# Who sells consulting to European Commission, DG EMPL - Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion? · Arquestra Consulting Market Radar

EU institutions and agencies, Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad (BE100) · EU institutions (guessed from the name) · updated 2026-10-30 · awards dated 2024-10-31 to 2026-10-30 · consulting work only.

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## Who wins consulting work from European Commission, DG EMPL - Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion?

26 firms won its 16 consulting awards. Large consultancies (Big Four, Accenture, Capgemini, IBM and the strategy houses (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Roland Berger, Oliver Wyman, Kearney)) are named on 19% of them.

- ICF: 3 awards (19%), EUR 5.1 M won · https://arquestra.dev/firms/en/icf
- Alphametrics LTD: 2 awards (12%), EUR 1.2 M won
- Applica: 2 awards (12%), EUR 681 k won
- Panteia: 2 awards (12%), EUR 111 k won · https://arquestra.dev/firms/en/panteia
- Spark Legal and Policy Consulting: 2 awards (12%), EUR 111 k won · https://arquestra.dev/firms/en/spark-legal-and-policy-consulting
- Deloitte: 2 awards (12%) · https://arquestra.dev/firms/en/deloitte
- EY: 2 awards (12%) · https://arquestra.dev/firms/en/ey
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: 2 awards (12%)
- Ecorys: 1 awards (6%), EUR 5.5 M won · https://arquestra.dev/firms/en/ecorys
- Ipsos: 1 awards (6%), EUR 1.9 M won · https://arquestra.dev/firms/en/ipsos
- Risk & Policy Analysts Limited: 1 awards (6%), EUR 1.5 M won
- Prognos AG: 1 awards (6%), EUR 383 k won · https://arquestra.dev/firms/en/prognos
- Universita Degli Studi di Roma la Sapienza: 1 awards (6%), EUR 225 k won
- Verian: 1 awards (6%), EUR 225 k won · https://arquestra.dev/firms/en/verian
- 3S Unternehmensberatung GMBH: 1 awards (6%)

## How much does European Commission, DG EMPL - Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion spend on consulting?

EUR 22.4 M over 10 awards with a published value (median EUR 1.4 M; half between EUR 475 k and EUR 1.9 M). Frameworks apart: 6 framework awards, ceilings EUR 29.5 M in total (a ceiling, not spending).

- Strategy & advisory: 16 awards, EUR 22.4 M (Research & evaluation 13, Strategy & management 2, Legal advice 1)

## How many firms bid?

Median 3 bids; 12% of awards had a single bid (16 awards give the number of bids).
40% of its awards after a first one went to a firm that had already won from it (15 awards).

## What is open now?

- Study for the end-term evaluation of the EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021–2027 and support to the preparation of the post-2027 strategic framework · closes 2026-11-20 · no value published · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/689102-2026

## Which frameworks?

- Framework contract for peer reviews and mutual learning · 2026-06-15 · ceiling no data · ends 2030-06-13 · 0 holders · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/513343-2026
- Framework contract supporting measures to enhance cooperation between Public Employment Services (PES) Lot 1: Qualitative PES benchmarking Lot 2: Mutual learning, mutual assistance and supporting services · 2026-06-04 · ceiling no data · ends 2030-06-02 · 0 holders · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/383994-2026
- Multiple Framework Contracts for the provision of services in relation to impact assessment, evaluation and monitoring, in the field of employment, skills, social affairs and inclusion · 2025-05-12 · ceiling no data · ends 2029-05-10 · 6 holders · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/298685-2025

## Latest awards

- 2025-12-11 · Production of labour market policy (LMP) statistics and maintenance of the EU labour market policy statistical database · Applica, Alphametrics LTD · EUR 1.4 M · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/370575-2026
- 2025-12-04 · Legal support services for the compliance assessment of the national measures transposing Directive (EU) 2022/2041of the European Parliament and the Council of 19 October 2022 on Adequate Minimum Wages in the European Union · Panteia, Spark Legal and Policy Consulting · EUR 222 k · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/282320-2026
- 2025-11-20 · Pact for Skills and European Alliance for Apprenticeships Support Services · Ecorys · EUR 10.9 M · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/455775-2026
- 2025-11-13 · Study on the use of Distributional Impact Assessment (DIA) and social checks in EU Member States · Csil SCRL, European Centre, FBK · framework · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/423480-2026
- 2025-07-15 · European Fair Transition Observatory (EFTO) · Prognos AG, ICF · EUR 767 k · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/461263-2025
- 2025-07-02 · European survey on work in the twin transition · Ipsos · EUR 1.9 M · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/854395-2025
- 2025-05-21 · Data collection for monitoring the reinforced Youth Guarantee and the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market · Alphametrics LTD · EUR 475 k · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/326959-2025
- 2025-05-12 · Multiple Framework Contracts for the provision of services in relation to impact assessment, evaluation and monitoring, in the field of employment, skills, social affairs and inclusion · EY, Deloitte, Cambridge Econometrics (Belgium), Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services (EUROPE) Limited · framework · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/298685-2025
- 2025-04-14 · Expertise on intra-EU mobility, free movement of workers and Social Security Coordination – Support on statistics and socio-economic analysis · Milieu Consulting, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche · framework · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/859623-2025
- 2025-04-11 · Study on the provision social and essential services to low-income households and their possible contribution to the adequacy of income support · EY, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven · framework · https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/787863-2025

Similar buyers: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (16) https://arquestra.dev/api/radar/cards/buyers/european-climate-infrastructure-and-environment-executive.md, European Commission, DG JRC - Joint Research Centre (15) https://arquestra.dev/api/radar/cards/buyers/european-commission-dg-jrc-joint-research-centre.md, European Commission, DG ESTAT - Eurostat (14) https://arquestra.dev/api/radar/cards/buyers/european-commission-dg-estat-eurostat.md, European Food Safety Authority (14) https://arquestra.dev/api/radar/cards/buyers/european-food-safety-authority.md, European Commission, DG GROW - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (19) https://arquestra.dev/api/radar/cards/buyers/european-commission-dg-grow-internal-market-industry.md, European Defence Agency (13) https://arquestra.dev/api/radar/cards/buyers/european-defence-agency.md.

## Method and source

Arquestra Consulting Market Radar, built 2026-10-30 from TED (eForms) and national registers (France DECP/BOAMP, Spain PLACSP, Germany, Netherlands): public consulting awards from EUR 15,000 up of the last 24 months, classified by kind of work; work outside consulting left out. Spellings of the buyer's name are merged within one country. Spending: the published value of each award other than a framework, values of EUR 150 M or more left out; frameworks are counted apart (their value is a ceiling). An award with several winners counts once for each firm.
Sources: TED 22.