Technical Roadmap Development and Advisory Support for the Integration into Common European Data Spaces

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Republic of Serbia Enabling Digital Governance in Serbia (EDGe) Project ID No. P164824 Assignment Title: Technical Roadmap Development and Advisory Support for the Integration into Common European Data Spaces Reference No. SER-EDGE-CQS-CS-25-78 The Republic of Serbia has received financing in the amount of US$ 50,000,000 equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Enabling Digital Governance Project (EDGe), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. Digitalization is increasingly becoming the backbone of any and all functional restructuring in the public sector, an objective driver of change management and a precondition for transformative development. Going digital, being a horizontal measure, is also accelerating the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (in further text: SDG). While it directly falls under SDG 16, e-Governance is contributing to building stronger institutions – effective, accountable and transparent – at all levels. The primary objective of this consulting project is to prepare Serbia’s citizen data platforms—primarily health data—for integration into the Common European Data Spaces, ensuring that data can be shared and accessed in a secure and trustworthy manner. This includes assessing the alignment of Serbia’s health data ecosystem, such as the Central Health Record (eKarton) and ePrescription system, with EU interoperability standards for cross border health services and readiness for the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure (eHDSI).The project will also establish the foundation for Serbia’s participation in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), enabling the responsible secondary use of anonymized health data for research and innovation. By harmonizing national systems with EU standards, Serbia will be positioned to contribute to evidence based public health, support cross border research initiatives, and advance scientific collaboration across EuropeThe Consultant shall provide services under lump sum Contract paid upon acceptance of deliverables. The Consultant shall perform the Services over 4 (four) months, approximately. The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) and Request for Expressions of Interest (REoI) for the above referenced consulting services are posted on the website of the OITeG at https://www.ite.gov.rs/tekst/en/312/edge.php The Central Fiduciary Unit (CFU) of the Ministry of Finance now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short listing criteria are: # Criteria Weight 1 General experience of the firm 50 2 Specific experience of the firm related to the assignment 50 Consultant (Consulting Firm) Qualifications:

• The Consulting firm must have proven experience in implementing and maintaining data lineage frameworks that support secondary use of health data through harmonization, transformation, and minimization, and aligned with regulatory standards used in projects like DARWIN EU and FDA Best Practices.
• The consulting team should have demonstrated experience in health data interoperability, IT architecture, and regulatory compliance to map the technical, organisational, and legal steps required for cross-border exchange of electronic health records, including gap analysis, workflow design, and governance planning.
• The Consulting firm must have demonstrated capability in collecting and managing metadata across multi-country health data sources and experience in implementing DCAT-AP compliant metadata registries to support semantic interoperability is mandatory.
• Demonstrated practical experience as both data processor and controller in implementing GDPR-compliant safeguards, including consent management, data minimization, and cross-border data transfer protocols is mandatory.
• The Consulting firm must have demonstrated expertise in medical semantics, including ontologies, taxonomies, and standards such as SNOMED CT, LOINC and ICD-10 and experience in enabling cross-border drug and disease identification through semantic harmonization.
• Proven track record of curating and managing health data, supporting use cases such as, Pharmacovigilance, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Drug shortage monitoring, Health provider capacity management and Reimbursement modelling is highly advantageus.
• Teams may also demonstrate experience in managing and governing health data, participation in OMOP CDM mapping projects or other academic/EU-funded health data projects, project management capabilities in complex, multi-stakeholder environments, expertise in medical data ontologies and interoperability frameworks, and knowledge of health data quality frameworks, as this will be considered an advantage.
• Experience in collaboration with public administration authorities and standards mapping will be considered an advantage. This includes demonstrated experience in providing healthcare consulting services to government authorities, experience in mapping national healthcare standards to international frameworks (including medical ontologies), and proven capability in implementing health information systems and enabling data interoperability.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraphs 3.14, 3.16 and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers – Procurement in Investment Project Financing Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services (July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018) (“the Regulations”) setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. Maximum number of firms in the JV is up to four. Consultant shall submit reference list indicating name and description of the contract, name of the client and its representative including his/her email. The experience and record of any proposed sub-consultancy shall not be included in the evaluation. Key Experts' CV are not required and will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultant’s qualifications based selection (CQS) method as set out in the Regulations. Further information can be obtained from the CFU at the address below from 09:00 to 15:00 hours. Expressions of interest in English language must be sent in a written form to the E-mail address below, by December 23, 2025, 12:00 hours, noon, local time. Contact: E–mail: Address: To: ljiljana.krejovic@mfin.gov.rs Ms Ljiljana Krejovic Procurement Specialist Ministry of Finance Central Fiduciary Unit 53 Balkanska St 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Tel/Fax: (+381 11) 7652652 Cc: ljiljana.dzuver@mfin.gov.rs Cc: nenad.antonijevic@ite.gov.rs edge@ite.gov.rs Agency: Central Fiduciary Unit Procurement method: Consultant Qualification Selection Notice type: Request for Expression of Interest Status: Published Value: 239000.0 USD

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Republic of Serbia Enabling Digital Governance in Serbia (EDGe) Project ID No. P164824 Assignment Title: Technical Roadmap Development and Advisory Support for the Integration into Common European Data Spaces Reference No. SER-EDGE-CQS-CS-25-78 The Republic of Serbia has received financing in the amount of US$ 50,000,000 equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Enabling Digital Governance Project (EDGe), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. Digitalization is increasingly becoming the backbone of any and all functional restructuring in the public sector, an objective driver of change management and a precondition for transformative development. Going digital, being a horizontal measure, is also accelerating the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (in further text: SDG). While it directly falls under SDG 16, e-Governance is contributing to building stronger institutions – effective, accountable and transparent – at all levels. The primary objective of this consulting project is to prepare Serbia’s citizen data platforms—primarily health data—for integration into the Common European Data Spaces, ensuring that data can be shared and accessed in a secure and trustworthy manner. This includes assessing the alignment of Serbia’s health data ecosystem, such as the Central Health Record (eKarton) and ePrescription system, with EU interoperability standards for cross border health services and readiness for the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure (eHDSI).The project will also establish the foundation for Serbia’s participation in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), enabling the responsible secondary use of anonymized health data for research and innovation. By harmonizing national systems with EU standards, Serbia will be positioned to contribute to evidence based public health, support cross border research initiatives, and advance scientific collaboration across EuropeThe Consultant shall provide services under lump sum Contract paid upon acceptance of deliverables. The Consultant shall perform the Services over 4 (four) months, approximately. The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) and Request for Expressions of Interest (REoI) for the above referenced consulting services are posted on the website of the OITeG at https://www.ite.gov.rs/tekst/en/312/edge.php The Central Fiduciary Unit (CFU) of the Ministry of Finance now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short listing criteria are: # Criteria Weight 1 General experience of the firm 50 2 Specific experience of the firm related to the assignment 50 Consultant (Consulting Firm) Qualifications: The Consulting firm must have proven experience in implementing and maintaining data lineage frameworks that support secondary use of health data through harmonization, transformation, and minimization, and aligned with regulatory standards used in projects like DARWIN EU and FDA Best Practices. The consulting team should have demonstrated experience in health data interoperability, IT architecture, and regulatory compliance to map the technical, organisational, and legal steps required for cross-border exchange of electronic health records, including gap analysis, workflow design, and governance planning. The Consulting firm must have demonstrated capability in collecting and managing metadata across multi-country health data sources and experience in implementing DCAT-AP compliant metadata registries to support semantic interoperability is mandatory. Demonstrated practical experience as both data processor and controller in implementing GDPR-compliant safeguards, including consent management, data minimization, and cross-border data transfer protocols is mandatory. The Consulting firm must have demonstrated expertise in medical semantics, including ontologies, taxonomies, and standards such as SNOMED CT, LOINC and ICD-10 and experience in enabling cross-border drug and disease identification through semantic harmonization. Proven track record of curating and managing health data, supporting use cases such as, Pharmacovigilance, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Drug shortage monitoring, Health provider capacity management and Reimbursement modelling is highly advantageus. Teams may also demonstrate experience in managing and governing health data, participation in OMOP CDM mapping projects or other academic/EU-funded health data projects, project management capabilities in complex, multi-stakeholder environments, expertise in medical data ontologies and interoperability frameworks, and knowledge of health data quality frameworks, as this will be considered an advantage. Experience in collaboration with public administration authorities and standards mapping will be considered an advantage. This includes demonstrated experience in providing healthcare consulting services to government authorities, experience in mapping national healthcare standards to international frameworks (including medical ontologies), and proven capability in implementing health information systems and enabling data interoperability. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraphs 3.14, 3.16 and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers – Procurement in Investment Project Financing Goods, Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services (July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018) (“the Regulations”) setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. Maximum number of firms in the JV is up to four. Consultant shall submit reference list indicating name and description of the contract, name of the client and its representative including his/her email. The experience and record of any proposed sub-consultancy shall not be included in the evaluation. Key Experts' CV are not required and will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultant’s qualifications based selection (CQS) method as set out in the Regulations. Further information can be obtained from the CFU at the address below from 09:00 to 15:00 hours. Expressions of interest in English language must be sent in a written form to the E-mail address below, by December 23, 2025, 12:00 hours, noon , local time. Contact: E–mail: Address: To: ljiljana.krejovic@mfin.gov.rs Ms Ljiljana Krejovic Procurement Specialist Ministry of Finance Central Fiduciary Unit 53 Balkanska St 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Tel/Fax: (+381 11) 7652652 Cc: ljiljana.dzuver@mfin.gov.rs Cc: nenad.antonijevic@ite.gov.rs edge@ite.gov.rs Agency: Central Fiduciary Unit Procurement method: Consultant Qualification Selection Notice type: Request for Expression of Interest Status: Published Value: 239000.0 USD