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21
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Dear Sirs You specify a 60 A4 page limit for the technical proposal; is this to include the requested [...]
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The 60 DIN A4 pages is excluding CVs and project management information. Please also see question #18 [...]
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10/05/2019
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20
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Do the expected costs of the infrastructure (operation, storage and processing) impact the evaluation [...]
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As explained in section 1.5.5 of the tender specifications: 'Cloud infrastructure and cloud infrastructure [...]
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08/05/2019
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1
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Does the sentence “Besides the natively best possible grid resolution (it might depend on the selected [...]
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All deliverables that are expected to be aligned to the HRL data (see figure 4 of the tender specifications [...]
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02/05/2019
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29
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Footnote 13 in section 1.5.2 specifies that the geographic coverage of the products shall comprise, amongst [...]
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The French DOM’s shall be seen as an integral part of HR VPP. The internal assessment showed that an [...]
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16/05/2019
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26
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From what is stated in this section, is it the output expected a WMS service?
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Section 1.4.3 summarises the different type of data deliverables, not how files shall be disseminated [...]
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15/05/2019
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6
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Given the description of the requirements described in the TS and the existing platforms that give access [...]
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Sentinel (2 A/B) data are ‘only’ the source for the HR VPP products and are not part of the deliverables [...]
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02/05/2019
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25
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Here is a link provided in the ITT with reference to the HRLs [https://land.copernicus.eu/pan-european [...]
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The requirement of "[...] (b) aligned to HRL files [...]" in sections 1.4.2.1.3 and 1.4.2.1.4 of the [...]
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15/05/2019
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8
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How should the growing season be defined? Should it be defined at Sentinel-2 tile level? Which is the [...]
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A definition of the growing season shall be based on a scientifically peer reviewed and operationally [...]
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03/05/2019
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32
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In a joint consortium, where the lead member fulfills the requirements stated in section 2.2.2.2. would [...]
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All members of a consortium must complete, sign and submit a simplified Financial Statement in accordance [...]
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21/05/2019
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28
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In addition to Q/A No. 9… Task 5 specification in ToR is very general, so it is not fully clear (i) what [...]
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Task 5 aims at setting up products which allow the best possible interoperability with vegetation products [...]
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15/05/2019
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27
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In chapter 2.1, it is stated that "Each tenderer can only submit one offer. No tenderer may participate [...]
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The statement in section 1.2 that each tenderer may only submit one offer does not apply to subcontractors [...]
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15/05/2019
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5
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In sentence “Besides the data access described under points 1) and 2) above, also a direct, server-internal [...]
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Since the amount of data produced from this project is so vast, most of the expected downstream processing [...]
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02/05/2019
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12
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In sentence “The data access shall be integrated on https://land.copernicus.eu and fit into the design [...]
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No, modifying land.copernicus.eu is not within the scope of this call for tenders. The goal is that the [...]
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03/05/2019
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11
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In the frame of Task 3, what does “season” mean for you?
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The ‘growing season’ comprises all biomass fluctuations within a calendar year. However, please note [...]
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03/05/2019
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9
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Is the expected output of Task 5 the products harmonised with the pre-existing products? Or only the [...]
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The delivery of this task is a harmonisation strategy (a proposal of which must be included in the offer [...]
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03/05/2019
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7
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is the infrastructure already created? Is the objective to develop a data access within the already existing [...]
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It is very improbable that CLMS will set up on its own dedicated processing infrastructure. Most probably [...]
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03/05/2019
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10
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Reference to a section is lost in the sentence “The analysis shall focus on the suitability with regards [...]
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The correct reference is ‘section 1.3 The role of HR VPP’.
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03/05/2019
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30
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Section 1.4.2.1.1 mentions that the future contractor shall process a set of vegetation indices: is the [...]
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Yes, the future contractor is expected to process all Sentinel 2 A/B files within the AoI (see section [...]
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21/05/2019
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22
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Section 1.4.2.1.4 asks that tenderers must submit use cases demonstrating phenological and productivity [...]
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The aim of use cases is to provide evidence of the tenderer's ability to implement the envisaged service [...]
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13/05/2019
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18
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Section 2.2.3.1 requests that tenderers shall limit their technical offer to a maximum of 60 DIN A4 pages [...]
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Yes, your understanding is correct.
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08/05/2019
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3
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Shall that be done at tile level or is a mosaicking process expected?
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HRL aligned files shall be delivered as full coverage files and not as (S2) tiles. The idea if these [...]
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02/05/2019
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2
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Shall that be made also for newly proposed vegetation indices?
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Yes, this applies also to a proposed and eventually implemented vegetation index. Please note that the [...]
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02/05/2019
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23
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Some cloud-based platform providers are offering operational data processing services, going beyond basic [...]
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Activities covered by this open call for tenders shall all happen in a self-contained process, and no [...]
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13/05/2019
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16
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Taking into account the busy period with ESA living planet symposium where many potential partners are [...]
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When setting the deadline for submission, the holidays occurring in April and May 2019 were taken into [...]
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07/05/2019
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33
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The 5th bullet in chapter 1.4.2.1.7 (page 14) mentions one or two meetings (75-100 participants each) [...]
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The future contractor will not be responsible for the logistics of the user meeting(s) mentioned in section [...]
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27/05/2019
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24
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To our understanding, the expected outputs shall be rasters for all tasks. How are these outputs expected [...]
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It is correct that all outputs are raster files. The type of information provided within HR VPP will [...]
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13/05/2019
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13
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What is exactly meant with QA layer? Is it a raster?
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A QA layer of a raster ‘data-file’ is typically also a raster. It must have the very same format and [...]
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03/05/2019
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4
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What is the expected delivery time for resampled deliveries?
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Since HRL-aligned files are produced starting with seasonal trajectories (task 3), which shall be processed [...]
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02/05/2019
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31
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What is the expected number of users and/or volume of service use for the “Data dissemination/access” [...]
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Copernicus land service currently counts nearly 40.000 registered users. Out of these, somewhat more [...]
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21/05/2019
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14
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Which is the expected correlation coefficient?
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The expected correlation coefficient is the Pearson’s correlation coefficient, being a measure of the [...]
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03/05/2019
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15
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Will the AOI be the same in a post-Brexit scenario?
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The geographic coverage is defined in section 1.5.2 of the tender specifications. For downloading the [...]
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03/05/2019
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17
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With reference to the provisions of section 1.4.2.1.3 and its Figure 2, do we understand correctly that [...]
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Yes, the maximum project duration foresees the full processing of the 5 years 2017-2021. Please note [...]
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08/05/2019
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19
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With respect to the previously published Clarification answer #14, may we ask you to please further specify [...]
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The minimum expected coefficient of correlation is +0.8, i.e. 80%, measured by the Pearson's correlation [...]
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08/05/2019
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