CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
The Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro intends to conclude several low value contracts for the provision of services to the EU Delegation to Montenegro in different fields of expertise.
The Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro intends to conclude several low value contracts for the provision of services to the EU Delegation to Montenegro in different fields of expertise.The purpose of this notice is to establish the sub-lists of experts for each field of expertise. The sub-lists will be valid for
four years
from the dispatch of this notice. During the validity of the sub-lists, should there be a need for the corresponding services, a contract for up to €15,000 may be signed, through a very low value negotiated procedure with at least 1 candidate (€1,000.01 - €15,000).In case of a high number of candidates included in the sub-list for a specific field of expertise, only a limited number of candidates – ranked best based on the selection criteria provided in section 2 below – will be invited to submit an offer in the negotiated procedure.For ATA 2025 assignments, indicative start date, duration and value of the contract is indicated under each expert’s profile below.
Selection criteria
Expert’s profile (title)
Lot 1 - Democracy and Rule of Law
University degree University degree of minimum three year’s duration in law Experience At least 3 years, preferably 5 years of professional experience in legal research, analysis and report drafting Knowledge and skillsSound knowledge of EU policies regarding Electoral reform, Democracy, Government, and Rule of Law (incl. Judiciary, Anti-Corruption, Fundamental Rights);Sound knowledge about the EU accession process/Negotiations;Excellent reporting and drafting skills;Experience with Montenegrin national authorities would be an asset.Language requirementsExcellent command of written and spoken Montenegrin and EnglishIndicative start date 01/10/2025 Duration of assignment (months) 12 Maximum contract value €15,000Expert’s profile (title)
Lot 2 - Public Administration Reform (PAR)
University degreeUniversity degree of minimum three year’s duration, preferably in political science or public administration studies
Experience
At least 5, but preferably 8 years of professional experience in working with public administrationAt least 5 years of relevant professional experience in monitoring and evaluating relevance and credibility of PAR reform programmes, including optimization of civil serviceExperience in assessing the achievement of indicators, possible deviations and their reasonsKnowledge and skillsHave sound knowledge about the EU policies for the reform of public administration and about the EU accession process, as well as familiarity with PRAG proceduresLanguage requirementsFluency in local languageExcellent command of written and spoken EnglishIndicative start date 01/11/2025 Duration of assignment (months) 12 months Maximum contract value €15,000Expert’s profile (title)
Lot 3 - Public Finance Management (PFM)
University degree University degree of minimum three year’s duration Experience At least 5 years of experience in good governance (public finance management) sector Knowledge and skillsKnowledge of the PFM developments in Montenegroprofessional experience in monitoring and evaluating relevance and credibility of PFM reforms;Language requirementsExcellent command of written and spoken EnglishIndicative start date November 2025 Duration of assignment (months) 11 Maximum contract value €15,000Expert’s profile (title)
Lot 4 - Competition and State Aid
University degree University degree of minimum three year’s duration Experience At least 5 years of experience in competition /state aid field Knowledge and skills Knowledge of the competition / state aid developments in Montenegro Language requirementsExcellent command of written and spoken EnglishIndicative start date November 2025 Duration of assignment (months) 11 Maximum contract value €6,000Expert’s profile (title)
Lot 5
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Data collection and encoding of EU financial assistance (2 experts)
University degree University degree of minimum three year’s duration ExperienceAt least 3 years of relevant experience related to visibility, communication and/or data collection.Experience related to the fields of this contract such as writing PR texts, promoting EU projects, organising events, collecting and disseminating data, data researchKnowledge and skillsAbility to transform complex technical language into easily digestible texts for wider audiences.Knowledge of EU policies and project implementation.Language requirementsExcellent command of written and spoken EnglishIndicative start date October 2025 Duration of assignment (months) 12 Maximum contract value €15,000Expert’s profile (title)
Lot 6 – IT expert
University degreeUniversity degree of minimum three year’s duration, preferably in IT sciences or electrical engineering;
Experience
At least 7 years of professional experience in the IT sector, out of which minimum 3 in development of IT systems for public administrationExperience in drafting technical specifications for supply tendersExperience with Montenegrin national authorities will be an assetKnowledge and skillsKnowledge with EU PRAG rules and proceduresExcellent presentation, communication, reporting and drafting skillsLanguage requirementsExcellent command of written and spoken EnglishKnowledge of Montenegrin will be an assetIndicative start date October 2025 Duration of assignment (months) 12 Maximum contract value €15,000Expert’s profile (title)
Lot 7 -
Monitoring of human rights and civil soceity grants/sub-grants contracts (2 experts)
University degree University degree of minimum three year’s duration Experience At least 2 years, preferably 5 years of work experience in monitoring and evaluation of projects Knowledge and skills Experience in project cycle management, monitoring of projects implementation, project evaluation, PRAG procedures Language requirementsExcellent command of written and spoken EnglishIndicative start date December 2025 Duration of assignment (months) 12 months Maximum contract value €15,000Expert’s profile (title)
Lot 8 –Chapter 27 – Environment and climate change
University degree University degree of minimum three year’s duration Experience At least 7 years of general work experience out of which 3 years of work experience in the area of environmental protection (policies/implementation/ monitoring) Knowledge and skills Knowledge of environmental protection developments and reform processes in Montenegro; excellent data collection and drafting skills Language requirementsExcellent command of written and spoken EnglishIndicative start date as soon as practicable Duration of assignment (months) 12 months Maximum contract value €15,000Expert’s profile (title)
Lot 9 –Reform and Growth Facility (2 experts)
University degree University degree of minimum three year’s duration Experience At least 3 years of work experience in stakeholder engagement and coordination; Experience in monitoring reform processes such as those under the Reform and Growth Facility and internal market-related accession negotiation chapters Knowledge and skills Excellent coordination skills; Knowledge of Montenegrin reform processes including EU accession process and Reform and Growth Facility Language requirementsExcellent command of written and spoken EnglishIndicative start date as soon as practicable Duration of assignment (months) 12 months Maximum contract value (per contract) €15,000Expert’s profile (title)
Lot 10 – Administrative Support and data collection
University degree University degree of minimum three year’s duration Experience Minimum 3 years of experience related to administrative support, collecting and disseminating data, organising and execution of meetings and ensuring follow up Knowledge and skillsKnowledge of EU policies and project implementation;IT literacy - conversant with Microsoft Office Package (WORD, Excel, PowerPoint, the InternetLanguage requirementsExcellent command of written and spoken EnglishIndicative start date October 2025 Duration of assignment (months) 12 months Maximum contract value €15,000Expert’s profile (title)
Lot 11 - Education, Employment and Social Policies
University degree University degree of minimum three year’s duration, preferably in social or political sciences Experience At least 10 years, preferably 5 years of work experience in policy development and/or implementation in the areas above. Knowledge and skills EU policies in the area of employment and social policies Language requirementsExcellent command of written and spoken EnglishIndicative start date as soon as practicable Duration of assignment (months) 12 Maximum contract value €15,000
Submission of expression of interest
Interested Candidates Should Provide The Following:
- Full contact details and indication of the Lot for which they are expressing interest;
- Completed Declaration on honour on exclusion and selection criteria for procurement, to be found at: https://wikis.ec.europa.eu/display/ExactExternalWiki/Annexes#Annexes-AnnexesA(Ch.2):General (Annex A14a), stating that they are not in any of the exclusion situations and that they fulfil the selection criteria listed in section 2. The declaration of honour has to be duly signed and dated by the expert. The Contracting Authority may request the candidates to provide corresponding supporting evidence.
- CV in EU format.
Interested candidates should send their expression of interest, indicating the above title and reference, to the following email address:delegation-montenegro-coops@eeas.europa.eu not later than
16:00 hrs on 30/09/2025
Protection of personal data
If processing of expression of interest / reply to the invitation to tender involves the recording and processing of personal data (such as name, address and CV), such data will be processed pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725[1] of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC. Unless indicated otherwise, any personal data will be processed solely for evaluation purposes under the call for expression of interest / call for tenders by the European Commission acting as data controller. Details concerning the processing of personal data are available in the privacy statement at: https://commission.europa.eu/funding-tenders/procedures-guidelines-tenders/data-protection-public-procurement-procedures_en .If you would like to exercise your rights under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, or if you have comments, questions or concerns, or if you would like to submit a complaint regarding the collection and use of your personal data, you can contact the data controller (the head of contracts and finance unit R4 of DG Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood) by explicitly specifying your request.The tenderer's personal data may be registered in the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) if the tenderer is in one of the situations mentioned in Article 138 of the Financial Regulation[2]. For more information, see the privacy statement: https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/how-it-works/annual-lifecycle/implementation/anti-fraud-measures/edes_en.[1] OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39[2] Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (recast) (OJ L, 2024/2509, 26.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj).
