Plan Bleu launches a Call for Proposals for the “Additional economic impact evaluation for the possible designation of the Mediterranean as a SOx Emission Control Area” – Jul 07, 2020

    Deadline for proposals: 23:59 hrs (France local time or UTC/GMT +2 hour) on Tuesday, 21 July 2020.
    Plan Bleu launches a Call for Proposals for the “Additional economic impact evaluation for the possible designation of the Mediterranean as a SOx Emission Control Area”

    The Plan Bleu Regional Activity Centre (PB/RAC) issued, via its website, a Call for Proposals for the “Additional economic impact evaluation for the possible designation of the Mediterranean as a SOx Emission Control Area”.

     

    Plan Bleu invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest and submit technical and financial proposals to provide consulting services to conduct economic evaluation for the possible designation of the Mediterranean Sea, as a whole, as an Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides (Med SOx ECA) pursuant to MARPOL Annex VI, within the framework of the Barcelona Convention.

     

    The Terms of Reference detailing the assignments and expected outcomes of the consultancy services were reviewed by the SOx ECA(s) Technical Committee of Experts and grouped the activities to be led by REMPEC, the Mediterranean Pollution Assessment and Control Programme (MED POL) and PB/RAC, into the following LOTs:

     

    • LOT 1: Draft submission to the IMO (Lead Entity: REMPEC, in cooperation with MED POL and PB/RAC);
    • LOT 2: Land-based emissions control measures of SOx and PM in the Mediterranean coastal States (Lead Entity: MED POL, in cooperation with REMPEC);
    • LOT 3: Additional analyses of fuel supply and alternative compliance methods (Lead Entity: REMPEC); and
    • LOT 4: Additional economic impact evaluation (Lead Entity: PB/RAC, in cooperation with REMPEC).

     

    The Call for Proposals launched by PB/RAC relates to LOT 4 and is available here.

     

    Deadline for proposals: 23:59 hrs (France local time or UTC/GMT +2 hour) on Tuesday, 21 July 2020.