Research and development services and related consultancy services

Open Market Consultation of SHIELD4CROWD for the future Pre-Commercial Procurement of R&D services on the security domain

This Prior Information Notice announces an Open Market Consultation conducted by the SHIELD4CROWD project and provides information about a potential future Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) of R&D services on the security domain. SHIELD4CROWD aims to challenge the market to develop innovative solutions to tackle 3 use cases concerning the protection of …

CPV: 73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services, 75241100 Police services
Place of execution:
Open Market Consultation of SHIELD4CROWD for the future Pre-Commercial Procurement of R&D services on the security domain
Awarding body:
Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Outre-mer
Award number:

France-Paris: Research and development services and related consultancy services

2023/S 245-771853

Prior information notice

This notice is for prior information only

Services

Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Outre-mer
National registration number: 11001401600015
Postal address: 1 Place Beauvau
Town: Paris
NUTS code: FR France
Postal code: 75800
Country: France
Contact person: Jorge GARZON
E-mail: contact@shield4crowd.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Stowarzyszenie Polska Platforma Bezpieczenstwa Wewnetrznego
Postal address: Ul Juliusza Slowackiego 17 Lok 11
Town: Poznan
NUTS code: PL Polska
Postal code: 60822
Country: Poland
E-mail: contact@shield4crowd.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://ppbw.pl/pl/
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministerstvo Vnutra Slovenskej Republiky
Postal address: Pribinova 2
Town: Bratislava
NUTS code: SK Slovensko
Postal code: 81272
Country: Slovakia
E-mail: contact@shield4crowd.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.minv.sk/?ministry-of-interior
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministerio del Interior
Postal address: Calle Amador de los Ríos 7
Town: Madrid
NUTS code: ES España
Postal code: 28071
Country: Spain
E-mail: contact@shield4crowd.eu
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.interior.gob.es/opencms/es/inicio/
I.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law:

French law

I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Public order and safety

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title:

Open Market Consultation of SHIELD4CROWD for the future Pre-Commercial Procurement of R&D services on the security domain

II.1.2) Main CPV code
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description:

This Prior Information Notice announces an Open Market Consultation conducted by the SHIELD4CROWD project and provides information about a potential future Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) of R&D services on the security domain. SHIELD4CROWD aims to challenge the market to develop innovative solutions to tackle 3 use cases concerning the protection of public spaces in EU cities against security threats related to crowd management. The OMC documents will be published in due time on the SHIELD4CROWD website ( www.shield4crowd.eu ). The project has received funding from the Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) under grant agreement n. 101121171. However, the European Union will not participate as a contracting authority in the procurement.

II.1.5) Estimated total value
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
75241100 Police services
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code: ES España
NUTS code: FR France
NUTS code: PL Polska
NUTS code: SK Slovensko
Main site or place of performance:

France, Poland,, Slovakia, Spain

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:

This Prior Information Notice announces the Open Market Consultation of a potential future Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) of R&D services. PCP is an approach that allows public procurers to buy R&D from several competing suppliers in parallel, to compare alternative solution approaches, and to identify the best value-formoney solutions that the market can deliver to address their needs. It is split into three phases: solution design, prototype implementation, and validation and demonstration of the solutions. In PCP, there is a risk-benefit sharing under market conditions between the public procurer and the suppliers, and a clear separation between the PCP and the deployment of commercial volumes of end-products. The PCP procurement is exempted from the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), the EU public procurement directives and the national laws that implement them.

II.2.14) Additional information
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
02/12/2024

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information:

This is an announcement of an Open Market Consultation regarding a potential future pre-commercial procurement (PCP) of R&D services on the security domain. The future PCP will be composed of three phases:

Phase 1. Solution design: Phase 1 of the PCP will deal with the design of the solutions and verification of their technical and economic feasibility based on functional requirements. It will be implemented according to the tender documents in compliance with the procurement principles and the PCP methodology. Several technology providers will be selected for this phase.

Phase 2. Prototype implementation: Phase 2 of the PCP concerns the development of the first prototypes of the solutions and testing at the procurers’ premises under controlled conditions. Several technology providers will be selected for this phase.

Phase 3. Validation and demonstration of the solutions: Phase 3 of the PCP will deal with testing and validation of the selected solutions in operational environments. It will take place in several Member States. A minimum of 2 operators per challenge will be selected for this phase.

The selected operators will retain ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) that they will generate during the PCP and will be able to use them to exploit the full market potential of the developed solutions.

This PIN invites all interested technology providers from EU Member States and Associated Countries committed to perform R&D in the EU and/or Associated Countries, regardless of their size or governance structure, to take part in the Open Market Consultation. The Open Market Consultation aims to:

(1) Validate the findings of the state-of-the-art analysis and the viability of the set of technical and financial provisions.

(2) Raise awareness to the industry regarding the upcoming pre-commercial procurement (PCP).

(3) Collect insights from the industry which can be used to fine tune the tender specifications.

The market consultation may include one or more events, and a questionnaire to request information from the market.

This Prior Information Notice is not a commitment to procure. The contracting authorities involved are not legally bound in any way by the outcome of the market consultation. No advantage or disadvantage will be given to any supplier /group of suppliers to the detriment of others during the market consultation and the sub-sequent competitive procedure for the award of contracts. The official communication language is English.

All information regarding the open market consultation and other background information will be published in the project's website ( www.shield4crowd.eu ).

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
15/12/2023