Vaccine Effectiveness, Burden and Impact Studies (VEBIS) of COVID-19 and Influenza – Tender Specifications OJ/2021/DPR/12924  site/national level in collaboration with the relevant national Authorities, or  with support from ECDC. ECDC will decide which countries to be offered  whole genome sequencing support.  On a regular basis an updated of the initial list provided by ECDC will be provided  and the contractor will further assessment of the feasibility for new countries to join  the study. The list should include contact details of the coordinating contact point  for the study(s) in each country.  Task 3: Implementation of the studies  The contractor is expected to work in close collaboration with the national/regional contact points coordinating long-term care facility networks, and to  deliver country-specific protocols for the facilities that will implement the ECDC protocol. The contractor is expected to support the countries/long-term  care facilities in aiming to implement all objectives of the ECDC protocol, as agreed by ECDC, progressively or concomitantly depending on the  countries/facilities characteristics.  Deliverable (DL)  Description  Estimated  frequency/ Volume  File / form at type  DL 3.3.1. Country- specific vaccine  effectiveness study  protocols. Local adaption of the protocol. 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.  Within one month  of the start of a  national study that  uses the protocol Word  DL 3.3.2. Update of  study-related  technical documents  (such as reporting  protocols, metadata,  definitions). The deliverable refers to methodological work performed at coordination level. The  updates are foreseen as a regular and constant activity through the course of the  project, with the deliverable being formally produced at the indicated frequency.  These are updates to be undertaken in agreement with ECDC and may include  methodological items/aspects such as TESSy reporting protocol, TESSy metadata,  and definitions or a reporting protocol, metadata and definitions. Twice a year  Word 