These principles aim to ensure the efficiency of public procurement, sound management of public funds, and fair access for economic operators to public contracts.

Mercator Ocean adheres to the following three core principles:

  • Freedom of access to public procurement: All stakeholders must have access to information regarding Mercator Ocean’s procurement needs. This is ensured through appropriate publicity, allowing for wide dissemination of tender opportunities.
  • Equal treatment of candidates: All bidders must be treated fairly, without any discrimination or favoritism. This includes the objective drafting of tender documents and the provision of the same level of information to all participants.
  • Transparency of procedures: Procurement processes must be clear and traceable. The obligation to use digital procedures is one tool to support this principle. Transparency enables all economic operators, or any interested party, to verify that the rules are being followed and that the principles of freedom of access and equal treatment are upheld.

 

By applying these principles, Mercator Ocean promotes a responsible, ethical, and regulation-compliant procurement approach, thereby contributing to the effectiveness and quality of its actions.

This web page will direct you to the list of our tenders (current, upcoming and closed) and to the Official Journal of the European Union for official publications. You’ll also find a presentation of our MarchéOnline e-tendering platform.

Open calls

Reference

Name of the call

Submission deadline

25331L00-COP-PROD MGT SUPP-1000

COPERNICUS MARINE – SUPPORT TO COPERNICUS MARINE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

23/07/2025 12:00 am

25411L00-COP-PQ DOCUMENTATION REVIEW EIS NOV 25-1000

COPERNICUS MARINE -Support for the Review and Assessment of Product Quality Information Documents delivered by MFC/TAC producers in the framework of Copernicus Marine Service product November 2025 release

08/07/2025 12:00 am

25400-MO-PERSO TEMP

PROVISION OF TEMPORARY STAFFING SERVICES

07/07/2025 12:00 am

25395L00-MO-EU4OO DITTO DDE

Support to DITTO and the Decade Digital Ecosystem Challenge 8 working group in the framework of EU4OceanObs

27/06/2025 12:00 am

25404L00-MO-SUPP SECU SI

Support for maintaining the operational and security conditions of the Mercator Ocean Information Systems department

20/06/2025 12:00 am

Upcoming calls

Information provided in the list below is indicative. It is based on Mercator Ocean’s current estimates and may differ till the effective publication. The table is regularly updated to reflect any changes.

Reference

Name of the call

Contract duration (months)

Amount (€)

Date of publication

25330-COP- PC DELIVERIES SUPP-1000

Copernicus Marine – Support to Copernicus Marine Service overall technical coordination

36 months

360000

2025Q2

25331-COP-PROD MGT SUPP-1000

Copernicus Marine – Support to Copernicus Marine product management

35 months

1650000

2025Q2

25332-COP-EDITORIAL WEB-7000

Copernicus Marine – User – Editorial web development

34 months

750000

2025Q2

25335-COP-CAPACITY DEVPT-8000

Copernicus Marine – User – Organisation of capacity development workshops for Copernicus users, development of materials for practical sessions and the Jupyter Hub administration

38 months

1880000

2025Q2

25337-COP-BLUE MARKET-8000

Copernicus Marine – User – Media partnership for promotion of various projects funded in the frame of the “National Collaboration Program”

12 months

250000

2025Q2

25338-COP-COMM SEA-8000

Copernicus Marine – User – Support for communication paid campaign

36 months

480000

2025Q2

25341-COP-MDS OPER-6000

Operation of the Marine Data Store platform 2

36 months

5600000

2025Q2

25343-COP-MIS EVOL SUPP -6000

Copernicus Marine – Digital – Support to Marine Information System

33 months

330000

2025Q2

25344-COP-MIS OPER-6000

Copernicus Marine – Digital – Operation of the Marine Information System

39 months

390000

2025Q2

24257-COP-PQCENTRALTOOLS-6000

Copernicus Marine – Digital – Development of centralised cloud-based solution for the validation of PCs output.

24 months

400000

2025Q2

24264-COP-INNO TECHNO-9000

Copernicus Marine – Cloud Optimised Regriding

30 months

400000

2025Q2

25333-COP- FRONT END WEB-7000

Copernicus Marine – User – Front-end tools web development

30 months

2920000

2025Q3

25340-COP-OSR SUPP-7000

Copernicus Marine – User – Ocean State Report coordination support

30 months

300000

2025Q3

25345-COP-GLO FORCING-9000

Copernicus Marine – Innovation – Forcing of global reanalysis and forecast systems

30 months

600000

2025Q3

23123-COP-MIS-JIRA-6200

Copernicus Marine – Digital : Technical support for JIRA maintenance, administration and developments

24 months

200000

2025Q2

25336-COP-USER ENGAGE NCP-8000

Copernicus Marine – User – Technical support with the coordination of Copernicus Marine User Engagement activities

39 months

740000

2025Q1

25334-COP- COMM SM PRESS MEDIA-8000

Copernicus Marine – User – Communication, social media, press activities and media partnership

37 months

3480000

2025Q1

25329-COP- PQ DOC VALID SUPP-1000

Copernicus Marine – Technical support for Product Quality documentation validation

39 months

800000

2025Q1

23129-COP-MDS-3DVIEW-6100

Copernicus Marine – Digital – Interactive viewing and processing of Data in 3D rendering viewing

24 months

800000

2025Q1

23128-COP-MDS-DODASH-6100

Copernicus Marine – Digital – Data Observability and Dashboard

24 months

500000

2025Q1

23127-COP-MDS-DEV-ADV-FEAT-6100

Copernicus Marine – Digital : Development of advanced functionalities for Marine Data Store

18 months

1000000

2025Q1

24250-COP- REVIEW CHANGE IMPLEMENTATION - 1000

Copernicus Marine – Technical support for managing MFC and TAC producers deliveries assessment

12 monthes

200000

2024Q1

Closed calls

Contact

Please write to tenders@mercator-ocean.fr for any questions you may have specifying the call to which you wish to apply.

WARNING: if you send your request to any other email address than tenders@mercator-ocean.fr, it might be addressed with some delay.