Call for Tender – Anthropometric considerations for machinery/PPE

AnthropoMachPPE Project – Call for Tender for one Technical Project Leader and one Researcher on Anthropometry applied to Human-Machinery/PPE Interaction and one Anthropometric Pilot Study Participant

Up-to date and representative anthropometric data are essential for drafting standards inclusive and gender responsive ensuring an adequate level of safety for the whole European population. This is particularly true for harmonized standards on machinery or PPE.

A comprehensive, statistically representative and up-to-date set of anthropometric data of the entire EU’s population is currently not available, limiting the development of (harmonised) standards for machinery and PPE. To address this data gap, CEN/TC 122 'Ergonomics' and in particular CEN/TC 122/WG 1 'Anthropometry' carried out the project 'Making harmonised standards inclusive/gender-responsive' (ADULT ANTHR-DATA) funded by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association. This feasibility study for a potential European survey to gather the required anthropometric data was completed in 2025 and provided various scenarios.

Due to the great variety of products and environments there is a broad range of anthropometric data needs. Addressing all possible data needs would result in a measurement protocol which could not be covered in a European anthropometric survey due to its complexity, duration and the resulting costs. Consequently, it is important to optimize the measurement protocol in such a way that it addresses as many data needs as possible while still being practical for an anthropometric survey.

In order to ensure that the measurement protocol(s) resulting from the scenarios of ADULT ANTHR-DATA meet this requirement CEN/TC 122/WG 1 will conduct a project (AnthropoMachPPE) to validate the results and scenarios of ADULT ANTHR-DATA in case studies for machinery and PPE.

In particular, it will

confirm the anthropometric data needs for the machinery and PPE sectors;
further develop, finalize and implement the measurement protocol and related processes (e.g. data flow protocol, recruiting);
conduct an extended anthropometric pilot study/survey.

The selection of the following subcontractors who will carry out certain main tasks of the AnthropoMachPPE project in consultation with CEN/TC 122/WG 1 is subject to this call for tender: