Environmentally conscious Commission requests study of institution buildings
The European Commission's Personnel and Administration DG is inviting tenders for an environmental study of buildings occupied by the European Institutions in Brussels and Luxembourg. The study is being commissioned with a view to implementing the eco-management and audit scheme 'EMAS'. The impact-evaluation method proposed is to come under the guidelines for the ISO 14000 and EMAS standards and will result in a list of suggestions for concrete actions. This list shall provide the institutions with the necessary insight into making environment-friendly decisions on building policy and management. The number of buildings to be assessed will vary in accordance with budgetary funds. The aim is to evaluate approximately 2,000,000 m² of building complexes, but the number of buildings to be assessed will vary in accordance with each institution's budgetary funds. In the first phase the study will involve at least 100,000 m² Besides this basic study and additional studies, assistance and advisory services in the fields involved in the study, and any subsequent updates thereof, may be envisaged Tenders should be submitted to: European Commission Personnel and Administration Directorate-General ADMIN.D.2 Contractual Support and Logistics Unit rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200 B-1049 Brussels Fax +32-2-299 1924