Welcome - Tackling Public Challenges through Innovation Procurement
Dr. Stelios C.A. Thomopoulos, MARINE-EO Project Coordinator, IIT/ISL Director National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”
MARINE-EO “Industry Day”Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere, I. P. (IPMA) - Lisbon12th of July 2017
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MARINE-EO Industry Day
Lisbon 12th July 2017
Welcome!
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What is MARINE-EO?
• MARINE-EO is the first Earth Observation Pre-Commercial Procurement project
• that teams up a group of 5 maritime authorities (the buyers’ group) and a group of 4 scientificand technical organizations with significant experience in EO and maritime matters
• in order to procure the R&D of new Innovative Downstream Earth Observation and Copernicusenabled Services for Integrated maritime environment, surveillance and security towardsconcrete public sector needs.
• Starting date: 1/1/2017, Duration: 47 months
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Project Consortium (9 beneficiaries)
Project CoordinatorNational Centre for ScientificResearch “DEMOKRITOS”
Lead ProcurerDirectorate General for Maritime Policy
Norwegian Coastal Administration
Public Procurers:(the buyers group) Guardia Civil Hellenic Centre for
Marine Research Fundo Regional para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Technical Advisors: European Union Satellite Centre
National Observatory of Athens
Sintef Ocean
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A few words about NCSRD/IIT/ISLThe National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” (NCSR “Demokritos” – http://www.demokritos.gr ) is the largest multidisciplinary research center inGreece, with a critical mass of over 900 personnel, expertise and infrastructure in the fields of Informatics and Telecommunications, Nanotechnology, Energy &Environment, Biosciences, Particle Physics and Nuclear Science.
Research activities are currently coordinated by five (5) Research Institutes:• Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications.• Institute of Biosciences & Applications.• Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety.• Institute of Advanced Materials, Physicochemical Processes, Nanotechnology & Microsystems.• Institute of Nuclear & Particle Physics
The Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications (IIT - https://vimeo.com/122414964) is one of the five Institutes of NCSRD, and focuses on research anddevelopment in the areas of Telecommunications, Networks, Web Technologies and Intelligent Systems. IIT has participated in numerous EU and nationally fundedresearch projects under FP4, FP5, FP6 and FP7, and has acquired substantial experience both as partner and coordinator. With a personnel of over 250 full timeresearchers and over 50 PhD and MS/BS Thesis candidates, IIT has an annual turnover of 12M€ out of which les than 7,9% corresponds to public funding from thestate budget.
The Integrated Systems Laboratory (ISL – http://iit.demokritos.gr/isl - https://vimeo.com/122414964) is part of the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications(IIT) with 40 full-time researchers, and annual operating budget of over 2,4 M€, focusing on:
• GIS & Geo-spatial Information Management
• LBS, Transportation Optimization, Data Fusion
• Mobile Appls including multi-modal journey planning
• Embedded Systems Design & Implementation
• Security, Asset Tracking, & Crowd Modeling & 3D Simulation
• Indoor Localization, Routing & Navigation
• Signal Propagation & Antennae Design
• Digital cultural heritage promotion and management
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This open dialogue has beenannounced through a PriorInformation Notice (PIN) thathas been published in TED(Tenders Electronic Daily) on5th of May 2017.
Announcement of the OMC through a PIN
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Why to attend the MARINE-EO OMC?
The attendance to this Open Market Consultation (OMC) is a great opportunity for the suppliers to:
- Be informed about the PCP challenge and the common unmet
needs identified by the buyers group.
- Learn about the project and pre-commercial procurement
processes.
- Take part in interesting discussions with project participants.
- Comment about the intended R&D scope.
- Share thoughts about the PCP challenge and the tender
procedure.
- Provide their feedback, through the RFI questionnaire, to fine-tune
the tender specifications.
- Focus to be given to DWH requirements.
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What are the expected outcomes from the OMC?
- Allow the Consortium to gain better insights on the market, such as the state-of-the-art
technology.
- Allow suppliers to give feedback on what technologies should be included in MARINE-EO.
- Allow suppliers to advise the Consortium where they see the biggest technical challenges and what
more information should be shared in order to make scope of the challenge clearer.
- The results of the consultations will be fully documented and taken into account in order to
detail the tender specifications.
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Why Innovation Procurement?
WIN-WIN FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN EUROPE
- Modernization of public services – improving the quality and efficiency of public services andtackling societal challenges with innovative / breakthrough solutions for the benefit of the citizens.
- Smart use of the procurement budget to remove supplier lock-in and obtain more open,standardized and better value for money solutions in a cost effective manner.
- In times of economic distress innovation procurement can boost innovation in a country/regionwithout extra funds – only by shifting existing procurement budget towards R&D and Innovation.
- Benefits to the local economy – support to the economic activity in sectors related to the innovativesolutions purchased or developed.
- It can create growth and jobs in Europe (in PCPs, suppliers can be required to do the majority of R&Din Europe).
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Why Innovation Procurement?
WIN-WIN FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN EUROPE
- The power of the public pursue can open up market/sales opportunities for innovative companies inEurope.
- Public sector can act as launch customer to help start-ups in Europe scale up and finally go tomarket.
- Demand driven Innovation (through Procurement) helps shortening time-to-market for innovativeproducts/services.
SCALE – UP EUROPE MANIFESTO
Calls on the Member States:
- to open public procurement by supporting more Innovation
- to allocate of their annual procurement budget 3% to Pre-Commercial Procurements and 20% toPublic Procurements of Innovative Solutions
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Thank you
Dr. Stelios C.A. Thomopoulos
MARINE-EO Project Coordinator
Institute Director & Director of Research
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +30 210 650 3154
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