Open grounds for pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies

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 action. Both this preparatory action and the future PCP action are open to proposals oriented to the acquisition of R&D services for the development of innovative technologies, systems, tools or techniques to enhance border security, to fight against crime and terrorism, to protect infrastructure and public spaces, and/or to make societies more resilient against natural or human-made disasters.

In preparing the grounds for a possible future PCP action, the outputs of this 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 funding rates of PCP actions and the specific requirements