European Food Safety Authority

We would like to inform you about the EFSA open call for tenders (as notified via EFSA website here), specifically the call for the development of the first three roadmaps for action on:

- Lot 1: Development of a Roadmap for Action on Building a European Partnership for Next Generation, Systems-based Environmental Risk Assessment

The main objective of the roadmap for action for this lot is to identify and connect relevant partners from various sectors, across regulatory silos, and build a platform (partnership) where cooperation and harmonisation of methodologies will take place to facilitate the transition to next generation, systems-based regulatory Environmental risk assessment (ERA) by 2030.

- Lot 2: Development of Roadmap for Action on New Approach Methodologies in Risk Assessment

The main objective of the roadmap for action for this lot is to define EFSA priorities regarding the incorporation of new approach methodologies (NAMs) in regulatory hazard assessments and risk characterisations of chemicals in food and feed, and to define a multiannual strategy for increasing the use of NAMs in EFSA human health risk assessment to minimise the need for animal-based verification studies, so that by 2027 the large majority of EFSA requests for additional data are based on NAMs.

- Lot 3: Development of Roadmap for Action on the Risk Assessment of Combined Exposure to Multiple Chemicals (RACEMiC)

The main objective of the roadmap for action for this lot is to develop and implement a harmonised approach for the assessment of human health risks resulting from both dietary and non-dietary exposure to multiple chemicals.

The overall purpose of this tender is to deliver roadmaps for action and provide recommendations for future multi-annual, multi-partner studies or projects for each lot building on EFSA’s vision and supporting EFSA’s preparedness for future risk assessment requirements and help to prevent possible divergence on sensitive matters.

The call is open until 260221 and has a maximum budget of 500.000 Euro per lot offer, i. e. per roadmap.

Information: TED eTendering website ref. OC/EFSA/ED/2020/1


12.01.2021