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Offsetting of the 2025 greenhouse gas emissions of the European Parliament
Notice number: 00644755-2026
KEY INFORMATION
- Submission deadline
- • Oct 26, 2026
- Location
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Contracting authority
- European Parliament, SG - Office of the Secretary-General
- Accepted Languages
- Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Irish, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
- Tender type
- Services
- Contract Value
- Published date
- Sep 18, 2026
TENDER DESCRIPTION
The European Parliament invites tenders for the offsetting of its 2025 greenhouse gas emissions through the purchase of carbon credits, with a budgetary ceiling of EUR 900,000. The scope requires credits from a maximum of four single projects, which must meet the Gold Standard quality, be issued after January 1, 2023, and originate from specified countries. Acceptable project methodologies include renewable energy, energy efficiency, nature restoration, carbon engineering, REDD+, fuel switching, non-CO2 gases, DACCS, BECCS, and other nature-based carbon removal activities, while projects related to industrial gas destruction, nuclear, coal-fired electricity, or large hydroelectric plants are excluded. The contract will run for six months, with service provision to be completed within 30 working days post-signature. Tenderers must demonstrate a minimum total annual turnover of EUR 1,800,000 over the last three years, including EUR 900,000 in the contract's area, along with evidence of professional indemnity insurance and detailed financial statements.
TENDER BRIEF
The contract shall enter into force on the date it is signed by the last party. The contract will run for a total duration of six months. The provision of services must be completed within 30 working days after the signature of the contract. After the last deliverables are submitted, the EMAS and Sustainability Head of Unit at the European Parliament has seven working days to request supplementary evidence or provide final written acceptance. If more information is needed, the Contractor has five working days to submit the updated documentation. The European Parliament has 30 calendar days to make payment and approve deliverables, starting from the date the invoice is recorded.
Sources
- 13) model contrat_V1.pdf — “(authorisation) of those persons signing the contract must be verified. In the case of a group of several economic operators without legal personality, all the members of the group should be identified as contractors. To…”
- 22) Specifications_V1.pdf — “new one if it is not deemed to be of adequate quality. All documents and materials supplied in connection with this contract shall be the property of the European Parliament. The EMAS and Sustainability Head of Unit at t…”
The core scope of work for this tender is to offset the European Parliament's carbon footprint for the year 2025. This is to be achieved through the purchase of the maximum possible number of carbon credits within a budgetary ceiling of EUR 900,000.00.
The statement of work details the following requirements for the offsetting credits:
- Credits must be obtained from up to four single projects.
- These projects should be located in countries specified in Point 3 ("Minimum specific requirements") of the Technical Specifications.
- The Gold Standard must be the quality standard for the offsetting projects offered.
- The credits must have been issued after January 1, 2023.
The contract has a total duration of six months. There are two optional project "packages," each with a ceiling of EUR 900,000.00.
Sources
- 12) Specifications_V1.pdf — “of States (ACP-countries) [...]; agreed on the widely-recognised Gold Standard as a quality standard for offsetting projects in developing countries.' The objective of this service contract is to offset the European Parl…”
- 22) Specifications - editable annexes_V1.pdf — “3. The credits must have been issued after 1 January 2023. | Package 1 Project nr 4 (optional) | | | 1 Exclusive of VAT (all-inclusive, including certificates). Page 2 of 15 TOTALS Project "package" #2 (optional): EUR Ce…”
- 33) model contrat_V1.pdf — “(authorisation) of those persons signing the contract must be verified. In the case of a group of several economic operators without legal personality, all the members of the group should be identified as contractors. To…”
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DIRECTORY • 6 FILES
- 2) Specifications_V1.pdf1.0 MBPDF
- EN-Invitation_to_tender_EP-SG2026OP0002_Offsetting of the CO2 emission(1)_V1.pdf392 KBPDF
- financial-identif-form_V1.pdf442 KBPDF
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