• To support ECDC in estimating vaccine effectiveness of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccines among subjects included in the target groups for vaccination and presenting to primary care with a syndrome compatible with influenza or COVID-19 (Lot 5) 

## Format of deliverables 

Quality criteria : Written deliverables should be of a high standard of English (C1 equivalent 11 ) and delivered with a format using the ECDC template 12 , when indicated, and which will be provided by ECDC. 

The report should be written in British English grammar and spelling. 

## 2.1.5  Horizontal aspects related to all lots: 

Deliverables planned for publication shall be scientifically sound, and suitable for publication for both quality and content. 

When reference is made to the TESSy platform, ECDC reserves the right to require the contractor to ensure the compatibility of the deliverables with a new technical platform in case of discontinuity of the TESSy one. 

Business continuity: The contractor shall ensure the continuity of the services during the entire duration of the projects, in particular proper business continuity shall be guaranteed when a member of the team becomes unavailable. In any case, the services will be provided in a timely manner. 

## Publication policy 

All publications using data funded by ECDC through this contract may be published only after written approval from ECDC, unless the data has entered the public domain or has otherwise been made publicly available by ECDC. Publications of national or sub-national data, that included data collected through this tender should acknowledge that part/ all study was funded through the project. The appropriate wording should be checked with the ECDC project manager before manuscript/publication submission. 

The scientific manuscripts requested as deliverables from the project are intended to be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal with open access. The contractor should bear the cost of purchasing open access 13 (if not already submitted to an open access journal). The manuscripts should have shared authorship between ECDC co-authors and the contractor with at least two last ECDC authors (one of whom either second or last), taking into account the ECDC authorship policy 14 . The draft manuscripts with ECDC authors will need to be of high scientific quality and will need to undergo formal ECDC clearance before being submitted to a journal. 

