<div dir="ltr">Hi, <br>I am forwarding this Open Market Consultancy request by <a href="https://space4cities.eu/">SPACE4Cities</a><a href="https://space4cities.eu/"> project</a> as some of you might be interested in the topic.<br><br>The project has now opened an open market consultation on their project and details about it are below.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr">Best regards,</div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Miika Kostamo<br>Executive Director<br><div><br><div><img width="96" height="21" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xFLMnB6SPYXfZbLrmi2-VnXhEnZ1Fsk4lqqvkW5xbtK_WCHM_U1WjTsBaA90vXz20LyYZ5HYdEMwk3"><br></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br><br>Subject: SPACE4Cities: 2,87M€ Call for Tenders coming up! Join our Open Market Consultation<br></div><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" id="m_-633770135018180473m_-1539185292375338172m_-157757999860245101m_-8398214909891442480templateHeader" style="background-image:none;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px"><br><br><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:9px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;float:left"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0px 9px;text-align:center"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d/images/9ea8fb59-59ff-6d79-380d-33dcf2351950.png" width="564" style="outline:none;max-width:1706px;padding-bottom:0px;vertical-align:bottom;border:0px;height:auto;display:inline"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" id="m_-633770135018180473m_-1539185292375338172m_-157757999860245101m_-8398214909891442480templateBody" style="background-image:url("https://mcusercontent.com/ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d/images/ccd97fc5-b851-0471-66c1-1c07ade1d93e.png");background-position:50% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-top:4px none rgb(0,0,0);border-bottom:4px solid rgb(136,136,136);padding-top:24px;padding-bottom:40px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 0%;background-size:cover;border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%;padding:18px 18px 0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;float:left"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0px 18px 9px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(117,117,117);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px"><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(45,0,80);font-size:48px;line-height:72px"><span style="font-size:30px">Open Market Consultation tools</span></h1><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:18px">To prepare the €2.87 million Call for Tenders and its specifications, SPACE4Cities partners are conducting an Open Market Consultation from June 2024 until the end of October 2024.</span></span></strong><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Suppliers – such as <strong>companies</strong>, <strong>research centres </strong>or <strong>non-profit</strong> <strong>organisations – </strong></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">are invited to explain what is currently being done on the satellite data and space technology market, how they can innovate, comment on the feasibility of our<a href="https://forumvirium.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d&id=ea55444c38&e=2e70cd9864" style="color:rgb(113,12,99)" target="_blank"> <strong>Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) process</strong></a>, and start thinking about their tender submission. <br><br>Participating in the </span><strong><a href="https://forumvirium.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d&id=fd06caed09&e=2e70cd9864" style="color:rgb(113,12,99);font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">Open Market Consultation</span></a><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"> </span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">(OMC) is an undeniable asset in order to prepare for the call for tenders. The questions asked, feedback and results obtained during the OMC will help SPACE4Cities partners to elaborate the most appropriate requirements possible for the call for tenders, so don't hesitate to join us!<br><br><u><strong>Watch the project video by clicking the image!</strong></u></span><br><a href="https://forumvirium.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d&id=8d326ee1cc&e=2e70cd9864" style="color:rgb(113,12,99)" target="_blank"><img height="387" src="https://mcusercontent.com/ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d/images/abcf6385-c42f-9009-c495-454564be7de7.png" width="600" style="border:0px;width:600px;height:387px;margin:0px;outline:none;text-decoration-line:none"></a><br> <p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:20px"><strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">In the on-going Open Market Consultaion, </span><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">SPACE4Cities</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> strives to create an open forum via the following tools:</span></strong></span></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The European-wide </span><strong><a href="https://forumvirium.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d&id=ff529a2094&e=2e70cd9864" style="color:rgb(113,12,99);font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">Webinar Series</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> "Space applications for urban challenges"</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> on the open call's Challenges and the Call for Tenders – REGISTER NOW!</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">A confidential </span><strong><a href="https://forumvirium.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d&id=36e08514ea&e=2e70cd9864" style="color:rgb(113,12,99);font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">OMC Supplier Survey</span></a><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"> </span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">to specify the open call's three targeted challenges and gauge the feasibility of the preliminary requirements;</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">A regularly updated </span><strong><a href="https://forumvirium.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d&id=8402049506&e=2e70cd9864" style="color:rgb(113,12,99);font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">Q&A page</span></a></strong><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">gathering all questions and answers from the previous channels;</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">An </span><strong><a href="https://forumvirium.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d&id=a7eeeb19ee&e=2e70cd9864" style="color:rgb(113,12,99);font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">OMC Matchmaking Form</span></a></strong><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">to facilitate consortium-building and partnerships between suppliers. Organisations that have filled in the matchmaking form are listed in the <strong><a href="https://forumvirium.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d&id=a1cf316092&e=2e70cd9864" style="color:rgb(113,12,99);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">OMC Matchmaking Directory</a></strong>.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">An interactive </span><a href="https://forumvirium.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d&id=fc7c30296f&e=2e70cd9864" style="color:rgb(113,12,99)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">OMC Community on LinkedIn</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong> </strong>where you can ask questions and search consortium partners.</span></li></ul><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">SPACE4Cities reminds all stakeholders that participating in the OMC does not provide any preference for the forthcoming <strong>€2.87 million</strong> call for tenders, planned in the <strong>first quarter of 2025</strong>. However, all insights received until November 2024 will help to refine our challenges and feed our specifications.<br><br>During the SPACE4Cities Pre-Commercial Procurement, five innovative solutions will be selected at the end of a <strong>three-step process</strong> and will then be implemented for five public procurers: Helsinki, Amsterdam, Athens (Attica region), Ghent and Guimarães.</span></p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><em><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">*Participation in the OMC is not mandatory in order to participate in the Call for Tenders.</span></em></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0px 9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="264" style="border-collapse:collapse;float:left"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><img alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d/images/c422afce-f74c-06a2-06bb-dc67e49b294c.png" width="264" style="outline:none;max-width:894px;border:0px;height:auto;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="264" style="border-collapse:collapse;float:right"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(117,117,117);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px"><br><em><a href="https://forumvirium.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d&id=54e9b9e027&e=2e70cd9864" style="color:rgb(113,12,99)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"><strong>The SPACE4Cities project</strong></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">aims to procure a range of replicable solutions that use European satellite data for better and more dynamic management of public areas, green spaces, transport infrastructure and city maintenance – and the cities’ overall resilience.</span><br><strong><a href="https://forumvirium.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d&id=813aae3568&e=2e70cd9864" style="color:rgb(113,12,99);font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">Follow us on LinkedIn!</span></a></strong></em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%;padding:9px 18px 0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0px 9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="264" style="border-collapse:collapse;float:left"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><img alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/ae6c44ff2fd9c166d32db739d/images/02d59712-d8c9-5982-92df-a28626563573.png" width="150" style="max-width:150px;border:0px;height:auto;outline:none;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="264" style="border-collapse:collapse;float:right"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(117,117,117);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101131955.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-left:2.304pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Ari Kaukiainen
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