Soil contract prior information The Joint Research Centre has released prior information concerning the provision of a service contract regarding the soil information system of the region Puglia, Italy and the republic of Albania. The contractor will provide the European Soil Bureau (EBS) with support servi... The Joint Research Centre has released prior information concerning the provision of a service contract regarding the soil information system of the region Puglia, Italy and the republic of Albania. The contractor will provide the European Soil Bureau (EBS) with support services linked to its soil information system. The contract will be broken down into three lots. The first will cover development of a georeferenced soil database in Puglia covering 934,700 hectares, the second of an area of 2.87 million hectares in Albania and the third of a coastal area of Albania covering 250,000 hectares.