1. SCOPE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCUREMENT  1.1. Contracting authority: who is the buyer?  1.2. Subject: what is this call for tenders about?  1.3. Lots: is this call for tenders divided into lots?  This call for tenders is launched and managed by the European Commission, Joint Research  Centre, Directorate C- Energy, Transport and Climate, Unit C.1 – Energy Storage, referred to  as the  Contracting authority  for the purposes of this call for tenders.  The subject of this call for tenders is Supply of one low temperature water electrolysis test  station equipment including warranty and associated maintenance services.  This call for tenders is not divided into lots.  1.4. Description: what do we want to buy through this call for tenders?  See technical specifications document (Tender specifications – part 2). The equipment may be  adapted from a readily available solution in order to comply with the mandatory requirements  of the technical specifications.  Variants (alternatives to the model solution described in the tender specifications) are not  allowed. The  Contracting authority  will disregard any variants described in a tender.  1.4.1. Background and objectives  Framed within the JRC-FCH2JU FWC, JRC.C.1 developed EU harmonised testing  procedures and protocols for LTWE cells, stacks and systems targeting energy storage  applications. Before these documents can indeed be widely used by research organisations,  developers and system integrators, for example, to assess progress of a particular product (i.e.  stack prototype) or technology as well as by funding bodies to reliably verify technical project  achievements, they need to undergo independent experimental validation preferably at stack  in the kW scale. Currently, JRC.C.1 has capability to perform electrolysis testing on single  cells only using an existent 500 W dual purpose fuel cell & electrolysis test station. This custom made test station was purchased in 2013. Testing electrolysis stacks at kW scale  cannot be performed with this test station. Beside utilization in test campaigns to verify  progress in EU projects and technologies, the investment in a new electrolysis test station also  provides testing capacity to future water electrolysis projects in Horizon Europe and for the  ongoing Open Access to JRC research infrastructures initiative .  1.4.2. Deliverables  See Part 2 – Technical Specifications document. TEMPLATE: Restricted procedure - Tender specifications Part 1 Administrative Specifications  JRC R.9 - IMS-JRC-S3.1-TMP-0048 - v.1.0 17/02/2020 M(EN)  Page 3 of 32 