Call for tender: External advice relating to the Digital Markets Act

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) is looking for an external consultant to strengthen its work relating to the enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) from a consumer perspective. The selected candidate will be an experienced competition lawyer or economist with proven knowledge of the Digital Markets Act and of digital markets.

Specific tasks

• Providing strategic advice to BEUC’s legal team relating to BEUC’s interventions as a third party before the EU Courts on the DMA;

• Providing strategic advice to BEUC’s competition team relating to submissions to the Commission about potential non-compliance by gatekeepers;

• Assessing documentation from the European Commission, gatekeepers and third parties;

• Provide input to the competition team’s strategy and initiatives on DMA matters;

• Provide input to cross-team analyses of an issue which may include assessments related to the DMA;

• Provide support on the integration of evidence in BEUC’s submissions, in particular behavioural insights on the way user interface is designed by the gatekeepers. 

Conflicts of interest

It is paramount that the legal or economic consultant selected for this commission has no conflict of interest. This means that the selected candidate should not be working for, have any intention of working for, or have worked since the entry into force of the DMA for any of the DMA’s gatekeepers (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Booking, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft), or any associations or think-tanks representing their interests. It should also be disclosed any previous antitrust work done for any of the companies designated as gatekeepers under the DMA. 

Remuneration

The budget allocated to this consultancy work is €40,000 including VAT.

How to apply

Interested candidates should send an offer including a motivation letter, a detailed CV, and a proposal indicated the number of days that can be allocated to supporting this work to BEUC’s competition team competition@beuc.eu by 13 November 2026.