Objective The full exploitation of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the highest priority of the European Strategy for particle physics. Because of this accelerator Europe is in a leading global position on High Energy Physics research. To preserve that position, the LHC will need a major upgrade in the 2020s to increase its luminosity by a factor of five beyond its design value. The novel configuration, known as High Luminosity LHC, is based on the development of key innovative technologies representing exceptional technological challenges.The LHC now has an urgent need for magnet technologies at the cutting edge of science which are currently not on the market and are not even being considered by commercial suppliers due to their novelty and low volume production demands. The requirements of the LHC are, among others, “long orbit corrector magnets” for the necessary adjustment of the particles orbit and “two-in-one quadrupoles magnets” in charge of providing the strong focusing of particle beams. To the companies that should produce these magnets, the commercial application potential for this technology is – at this time - too low. The QUACO project draws together several research infrastructures with similar technical requirements in magnet development, which will allow the avoidance of unnecessary duplication of design effort and reduce overall cost through economies of scale using a joint procurement process. By pooling efforts on technological requirements and using their experience from prior procurements, the partners in QUACO will act as a single buyer group with sufficient momentum for potential suppliers to consider the phased development of the requested magnets. The pre-competitive procurement (PCP) instrument used in this project will thus take away the mismatch between the high-end R&D effort and the existing market for these instruments and allow large and small specialised companies to increase the speed of their own research and technology development. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsparticle acceleratornatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssuperconductivity Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.4. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Research Infrastructures Main Programme H2020-EU.1.4.2.1. - Exploiting the innovation potential of research infrastructures Topic(s) INFRASUPP-2-2015 - Innovative procurement pilot action in the field of scientific instrumentation Call for proposal H2020-INFRASUPP-2014-2015 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-INFRASUPP-2015-2 Funding Scheme PCP - Pre-Commercial Procurement Coordinator ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE Net EU contribution € 3 930 297,88 Address ESPLANADE DES PARTICULES 1 PARCELLE 11482 DE MEYRIN BATIMENT CADASTRAL 1046 1211 GENEVE 23 Switzerland See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Genève Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 5 614 711,25 Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES France Net EU contribution € 484 478,75 Address RUE LEBLANC 25 75015 PARIS 15 See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 692 112,50 CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS Spain Net EU contribution € 146 434,75 Address AVENIDA COMPLUTENSE 40 28040 MADRID See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 209 192,50 NARODOWE CENTRUM BADAN JADROWYCH Poland Net EU contribution € 92 312,50 Address ULICA ANDRZEJA SOLTANA 7 05 400 Otwock See on map Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 131 875,00