Tremend – Publicis Sapient has been confirmed as consortium lead under HACS, the High-Level Advice and Consultancy Services framework managed by DG DIGIT, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Digital Services.
The framework gives EU institutions access to high-level consultancy and delivery expertise for complex transformation programmes across the European public sector.
Through HACS, Tremend – Publicis Sapient will support EU institutions with work spanning digital transformation strategy, governance and operating model design, service design, technical oversight for large IT programmes, emerging technology assessments, and organisational readiness. These are areas where the company has already built a substantial track record across EU public sector engagements.
Where relevant, Tremend – Publicis Sapient can also bring their award-winning applied AI expertise to support broader transformation initiatives, in line with each institution’s governance requirements, interoperability standards, and technology choices.
The appointment continues the company’s work under BEACON, the Commission’s previous Benchmarking, Advisory and Consultancy Services framework, where Tremend – Publicis Sapient led the first consortium in cascade.
HACS succeeds BEACON and represents a broader, more ambitious framework, with expanded reach, more contractors, and a mandate covering nearly the entire EU institutional landscape.
Tremend – Publicis Sapient will lead the consortium alongside IBM, Fujitsu, and Sword, bringing together advisory depth, technology expertise, and delivery capacity for institutions operating in highly complex governance, regulatory, and procurement environments.
“Building on the momentum of the work we conducted through BEACON to a large number of EU Institutions, bodies and agencies, Tremend – Publicis Sapient brings to the HACS framework a combination of vast EU public sector experience, digital transformation expertise, and delivery capability that is especially important for institutions operating at this level of complexity,” stated Radu Antohe, Head of EU Public Sector at Tremend – Publicis Sapient. “We understand that EU institutions need more than strategic recommendations. They need partners who can help shape the roadmap, navigate the governance realities, and support implementation with the same level of commitment.”
HACS is positioned as one of the Commission’s most strategically visible procurement instruments, enabling access to high-impact transformation work across the EU public sector. Consortiums operating within the framework are expected to provide both advisory expertise and the delivery strength required to turn strategy into practical results.
For EU institutions, this means access to a partner capable of engaging at strategic level while remaining close to implementation.
The EU public sector is in the middle of a transformation that has no clean endpoint. Digital services need to meet rising citizen expectations while navigating regulatory complexity. Technology decisions made now will shape operational capacity for years. The institutions doing this work need partners who can handle the ambiguity, sustain the engagement through political and budgetary cycles, and deliver results that hold up to scrutiny.
Under HACS, Tremend – Publicis Sapient is positioned to support that ambition.
