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Open grounds for future pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies

Funder
European Commission · Horizon Europe
Award amount
Up to €1,000,000
Deadline
November 4, 2027
Eligible countries
European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global

Summary

Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-CL3-2027-01-SSRI-02 · HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions. Part of call HORIZON-CL3-2027-01: Civil Security for Society 2027. Opens 2027-05-05; next deadline 2027-11-04. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL3-2027-01-SSRI-02

Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following expected outcomes: - Establish a consolidated group of potential buyers with shared needs and requirements, committed to carrying out a pre-commercial procurement (PCP) action for future joint procurement of innovative solutions; - Evidence for Future PCP Action: Provide clear evidence justifying the necessity of a PCP action to complete the maturation cycle of certain technologies and compare different alternatives; - Increased capacity of EU public procurers to align requirements with industry and future products and to attract innovation and innovators from security and other sectors through common validation strategies, rapid innovation, experimentation and pre-commercial procurement.

Scope: End-users and public procurers from several countries are invited to submit proposals for a preparatory action that should build the grounds for a future pre-commercial procurement (PCP) action. Both this preparatory action and the future PCP action are open to proposals oriented to the acquisition of research and development (R&D) services for the development of innovative technologies, systems, tools or techniques under the priorities laid down in this Work Programme. In preparing the grounds for a possible future PCP action, the outputs of this Coordination and Support Action (CSA) should take into consideration: - The policy priorities described in this Work Programme Part for the security areas mentioned above; - The EU Directive for public procurement and in particular with the provisions related to PCP; - The specific provisions and…

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