Call for tenders' details
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Submission date
09/04/2018
Answer date
19/04/2018
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Question details
Subject
Work Package 3: Production of analytical reports Task 3.5. Production of analytical reports on new business applications, promising trends and products in advanced technologies
Question
Page 24 of ToR (Task 3.5) states “The Contractor shall develop a methodology that will regularly scan markets and technology development to anticipate key technologies/products/industry disruptions. On the basis of the market scan results, the Contractor shall propose and organise a series of workshops to select the most promising advanced products/services and their value chains to develop recommendations for policy actions to help EU industry stay ahead of global competition. In the technical offer, tenderers shall indicate an appropriate number of workshops to perform this task and justify its proposal, and relevant costs shall be detailed in the financial offer. The workshops will aim to reach consensus on, and validate the promising advanced products/services that should be analysed in depth for the benefit of European regions. To that end, the workshops shall be designed and organised in close cooperation with the Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation (S3P-Industry).” Are these workshops a previous activity to the 3.3 to identify products/services? Can these workshops take place at EASME/EC facilities? There is any limitation on the number of workshops or the people to be participating? Which are the costs to be covered by the Contractor? Can some of these costs be assumed with S3P-Industry or related funding?
Answer
19/04/2018
• Are these workshops a previous activity to the 3.3 to identify products/services? Yes, as the workshops are meant to provide input for the deliverables of 3.3. • Can these workshops take place at EASME/EC facilities? The tenderer shall arrange all aspects of the workshops, including the provision of a venue. • There is any limitation on the number of workshops or the people to be participating? The tender shall propose the number of workshops based on i) the methodology developed to regularly scan markets and technology development to anticipate key technologies/products/industry disruptions and ii) ensuring the necessary input for deliverables 3.3. The tender shall estimate the number of participants/stakeholders who shall be invited for each workshop necessary to providing trustable and balanced input for deliverables 3.3 • Which are the costs to be covered by the Contractor? All costs related to the organisation of the workshops shall be paid by the contractor. • Can some of these costs be assumed with S3P-Industry or related funding? The cost for the workshops to be organised under this tender shall be only part of this tender. Any co-financing or double financing with other EU initiatives is not possible. Nevertheless, these workshops shall be designed and organised in close cooperation with the Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation (S3P-Industry) to allow for a maximum of synergies between both.