Information

Tender reference number	SMART 2019/0011
Title	The Impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on Technological Independence, Competitiveness and Innovation in the EU Economy — Smart 2019/0011
Description	The objective of the study is to investigate in detail the economic impact of open source software and hardware on the European economy. The study should identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges of open source in relevant ICT policies (e.g. cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digitising the European industry, the connected car, HPC, big data, distributed ledger technologies, etc.). The study should gather evidence in monetary terms of the footprint of open source in the EU economy.Finally, the study should propose a list of policy options that can maximize the benefit of open source in support of a competitive EU software and hardware industry and an eco-friendly transformation of the EU economy.
Contract type	Services
Procedure type	Open procedure
Status	Open
Published on TED
Award method	Best price-quality ratio
Main CPV	72221000
NUTS	BE100

Additional CPV	Supplementary CPV
73200000
72266000
72260000
79311410
79311400
79400000
79411100
72222300
79419000
79310000
72300000

Milestones

TED publication date	02/07/2019
Question deadline	N/A
Answer deadline	N/A
Time limit for receipt of tenders	09/09/2019 16:00
Conditions for opening tenders (date)	12/09/2019 11:00

Lots

The call for tenders has no lots.

Notices

Reference	Notice type	Publication date
2019/S 125-304377	Contract notice	02/07/2019