HERA, in close cooperation with HaDEA, is preparing three new funding actions to enhance the EU’s readiness for health emergencies - from investigational vaccine reserves for filoviruses to PPE manufacturing capacity and innovative solutions for API stockpiling and rapid medicine production.
Clinical Trial Readiness through the Establishment of a Pilot Filovirus Investigational Vaccine Reserve (HADEA/2026/OP/0019-PIN)
This call for tenders aims to ensure clinical trial preparedness for Filovirus outbreaks through the establishment of an EU-based reserve of investigational vaccines as a critical preparedness measure, given the sporadic yet high-consequence nature of these pathogens. Specifically, the call aims to establish, pilot and maintain an investigational reserve of Filovirus candidate vaccines against Marburg (MARV) and/or Ebola Sudan (SUDV), which – in case of an outbreak – could be used to advance their development by embedding them in outbreak-associated clinical trials, facilitated through international agreements and frameworks to support such preparedness. These provisions will allow for the rapid deployment of candidate vaccines for their later-stage development (phase 2 onwards). Tenderers will further have to ensure the rapid deployment of the investigational doses, subject to specific conditions being met (such as the occurrence of an outbreak and the expressed consent of the Contracting Authority).
- Indicative type of procedure: Open call for tenders
- Indicative type of contract: Direct contract
- Indicative duration: 48 month
- Indicative FWC budget: EUR 16 000 000
- Estimated date of publication of a contract notice: 18/05/2026
- Link: EU Funding & Tenders Portal
EU FAB+ Multiple Sourcing Pilot for Capacity Reservation for PPEs (HADEA/2026/OP/0020-PIN)
This call for tenders aims at enhancing the accessibility and availability of Medical Counter-Measures (MCMs) in the EU/EEA. The subject of this call for tenders is to conclude contracts for the reservation of manufacturing capacity and of vendor-managed stockpiles of nitrile examination gloves (lot 1) and FFP2 respiratory masks (lot 2) (hereinafter ‘EU FAB+ PPE Pilot’). The contractor with manufacturing capacity in the EU/EEA will be requested to set up vendor-managed stockpiles (VMS) with an associated priority right to purchase. Purchased stocks would have to be either replenished in the stockpile or would give rise to an equivalent reservation of manufacturing capacity for the remainder of the contract. The contracting authority and/or the European Commission must have the right to activate the right to purchase the stockpiled or manufactured MCMs, when deemed necessary for preparedness or crisis purposes. Each lot would be awarded to a maximum of three tenderers with each contract awarded lasting for 3 years (36 months). Purchase of the products in scope of this call for tenders shall be done by the contracting authority and/or the European Commission, if needed on behalf of any EU/EEA countries or any EU4Health associated countries, via a separate procedure.
- Indicative type of procedure: Open call for tenders
- Indicative type of contract: (Multi-source) Direct contracts
- Indicative duration: 36 month
- Indicative FWC budget: EUR 34 000 000
- Estimated date of publication of a contract notice: 19/05/2026
- Link: EU Funding & Tenders Portal
Long-term API stockpiling and rapid finished dose form manufacture (HADEA/2026/OP/0021-PIN)
The European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) is planning to launch a call for tenders on "Long-term API stockpiling and rapid finished dose form manufacture", a feasibility project to assess its application in crisis preparedness. This project aims to support the development of and access to technologies that can prolong the shelf-life of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) stored in bulk and advanced manufacturing technologies to produce finished dose forms from those bulk APIs rapidly, enhancing crisis preparedness by exploring potential gains in sustainability, resiliency, and flexibility to respond to future health emergencies. The upcoming call for tenders will request the development of a pilot feasibility project to test this concept, assess its viability, and provide recommendations on how to operationalise the approach.
- Indicative type of procedure: Open call for tenders
- Indicative type of contract: Direct contract
- Indicative duration: 36 month
- Indicative FWC budget: EUR 6 000 000
- Estimated date of publication of a contract notice: 29/05/2026
- Link: EU Funding & Tenders Portal
We encourage you to subscribe to all call for tenders and share this information with all potentially interested entities within your networks. You are also invited to use the portal’s dedicated pages to post any questions you might have.
Finally, we invite you to update yourself on this, or any subsequent calls, by checking regularly HaDEA’s website and LinkedIn, HERA’s website, and the EU in Emergencies LinkedIn.