The document summarizes the next steps for the ARCHIVER Open Market Consultation. It outlines that a questionnaire will be sent out to get feedback on the event and understand what information participants need. The results will be shared with the ARCHIVER team and European Commission. It also previews the next consultation events which will demonstrate archiving and preservation services for petabyte scientific data volumes. An overview of the tender preparation phase timeline is provided, from drafting the contract notice through publication and evaluation. Potential bidders are invited to submit questions and join a collaboration platform to facilitate consortium building for the ARCHIVER pre-commercial procurement initiative.

1. Wrapping Up and Next Steps
Marion Devouassoux
Project Analyst
CERN IT Department

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How are we doing so far ?
Quick questionnaire to:
Get feedback on the event and the participants
Understand which information you need
Anonymous & not binding
Results shared with:
ARCHIVER team
European Commission
Link: http://cern.ch/go/6NbN

3. What’s in there for you?
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Demonstrate archiving & preservation services with petabyte data volumes and high
and sustained ingest rates (1-10 Gbps per day) for multi-disciplinary scientific data
Diversify your service offer while keeping the ownership of the results
Support the open data movement
Offer services via the European Open
Science Cloud (EOSC) Catalogue
Access the public funded European Research Infrastructures (RIs) as a new market
segment

4. Overview of the Tender Preparation Phase
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PCP Contract Notice Drafting
Process
Finalize the
Contract Notice
Tender open for
60 days
Companies invited to bid
Tender
evaluation
Tender
Publication
Tenderers notified
of results
Closing the
Tender
April
2019
June October December January
2020
Disclaimer: this timeline is for information only and is subject to change
Open Market Consultation
input
for

5. Open Market Consultation
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Open dialogue on R&D challenges of the Tender
Evolutionary process:
Registration open: https://www.archiver-project.eu/all-events

6. PCP Contract Notice Drafting Process
Open and Transparent process:
Draft tender documents available on the project website for consultancy
shortly after this event
Answers to questions from potential bidders will be published
Public FAQ on the website
Submit additional questions via the website
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7. The “Crowdhelix” collaboration platform is
available to facilitate partner searching & to
support consortium-building for the ARCHIVER
PCP initiative
Wide-ranging R&D challenges
Consortia composed of experts in
different fields are encouraged
Step 1
Email archiver@crowdhelix.com with:
● Company name
● Company website
● Any additional contact names & emails
Step 2
● You will receive an email to sign up
to the platform
Step 3
● View & respond ARCHIVER post
(filter “Open Science”)
● Permalink: bit.ly/ARCHIVERpcp

8. Stay tuned!
Mailing list suppliers@archiver-project.eu
Want to add a contact? Email omcinfo@archiver-project.eu
ARCHIVER website: www.archiver-project.eu
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9. Thank you and see you at future
ARCHIVER events