Information

Tender reference number	202/PP/ENT/CIP/12/C/N01C031
Title	Connecting SMEs to the digital market.
Description	The purpose of the contract is to boost the connection of smaller enterprises in the digital world, through support measures, including getting a better understanding of the key trends in digital entrepreneurship, setting up a systematic monitoring mechanism on emerging ICT trends, new business paradigms and their impact on the European economy, removing remaining technical barriers in digital communications and boosting the integration of SMEs in global digital value chains.
Contract type	Services
Procedure type	Open procedure
Status	Closed
Published on TED

Milestones

TED publication date	18/07/2012 00:00
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or accessing documents	N/A
Question deadline	N/A
Answer deadline	N/A
Time limit for receipt of tenders	25/09/2012 23:59
Conditions for opening tenders (date)	05/10/2012 00:00

Lots

Lot number	Title	Description
Lot 1	Lot 1: connecting SMEs to the digital market: fostering the knowledge base on digital entrepreneurship in Europe	The aim of the first lot is to foster the knowledge base on the state of play and evolution of digital entrepreneurship in Europe. It will set up a monitoring mechanism to follow up, measure and appraise the key trends in digital entrepreneurship, including information and communication technologies, emerging market needs, new business paradigms and their impact on the European economy. This monitoring mechanism should help identify new business opportunities for SMEs and entrepreneurs and suggest suitable support measures to boost entrepreneurial action in the digital era.
Lot 2	Lot 2: stimulating industrial innovation in the construction sector through smart use of ICT: connecting SMEs in digital value chains	The aim of the second lot is to improve the competitiveness and efficiency of the construction industry in Europe by stimulating an innovative and seamless use of ICT along their value chains. In particular, SMEs are at the centre of interest of this action, as the objective is to facilitate the participation of SMEs in global digital value networks and enable them to become international business partners. More specifically, the actions will complete a framework for interoperability among different ICT solutions and systems, building on existing communication platforms, ICT systems and standardisation work and joining them in a seamless architecture at European and/or international level. Its ultimate objective is to create an innovative, seamless e-business environment that would stimulate and enable the uptake of ICT and e-business technologies, notably by SMEs, in the construction sector, a highly SME-intensive sector, hard hit by the current economic downturn in Europe.

Notices

Reference	Notice type	Publication date
2012/S 136-226072	Contract notice	18/07/2012 00:00