European legislation requires that tenders for public contracts where the amounts exceed a certain threshold (according to the type of contract) are published in the Official Journal Supplement (S-Series).
Procurement notices are also published online on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal – the online version of the 'Supplement to the Official Journal' – which can be consulted free of charge.
More information on the EU policy on public procurement can be found on the European Commission's website on public contracts.
Market consultations
Market survey on the Market Readiness to Deliver a Large-Scale, Secure, Multi-Cloud Turnkey System.
DG TAXUD invites all interested economic operators active in the IT service delivery to respond to this market survey: EUSurvey - Survey.
In 2025, the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) of the European Commission (EC) is considering running a competitive dialogue procurement procedure for the delivery of a large-scale, secure, multi-cloud turnkey system which will be the de facto first implementation of the EU Customs Data Hub in the context of eCommerce.
The present survey is intended to query the market readiness for delivering such a system considering its requirements and intended modalities of delivery.
All responses must be submitted here EUSurvey - Survey no later than 12.00 AM CET on 10 October 2025.
View closed market consultations
Market survey on the Common Central Platform (CCP) for CBAM (the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism). The contracting authority invites all interested market parties to submit their contribution to the EU survey on CBAM CCP by 1600H on 29 October 2024.
Tenders
This is a joint procurement procedure launched with the member states, subject to the Joint Procurement Agreement to Procure the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Common Central Platform, to fulfill the member states legal obligation to sell CBAM certificates. The framework contract will cover all necessary services related to the establishment and management of the Common Central Platform (hereafter referred to as CCP), which must start operating the sales of CBAM certificates as from 1 February 2027 (operational start date). By 31 August 2026, the Contractor must have developed a pre-operational version of the CCP, incorporating all core functionalities necessary to support sales, repurchase and reconciliation operations, and ready for testing. This contract will include all services essential for the continued operation of the CCP beyond the contract’s end date.
Deadline : 06/04/2026
View closed calls for tenders
Secure Operations of DG TAXUD’s Central and Distributed Digital Information Systems (TAXUD-OPS) EC-TAXUD/2025/OP/0003. More information
EC-TAXUD/2024/OP/0002 - TAXUD-PEP: More information
EC-TAXUD/2024/OP/0004 - IT Service Management of the deployment and operations of Trans-European Systems of DG TAXUD and those of the Member States: General reference document / More information
EC-TAXUD/2024/OP/0005 - TAXUD-OPS Secure operations of TAXUD central and distributed Information Systems: More information
Further closed calls for tenders can be consulted in the archive.
View planned tenders
There are currently no planned tenders
Grants
Call for proposals – EU Tax Observatory
European Commission launches a call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of taxation under the Fiscalis programme. The call covers two grants which aim to enhance the research capacity and ensure the involvement of research institutions in the design and implementation of EU actions to fight the tax gap notably in relation to tax evasion, tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning and to promote fair taxation, as well as contributing to the design of tax systems that are well-functioning and efficient and deliver on competitiveness and on the tools to support policy priorities.
Deadline for submitting applications 22/08/2025 17:00 CET (Brussels).
Please visit our Call for proposals – EU Tax Observatory page for more information.
