ESA Open Invitation To Tender AO8424
Open Date: 27/08/2015
Closing Date: 12/10/2015

Status: ISSUED
Reference Nr.: 15.135.02
Prog. Ref.: ARTES 20 Phase II;TTP;GSTP Period 6 E1 PRJ
Budget Ref.: E/0520-01C – ARTES 20 Phase II;E/0902-01 – TTP;E/0904-611 – GSTP Period 6 E1 PRJ
Special Prov.: AT
Tender Type: CR
Price Range: > 500 KEURO
Establishment: ESTEC
Directorate: Directorate of Technical & Quality Manag
Department: System, Software & Technology Department
Division: Technology Transfer & Promotion Office
Contract Officer: Houten, Marnix
Last Update Date: 27/08/2015
Update Reason: Tender issue

The set-up of an ESA BIC in Austria is fully supported by the Austrian delegation through the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). The objective of FFG is to generate a start-up community of space spin-offs by setting up an ESA BIC in Austria, closely with the academic and business community. Also, FFG expects that ESA BIC Austria will be tasked with the handling of the Integrated Application Promotion (IAP) Programme’s Ambassador Platform (AP) and the procurement of small application (SmallApps) activities. The objective of these activities is to identify and prepare promising projects for consortia that can then apply for the full IAP activity. The overall goal of FFG is to cluster all space application activities in Austria in order to create more synergies between them, whilst at the same time to achieve economy of scope, saving on networking and operating costs. ESA is requested to organise a national limited tender for Austrian business innovation organisations and to select the most appropriate bidder to implement and manage the ESA BIC/IAP AP Austria for the next 5 years.

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