Vaccine Effectiveness, Burden and Impact Studies (VEBIS) of COVID-19 and Influenza – Tender Specifications OJ/2021/DPR/12924  DL 5.5.7. Draft regular  weekly summary  reports for ECDCs  surveillance outputs  (e.g. FluNewsEurope  and COVID-19 weekly  report)  Currently, ECDC produces a weekly influenza surveillance report between weeks  40 and 20 of each season, and monthly during the remaining weeks. COVID-19  surveillance reports are produced on a weekly basis for the time being. In the  future these reports may be joined into one. The contractor shall support the production of these weekly reports by providing  a short summary report of relevant findings on VE for COVID-19 or seasonal  influenza every week. Once a week  Word  Task 6: Pandemic preparedness and response  The contractor shall support ECDC in pandemic preparedness for future pandemics by drafting a preparedness plan for methods to assess VE during an  emerging or ongoing pandemic, based on the experiences with COVID-19, and piloting these methods during the emergence of an influenza, coronavirus or  other respiratory disease pandemic.  Deliverable (DL)  Description  Estimated  frequency/ Volume  File / form at type  DL 5.6.1. Preparedness  plan and protocols for  estimating VE during  influenza, coronavirus  or other respiratory  disease pandemics  The contractor shall support ECDC in pandemic preparedness for future  pandemics by drafting a preparedness plan for methods to assess VE during an  emerging or ongoing pandemic, based on the experiences with COVID-19.  The plan should incorporate protocols, methods, pre-prepared documentation in  national languages, and a plan on how to ensure local ethical, legal and logistical  requirements are managed. The protocols will be in the respective national  language(s) of the countries, unless otherwise agreed with the countries (to be  documented and sent to ECDC), with an English summary.  Once  Word  DL 5.6.2. Identify  additional potential  study sites to be  activated during  influenza, coronavirus  or other respiratory  pandemics  When requested by ECDC, the contractor shall identify surge capacity for  doubling study sites during the emergence of a pandemic in order to ensure rapid  recruitment of study subjects into a VE study.  Clear written communication of the identified additional study sites to ECDC.  Once  Word  Excel 