Periodic Reporting for period 1 - PREVENT PCP (PRocurEments of innoVativE, advaNced systems to support security in public Transport – Pre-Commercial Procurment)
Berichtszeitraum: 2021-09-01 bis 2022-04-30
The global aim of PREVENT Pre-Commercial Procurement is to augment the security in public transport through innovative procurement of technology solutions. The proposed technologies will endow Public Transport Operators with solutions enhancing security situational awareness through:
i) Timely automatic detection of potentially dangerous unattended items in Public Transport Infrastructure and in public areas in the vicinity;
ii) ii) Identification and tracking of perpetrators; and
iii) iii) Advanced crisis management system.
The PREVENT PCP project builds on the outcomes of its predecessor PREVENT, and it continues the top-down approach that allowed consolidating commonly agreed scenarios, covering the critical security issues down to a detailed identification of the complete set of innovation needs, both at process and technology levels, to ease coordination across the full chain of stakeholders, from transport operators to security forces and public authorities. Therefore, the need for innovative solutions stems from a longer collaboration and is driven by commonly identified internal needs to improve the quality and efficiency of pre-empting terrorist attacks.
The project will conduct a phased Pre-Commercial Procurement composed of:
Phase 1: To finalise the tendering documents package already prepared under PREVENT CAS;
Phase 2: To implement the call for tenders for research and development services;
Phase 3: To conduct the competitive development of the prototypes following the PCP principles (design stage, integration & technical verification stage and validation in
real environment stage);
Phase 4: To consolidate the results of the evaluation of the developed prototypes, extract conclusions and recommendations from the validation process, and to define a clear strategy for the further uptake of solutions.
PREVENT PCP involve 13 public buyers coming from 6 different EU countries and will validate 2 different prototypes in 4 pilots: France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.
i) Timely automatic detection of potentially dangerous unattended items in Public Transport Infrastructure and in public areas in the vicinity;
ii) ii) Identification and tracking of perpetrators; and
iii) iii) Advanced crisis management system.
The PREVENT PCP project builds on the outcomes of its predecessor PREVENT, and it continues the top-down approach that allowed consolidating commonly agreed scenarios, covering the critical security issues down to a detailed identification of the complete set of innovation needs, both at process and technology levels, to ease coordination across the full chain of stakeholders, from transport operators to security forces and public authorities. Therefore, the need for innovative solutions stems from a longer collaboration and is driven by commonly identified internal needs to improve the quality and efficiency of pre-empting terrorist attacks.
The project will conduct a phased Pre-Commercial Procurement composed of:
Phase 1: To finalise the tendering documents package already prepared under PREVENT CAS;
Phase 2: To implement the call for tenders for research and development services;
Phase 3: To conduct the competitive development of the prototypes following the PCP principles (design stage, integration & technical verification stage and validation in
real environment stage);
Phase 4: To consolidate the results of the evaluation of the developed prototypes, extract conclusions and recommendations from the validation process, and to define a clear strategy for the further uptake of solutions.
PREVENT PCP involve 13 public buyers coming from 6 different EU countries and will validate 2 different prototypes in 4 pilots: France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.
During the 1st reporting period (M1-M8), the main work performed concerned the following:
• Establishment of a solid management structure, work quality management and assurance, as well as the procedures and tools for handling Classified information;
• The preparation and signature of the Joint Procurement Agreement among Public Buyers in order to agree on how the different procurers cooperate to carry out the joint procurement, and give mandate to the Lead Procurer to proceed with the tender;
• Establishment of project’s Data Protection and Ethics office, and a clear definition of the data protection and ethics framework for the Common Challenge;
• Successful update of the State-of-the-art that was performed under the PREVENT CSA covering (a) the available Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products which can tackle the Common Challenge and (b) the total stock of relevant patents, standards, standard essential patents, and literature to obtain information on their type, scope, breadth, content, radicalness and technical relevance, as well as the associated institutions and related suppliers owning intellectual property rights (IPRs).
• The publication of the “Prior Information Notice” on the in the Official Journal of the European Union, announcing the launch of the Open Market Consultations (OMC);
• Delivery of 8 informative webinars from 01.10.2022 to 01.28.2022 in the following languages: English, French, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Greek, Dutch, and Italian. The webinars were followed by 145 viewers and were seen more than 360 times on Youtube.
• Organization and delivery of a hybrid OMC event (online and in Marseille). 91 participants joined the plenary assembly and up to 65 took part to the OMC workshop. Recording from the plenary assembly has been published on PREVENT PCP’s Youtube channel.
• A project’s business case and cost analysis has been prepared assessing the economic impact and viability of PREVENT PCP solutions against existing solutions and ensure that PREVENT solutions will be marketable in the long-run.
• A common needs assessment and procurement specifications have been conducted and delivered: Functional requirements; Technical requirements; Hardware requirements; Cybersecurity compliance; and Training requirements.
• Delivery of Tender Documents comprising a set of documents necessary to execute the procurement including the draft contract notice, the Call for Tenders, the Framework Agreement and the PCP Phase Contracts along with the Annexes.
• The global roadmap of the trials was constructed with the main information regarding each pilot site such as the locations of the pilots, the perimeters, pre-requites, challenges and scenarios to execute during the operational pilots.
• A first draft of the Validation framework has been prepared.
• Establishment of a solid management structure, work quality management and assurance, as well as the procedures and tools for handling Classified information;
• The preparation and signature of the Joint Procurement Agreement among Public Buyers in order to agree on how the different procurers cooperate to carry out the joint procurement, and give mandate to the Lead Procurer to proceed with the tender;
• Establishment of project’s Data Protection and Ethics office, and a clear definition of the data protection and ethics framework for the Common Challenge;
• Successful update of the State-of-the-art that was performed under the PREVENT CSA covering (a) the available Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products which can tackle the Common Challenge and (b) the total stock of relevant patents, standards, standard essential patents, and literature to obtain information on their type, scope, breadth, content, radicalness and technical relevance, as well as the associated institutions and related suppliers owning intellectual property rights (IPRs).
• The publication of the “Prior Information Notice” on the in the Official Journal of the European Union, announcing the launch of the Open Market Consultations (OMC);
• Delivery of 8 informative webinars from 01.10.2022 to 01.28.2022 in the following languages: English, French, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Greek, Dutch, and Italian. The webinars were followed by 145 viewers and were seen more than 360 times on Youtube.
• Organization and delivery of a hybrid OMC event (online and in Marseille). 91 participants joined the plenary assembly and up to 65 took part to the OMC workshop. Recording from the plenary assembly has been published on PREVENT PCP’s Youtube channel.
• A project’s business case and cost analysis has been prepared assessing the economic impact and viability of PREVENT PCP solutions against existing solutions and ensure that PREVENT solutions will be marketable in the long-run.
• A common needs assessment and procurement specifications have been conducted and delivered: Functional requirements; Technical requirements; Hardware requirements; Cybersecurity compliance; and Training requirements.
• Delivery of Tender Documents comprising a set of documents necessary to execute the procurement including the draft contract notice, the Call for Tenders, the Framework Agreement and the PCP Phase Contracts along with the Annexes.
• The global roadmap of the trials was constructed with the main information regarding each pilot site such as the locations of the pilots, the perimeters, pre-requites, challenges and scenarios to execute during the operational pilots.
• A first draft of the Validation framework has been prepared.
Following the results od PREVENT CSA and in order to achieve results allowing operational use in a complex environment like that of PTOs, considerable research and development is needed. Moreover, tests carried out by PTOs show that the current solutions are not sufficiently mature and will have to be improved and adapted in order to be accepted by the end users.
The performance of the solutions must be very high in order to be able to detect a maximum, or even all the unattended items in the station. As for quality, it must be high enough to not overload operators with too many false positive alarms.
The solution used to track the owner must exceed the limitation of non-use of biometric data. The performance and quality of this unit should be high in order to quickly find the right owner. A real R&D work will have to be led in order to be able to accurately detect the clothes and accessories in any conditions.
In terms of potential impacts, PREVENT PCP will a) develop common technical specifications and reference performance levels for joint EU security solutions; b) pave the road to market for technically mature and operationally relevant solutions and to accelerate their wide deployment in the EU; c) contribute to narrowing down the gap between research and the market for the next generation of security solutions; d) contribute to a single EU security market, by reducing market fragmentation and allowing exploitation of economies of scale, e) facilitate access of new innovative players to the public procurement market; and f) contribute to reinforcing the competitiveness of the EU technology and industrial base.
The performance of the solutions must be very high in order to be able to detect a maximum, or even all the unattended items in the station. As for quality, it must be high enough to not overload operators with too many false positive alarms.
The solution used to track the owner must exceed the limitation of non-use of biometric data. The performance and quality of this unit should be high in order to quickly find the right owner. A real R&D work will have to be led in order to be able to accurately detect the clothes and accessories in any conditions.
In terms of potential impacts, PREVENT PCP will a) develop common technical specifications and reference performance levels for joint EU security solutions; b) pave the road to market for technically mature and operationally relevant solutions and to accelerate their wide deployment in the EU; c) contribute to narrowing down the gap between research and the market for the next generation of security solutions; d) contribute to a single EU security market, by reducing market fragmentation and allowing exploitation of economies of scale, e) facilitate access of new innovative players to the public procurement market; and f) contribute to reinforcing the competitiveness of the EU technology and industrial base.