Enhanced GNSS Receiver/User Terminal - Webinar (Fundamental Elements Call)

Webinar – Enhanced GNSS
Receiver/User Terminal
9 October 2019
Valeria CATALANO, Market Development
Martin SUNKEVIC, Market Development
Nikitas NIKITARAS, Legal
Barbara VERTES-TOGHER, Finance
GSA/GRANT/03/2019

This presentation is provided for information purposes
only and is not intended to replace consultation of any
applicable legal sources and does not overrule in any way,
but on the contrary, is subject to the provisions of the
grant agreement and call for proposal, which shall prevail
in case of discrepancy.
For more information, please consult the Grant Agreement
and the call for proposal available on the GSA website.
Disclaimer
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Agenda
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Before we start – way of working
Introduction to FE R&D funding
Scope of the Call for proposal
Participation and evaluation
Grant agreement
Guidelines to fill in the financial proposal
How to prepare your application
Q&A

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Grant agreement
Q&A

How to interact (I)
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How to interact (II)
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• Questions are collected at the end of the session.
• All the Q&A will be published as clarifications.
• The clarifications and slides will be available online
in due time at GSA website.
Way of working
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Grant agreement
Q&A

Fundamental Elements Programme
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• Fosters development of innovative GNSS receivers, chipsets and antennas.
• Created by the 2013 GNSS Regulation, complementary with H2020.
 Horizon 2020 aims to develop innovative products, application and feasibility study in different
market segments
 More info can be found here:
o http://www.gsa.Europa.eu/gnss-h2020-projetcs
o https://www.gsa.europa.eu/r-d/gnss-r-d-programmes/fundamental-elements
• High-level objectives:
 Facilitate the adoption of the European GNSS Systems building on innovative services and
differentiators
 Increase the EU industry competitiveness
 Address the user needs in priority market segments, maximising the benefits for the citizens
• The FE financial instruments includes Grant and Procurement:
 Each year the GSA publishes an annual work programme, with info on grants that are going
to be awarded during the year (2019 Grant Plan is available on the website)

Fundamental Elements (all EGNSS services
excluding PRS): on-going projects
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• 17 on-going projects covering all the market segments:
o Road (PATROL – Digital tachograph, ESCAPE – Autonomous vehicles)
o Aviation (DFMC, A-RAIM – GLAD, DARP)
o High-Precision (FANTASTIC)
o Timing (GIANO, GEARS)
o Maritime (MAREC)
o SAR (iSSAR, PHOENIX, COBALT, TAUCETI, AMETRINE)
o Transversal segments (Integration)
o Mass Market (eMAPS)

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• Enhanced GNSS User Terminal - M€ 3 (Transversal)
 Published 18/6/2019
 Up to 2 projects
 Deadline 31/10/2019
• Filling the gaps and emerging E-GNSS receivers technologies - M€ 5,0 (Transversal)
 Published 24/9/2019
 Deadline 30/11/2019
Budget
planned:
8 M EUR
excluding PRS): projects open for submission
2 grants
published

excluding PRS): up-coming projects
• Development of a drone-borne double frequency receiver - M€ 1,5 (Aviation)
• Receiver for localization in train signalling - M€ 3,5 (Rail)
• Development of an advanced interference detection and robustness capabilities system -
M€ 3,2 (Transversal)
 Procurement
• Receiver technologies for high-precision in mass market - M€ 1,5 (Transversal)
 One project to be awarded
• Shipborne double frequency multi-constellation receiver (E1/E5) - M€ 2,5 (Maritime)
4 calls and one
procurement are
going to be published
in Q4 2019
Budget
planned:
12,2 M EUR

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Grant agreement
Q&A

Open Service Navigation
Message Authentication
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[1] https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/ 12/ DHS-Drug-Traffickers-Spoofing-Border-Drones/124613/
[2] https://www.gpsworld.com/spoofing-in-the-black-sea-what-really-happened/
Source: [2]
Source: [1]
DEC 2015 - USA-MEXICO
JUNE 2017 - BLACK SEA
APR 2019 – GENEVA MOTOR SHOW
USRP: Universal Software Radio
Peripheral
NAVIGATION MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION
makes the system able to guarantee to the
users that they are utilising non-
counterfeit navigation data that comes
from the Galileo satellites and not from
any other (potentially malicious) source.

OS-NMA available free of
charge for all users on E1-B
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SIS TEST ICD V1.1 AVAILABLE TO EC/GSA CONTRACTORS

Galileo SiS OS ICD v1.4 to be published in the GSC web portal
Gradual implementation as of 2020
• Reduced CED: faster Galileo only TTFF (<20 sec;
95%) at low accuracy.
• Forward Error Correction (FEC-2): increased
demodulation robustness; i.e. better sensitivity in
harsh environment.
• Secondary Synchronisation Pattern (SSP): Galileo
system time reconstruction with an initial coarse
synchronisation of +/-3 seconds.
I/NAV will deliver improved
robustness on E1-B
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This Call for Proposals aims to implement OS-NMA and/or I/NAV improvements
capability in close-to-market (i.e. min TRL 7*) receivers and/or GNSS user terminals
suitable for target application domains other than the Smart Tachograph.
The applicants are requested to propose a solution to reach this objective in such a
way that:
1. The receiver and/or terminal shall be able to receive and process OS-NMA and/or
be fully compliant with and make optimal use of the new Galileo E1-OS I/NAV
features introduced with the Galileo Open Service Interface Control Document (OS
ICD) issue 1.4.
2. In case of OS-NMA implementation, the enhanced receiver and/or GNSS user
terminal shall aim at optimizing the level of protection at least against those
spoofing attacks that are specific to the target application.
3. The developed receiver and/or GNSS user terminal shall be cost efficient and
compliant with the specific application constraints.
Objectives of the Call for
Proposal
17* https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2014_2015/annexes/h2020-wp1415-annex-g-trl_en.pdf

What application(s) are you
targeting?
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OS-NMA OR I/NAV
improvements
OS-NMA AND I/NAV
improvements

Regarding the development approach, the call is open to
several options which could include, but are not limited to:
- Hardware implementation in a GNSS receiver and/or user
terminal, and/or
- Hardware implementation in an system development kit
(SDK), and/or
- Firmware implementation, and/or
- Software implementation (e.g. making use of raw
measurements data made available by Android based
devices, when powered by enabled chipsets).
Flexible development approach
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• The applicant(s) are requested, in their proposal, to:
a. Identify the target application(s) and the specific user needs, in terms of challenges
and gaps to be filled according to the existing solutions.
b. Based on the user needs, justify the choice of the technology to be implemented,
namely either one of the proposed GNSS features or both of them.
c. Provide a preliminary version of the user requirements.
d. Provide preliminary version of the work plan, that will define inter alia the project
workflow, the main milestones, tasks and deliverables;
e. Provide a preliminary version of the Business plan.
and, in case OS-NMA is selected for the proposed solution:
f. Provide a preliminary risk assessment demonstrating the need for OS-NMA and the
final effect of increasing the GNSS robustness;
MUST BE in the Technical
proposals
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The development of GNSS simulator upgraded with
the OS-NMA and I/NAV improvements data is not
eligible for funding under this call.
Must not be in the Technical
proposals
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1. Work plan
2. Risk assessment*
3. User requirements document
4. Receiver and/or terminal functional verification and
performance validation – Test plans, cases and
procedures**
5. Business plan
6. Dissemination plan
Ref. Call for Proposal section 2.4
Preliminary deliverables to be
submitted in the proposal
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* Only in case of OS-NMA selection
** If JRC support is envisaged

NOTE: In principle, the beneficiary shall provide the GSA with two demo kit prototypes
of the fully fledged receiver/terminal. However the applicant is requested to assess
the need to produce additional units to properly support further development
activities
The beneficiaries shall deliver to the GSA the fully functional
demonstration kit, along with permissions and licenses for the
uses defined in the draft Grant Agreement (Article I.9), and any
related documentation and shall also train the GSA staff* in
order to make the GSA able to reproduce the demo after the
completion of the project at the GSA or other EU institutions,
bodies or agencies premises.
Demo kit
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* Deliverable #15

Dissemination
to disseminate the achievements of the
project among relevant stakeholders in the
appropriate phases of the project.
The dissemination plan shall define the
strategy to engage those stakeholders with
the aim of fostering the innovation created in
the frame of the action and creating market
awareness of the project’s results.
The dissemination task will also include a
final demonstration execution of one or more
representative use cases with the aim to
effectively showcase the foreseen
functionality.
Transversal activities
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Commercialisation
the beneficiary shall define a Business plan
describing the strategy to exploit the results.
It shall identify actions that the beneficiary
will take both after the completion of the
project and during the action itself (e.g. to
get involved with potential business partners
and engage them in the evolution of the
project to be ready to move to the next
commercialization phase).
The progress of the actions taken during the
implementation of the project shall be
reported in the deliverable “Report about
the status of implementation of the business
plan”*.
* see deliverables list in CfP section 2.4

Tests for requirements’ verification and
performance acceptance might be partially
performed in collaboration and with the
support of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) at
the European Microwave Signature
Laboratory of the European Commission in
Ispra, Italy.
FREE OF CHARGE (Travel costs only)
Standard system engineering
lifecycle
Workflow
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Receiver/User terminal
Requirements
Preliminary design &
testing approach
detailed design and
architecture
compliance with the
requirements
Performance testing
demonstration

Stages Date/time or indicative period
a) Publication of the call 18 June 2019
b)
Deadline for request for
clarifications
4 October 2019
c) Publication of the clarifications 18 October 2019
d)
Deadline for submitting
applications
31 October 2019
e) Evaluation period November 2019 to February 2020
f)
Information to applicants on the
outcome of the evaluation
March 2020
g) Signature of the Grant Agreement By June 2020
Timetable and budget
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Tentative start-up date for the action: Q2/Q3 2020
Maximum duration of the action: 2 years
EU Financing
Budget of the CfP EUR 3.000.000
No. of projects Up to 2
Indicative EU financing
amount for each project
EUR 3.000.000
Maximum EU financing
rate of eligible costs
70%
Eligible indirect costs
(excluding
subcontracting)
7%

• The GSA is envisaging the introduction of unit costs for the
reimbursement of direct personnel costs of owners of SMEs
working on the action and who do not receive a salary and for
beneficiaries that are natural persons not receiving a salary, as a
new category of eligible costs under this call for proposals – the
notion and implications of such costs will be presented later on
• It is also envisaged to extend the deadline for submission of
applications in order to allow interested applicants to
accommodate the new costs that will be considered eligible.
• All interested applicants will be duly informed of the above upon
the official publication of a corrigendum on the GSA website.
Please check the GSA website regularly for updates here
https://www.gsa.europa.eu/enhanced-gnss-receiveruser-
terminal
Corrigendum envisaged
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Grant agreement
Q&A

• The proposals submitted are evaluated against the
following criteria:
Evaluation process
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Admissibility
stage
(as per section 6 of
the call for
proposal)
Eligibility
stage
the call for
proposal)
Exclusion
stage
the call for
proposal)
Selection
stage
the call for
proposal)
Award
stage
the call for proposal)

Applications must comply with the following conditions in order to be
admissible:
• Applications must be sent no later than 31/10/2019 (by 17:00 if
delivered in person)
• Applications must be submitted in writing, using the submission set
described in section 16 of the CfP (all forms must be dully filled in and
2x USB)
• Applications must be drafted in one of the EU official languages with a
preference to English. Applications must respect the maximum rate for
EU co-financing (70%)
• In this context, any project directly or indirectly contrary to EU policy or
against public health, human rights or against citizen’s security will be
rejected.
Admissibility Requirements –
Section 16 and 17 of the CfP
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Eligibility criteria
Applications must be submitted by legal persons established in and/or natural
person(s) being citizen(s) of one of the following countries:
 EU Member State
 Norway, Switzerland
Definition of “established”: having a registered office, central administration or
principal place of business in one of these countries.
No restriction on consortium size
In case of multiple applicants, the proposal consequently must be submitted by a
consortium composed of at least two entities out of which:
 the coordinator shall be a legal person;
 the co-applicant(s) can be either legal and/or natural person(s).

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• Eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration
of the grant.
• Consequences after Brexit: If no agreement is signed ensuring
that British applicants continue to be eligible, beneficiary will
either:
‒ cease to receive EU funding (they will have to contribute with
own funding if interested to complete the project) or
‒ be required to leave the project.
• In case beneficiaries will leave the project, they will have to
deliver results for the period up to Brexit in order to have the right
to be paid.
For UK applicants

• Exclusion criteria are specified in the standard Declaration of Honour (A5
Form) of this call.
• The same exclusion criteria apply to all affiliated entities.
• All applicants and any affiliated entities must sign and submit a Declaration of
Honour (A5 form) along with supporting evidence.
• Applicants will not be granted financial assistance if, in the course of the grant
award procedure, they:
‒ are in an exclusion situation established in the A5 form ;
‒ have misrepresented the information required by the GSA as a condition of participation in
the grant award procedure or fail to supply this information;
‒ were previously involved in the preparation of call for proposal documents where this entails
a distortion of competition that cannot be remedied otherwise.
• Administrative and financial penalties may be imposed on applicants that are
guilty of misrepresentation.
Exclusion criteria
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• Financial capacity
‒ Each beneficiary must be able to prove that they are a sustainable
organization that will remain functioning for the entire duration of the
project
‒ Determined by the GSA on the basis of information provided in Form A6
and required supporting evidence
• Operational capacity
‒ Applicants must prove that they are capable of doing the work on their
own resources (w/o significant intervention from third parties:
subcontractors, affiliated entities etc.)
‒ Determined by the GSA on the basis of information provided in Form B2.
In the case of affiliated entities taking part in the project, the above
requirements apply to each affiliated entity.
Selection criteria (Form A6
and B2)
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Award criteria
If a total score lower than 60 points or a score lower than 60% for any of the above four criteria is obtained, the
proposal will not be evaluated further and will be rejected
1. Relevance and credibility of
the proposed approach and
innovation
max. score 50
2. Impact in terms of economic
and public benefits
max. score 10
4. Coherence and effectiveness
of the work plan
max. score 30
 Relevance of the selected target application(s) to showcase the Galileo‘s features
added value in the proposed solution
 Level of innovation and actual implementation of Galileo’s differentiators
 Credibility of the proposed solution and achievable performance leveraging
Galileo differentiators.
 Overall quality of the proposal in terms of deliverables, content and structure
 Effectiveness of the prototype demonstration
 Maximisation of the benefits to citizens
 Effectiveness, coherence and viability of the business plan
 Coherence and effectiveness in terms of activities definition, schedule, effort
and cost
 Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including risk
and innovation management
 Appropriateness of the distribution of the tasks to effectively exploit the
complementarity of the proposed resources’ skills.
3. Credible and effective
dissemination plan
max. score 10
 Credible and effective dissemination in the best interest of the European
Union

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Grant agreement
Q&A

• Results  any tangible or intangible output
• Ownership as a general rule, ownership of the results, including IPR rests with the beneficiary
(Art. I.9.1)
• Union IPR all IPRs listed in the Galileo Open Service Signal in Space Interface Control Document
available at https://www.gsceuropa.eu/system/files/galileo_documents/Galileo-OS-SIS-ICD.pdf
• Coordinator must declare to the GSA any improvement, adaptation and/or modification performed
on Union IPR  these will be owned by the Union (Art. I.9.2)
• Pre-existing IPR beneficiary must ensure that the Union and GSA have the right to use any pre-
existing IPR which are included in the results of the action which the Union has the right to use (Art.
I.9.3)
• The Commission and GSA are granted the right to use the results of the action for institutional
purposes only Art. I.9.4 provides a non-exhaustive list of examples of uses
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Results of the grant

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Grant agreement
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Co-financing
EU financing may not cover 100% of the total costs of the action. It may take the form of:
Non-retroactivity No grant may be awarded retrospectively for actions already completed
Non-profit rule Where a profit is made, GSA is entitled to recover the percentage of the profit
Non-cumulative award Each action may give rise to the award of only one grant from the budget to any partner
EU funding
Maximum budget allocated for EU financing: EUR 3,000,000
Number of projects to be funded: Up to 2
Maximum EU financing rate of eligible costs: 70%
Indicative EU financing amount for each project: Up to EUR 3,000,000
Maximum duration of the project 2 (two) years
 Partner’s own resources
 Income generated by the action
 Contribution from third partners
Subcontracting • Subcontracting shall in no case cover core activities
• The proposal should clearly specify the activities that will be subcontracted and the
corresponding costs must be indicated in the estimated budget
• Subcontracting is not allowed among the beneficiaries of the proposal

Payments Amount
Pre- financing payment 30% of the grant amount
Interim payment
max 40%
based on the actual requested grant amount
Final payment
min 30%
based on the actual requested grant amount
Eligible costs and payments
Eligible direct costs:
Eligible indirect costs: flat rate of 7% (of total
eligible direct costs minus subcontracting)
Representing the beneficiary's general administrative costs which
can be regarded as chargeable to the action/project
Eligible Costs
The following costs shall not be considered
eligible:
Non-Eligible Costs
 Return on capital  Doubtful debts
 Contributions in kind
from 3rd parties
 Debt and debt
service charges
 Exchange
losses
 Excessive or reckless
expenditure
 Provisions for
losses or debts
 Bank charges
from transfers
 Deductible VAT
 Interest owed
 Costs of financial
support to 3rd
parties
 Costs of
another
funded action
 Participation by staff
in Union institutions
 Costs of personnel
 Costs of natural persons
working under a contract
with the partner
 Subsistence allowances
 Costs of travel
 Duties, taxes and charges
 Equipment costs
(Depreciation only)
 Costs of consumables and
supplies
 Costs arising directly from
requirements imposed by the
grant agreement
 Costs relating to a pre-financing
guarantee lodged by the
beneficiary of the grant
 Costs relating external audits

• Where SMEs and natural persons participate as beneficiaries in the grant and perform tasks in accordance with the grant
agreement, they – or for SMEs – their owners, should receive support for the work carried out, even if the value of the work is
not registered as a cost in their accounts.
• Therefore direct personnel costs declared by beneficiaries that are SMEs for their owners not receiving a salary and by
beneficiaries that are natural persons not receiving a salary are eligible and shall be based on a unit cost per hour worked on the
action to be calculated as follows:
• {Monthly living allowance under the MSCA-IF actions (including the country-specific correction coefficient) / 143 hours}
• The monthly living allowance and the country-specific correction coefficients are set out in the Horizon 2020 Work Programme
2018-2020 (section 3 MSCA) in force at the time of the call.
• Access to the WP: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/how-to-participate/reference-
documents
• The value of the work of the SME owners and natural persons not receiving a salary shall be determined by multiplying the unit
cost by the number of actual hours worked on the action.
• The number of units (the hours worked in the project) must be identifiable and verifiable and should be in particular supported
by records and documentation.
• The standard number of annual productive hours per SME owner and natural person is equal to 1 720 hours. The total number of
hours declared, in a year, in EU and Euratom grants for one SME owner or natural person not receiving a salary may not be
higher than the standard number of annual productive hours (1 720 hours).
Costs for SME owners and
natural persons not receiving
salaries in the form of unit costs
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Coordinator
a) The coordinator submits the application on behalf of the consortium and will be the
intermediary for all communication between the co-beneficiaries and the GSA as well as
responsible for supplying all documents and information to the GSA in due time upon
request. The coordinator will also be responsible for the distribution of payments received
from GSA to the co-beneficiaries
Co-applicant
Affiliated entities
a) Several legal persons forming together one legal person or 'sole beneficiary' which may, or
may not, have been specifically established for carrying out the action (e.g. groupings, joint
ventures).
b) Legal persons having a legal or capital link with a beneficiary or co-beneficiary, which is
neither limited to the action nor established for the sole purpose of its implementation (e.g.
networks, federations, trade-unions).
Subcontractors
Contractors
Roles and responsibilities in the
Consortium (multi-beneficiary)
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• In principle Affiliated entities act as beneficiaries with the difference that they do not sign the grant
agreement, i.e. the Beneficiary retains responsibility for the work done by its affiliated entity;
• Each affiliated entity shall have to comply with the same eligibility and non-exclusion criteria as those
applying to the applicant(s) and submit the same forms, including the forms proving the financial and
operational capacity (see section 9.1 and 9.2 below);
• Must be identified in the necessary admin forms A1-A6;
• Must be identified in the in the technical proposal – Form B1 and B2;
• Must present all the supporting evidence required under the Call for Proposal for the same criteria as
a co-applicant.
• Have their own budget – Form C1;
• Will declare their actual direct eligible costs during project implementation through their own
individual financial statement.
• Cannot be subcontractors except for very specific cases (mentioned in previous slide) which should be
disclosed to the GSA for analysis on whether the costs are acceptable.
Affiliated entities
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• Subcontracting - When the tasks in B1 cannot be done by the consortium
Specific Principle: May only cover a limited part of the action and can not cover the core activities
• Purchase of equipment – When achieving the objectives of the action requires the purchase of equipment or the use
of equipment already owned by the Beneficiary which is subject to depreciation
• Leasing or rental costs – When achieving the objectives of the action requires the use of equipment which is leased or
rented
• Common Principles:
‒ Stated in the proposal (Form C1 and B1)
‒ Best value for money or the lowest price
‒ No Conflict of Interest
‒ Necessary for implementation
‒ The Legal Entities signing the Grant Agreement must be the ones who are procuring, implementing and incurring
the costs related to the Subcontract, Equipment or Leasing/Rent. The Grant Agreement does not extend to
affiliated entities (Holding Groups, Mother/Sister Companies, Spin-offs), unless they are identified separately as Co-
Applicants or Affiliated Entities.
• Specific cases
‒ Subcontracting, leasing/renting and purchase of equipment among beneficiaries is not possible
‒ Subcontracting, leasing/renting or purchasing equipment from affiliated entities is not possible except in very
specific conditions, where the Applicant can prove that the above principles are respected
Subcontracting, equipment
and leasing/rental costs
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Grant agreement
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Important dates
Stages
Date and time or
indicative period
Publication of the call 18 June 2019
Deadline for submission of request for clarifications 4 October 2019
Deadline for publication of the last clarifications 18 October 2019
Deadline for submitting applications
31 October 2019 – at 17:00 Prague
time
Evaluation period December 2019 to March 2020
Information to applicants on the outcome of evaluation April 2020
Signature of the first Grant Agreement(s) May – July 2020

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FORM CONTENT
SINGLE APPLICANT/
CO-ORDINATOR
CO-APPLICANT(S)
A1 PROPOSAL OVERVIEW X
A2 PROPOSAL SUMMARY X
A3 COORDINATOR PROFILE X
A4 CO-APPLICANT PROFILE X
A5 DECLARATION OF HONOUR X X
A6 FINANCIAL CAPACITY X X
B1 TECHNICAL PROPOSAL X
B2 OPERATIONAL CAPACITY X X
C1 PRELIMINARY BUDGET X X
ADMIN
PACKAGE
TECHNICAL
PACKAGE
FINANCIAL
PACKAGE
How to submit a proposal

Overview of the forms to be
prepared
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It serves 2 purposes:
COVER PAGE OF FORM A1 (TO BE FILLED BY THE COORDINATOR + GSA)
 Checklist for the applicants: list of the submission set + number of documents
to be submitted
 Basic information on the Proposal for GSA: project acronym and consortium
composition + receipt of the documents.

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Admin package – overview of forms
Form A1 & Form A2
 Contact details: Name/Surname, Organisation, ..
 Proposal Abstract: high level description of the proposed technical solution
 About the participants: name, role in the project and represented country
FORM A1. PROPOSAL OVERVIEW (TO BE FILLED BY THE COORDINATOR)
FORM A2. PROPOSAL SUMMARY (TO BE FILLED BY THE COORDINATOR)
 Objectives of the proposal: target of the proposal, including value proposition and
benefit for the users
 Description of the work: high level project’s workflow
 Milestone and Expected results

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Form A3 & Form A4
FORM A3. COORDINATOR / SINGLE APPLICANT PROFILE
(TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE COORDINATOR)
 Legal Information: LEF (Legal Entity Form: private or public company, registration info) with supporting
evidence (e.g. commercial registry extract, company statutes…)
 Financial Identification: (FIF) banking details and account holder’s info
 Power of attorney: of the person(s) signing the proposal to commit the company/organisation
 Information on co-financing: amount of co-funding proposed to be undertaken by the beneficiaries and
related means, timeline
 Previous EU contracts/grants: to check the application of no-double payment principle.
 Stamp: in some countries, it’s not common; however it is necessary for administrative purposes
FORM A4. CO-APPLICANT PROFILE
(TO BE FILLED BY THE CO-APPLICANTS WITH: LEGAL ENTITY FORM)
 Same as for Coordinator: to be filled by the co-applicant
 No financial identification form is needed

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Form A5 & A6
FORM A5. DECLARATION OF HONOUR
(TO BE SUBMITTED BY ALL APPLICANTS – INCLUDING AFFILIATED ENTITIES)
 It serves to check the exclusion and selection criteria
 To be filled and submitted by ALL applicants
 Text used by EU institutions and agencies.
 Consider starting early enough collecting all the evidences; since might be time
consuming
 Evidence submitted in another procedure (procurement or grant) less than 12
months before the award of the grant can be re-used (no need of submitting new
documents)
FORM A6. FINANCIAL CAPACITY
(TO BE SUBMITTED BY ALL APPLICANTS – INCLUDING AFFILIATED ENTITIES)

Not applicable to:
public bodies, international organisations, natural persons receiving educational
support or persons in need, persons or entities receiving interest rate rebates and
guarantee fee subsidies for the purpose of reinforcing financial capacity
• Filled in with figures from your annual (audited)
accounts for last 3 audited years (plus audit report
for last financial year to be submitted if requested
contribution is above 750K EUR)
• GSA calculates ratios (e.g. profitability,
indebtedness, financial independence)
• Used to assess your financial viability
Financial package – overview of forms
Form A6: Financial capacity (1/2)
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If outcome of the check is not satisfactory and in any other case GSA
can:
• request further information
• propose a grant agreement without pre-financing
• propose a grant agreement with a pre-financing paid in
instalments;
• propose a grant agreement with a lower percentage of a pre-
financing;
• propose a grant agreement with a pre-financing covered by a
bank guarantee
• reject the application
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Financial package – overview of forms
Form A6: Financial capacity (2/2)

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Technical package – overview of forms
Form B1
The co-ordinator, on behalf of the consortium, shall
submit the TECHNICAL PROPOSAL.
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (max 2 pages)
2. CONCEPT and APPROACH (max 30 pages)
3. EXPECTED IMPACT (max 10 pages)
4. IMPLEMENTATION – technical and financial info (max 20 pages)
5. TECHNICAL ANNEXES – technical and financial info

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Technical package – overview of forms
Form B2: Operational capacity
Every applicant (coordinator and co-applicants), shall
submit the OPERATIONAL CAPACITY Form.
Objective: to demonstrate compliance with SELECTION criteria set out in the
Call for Proposals (Ref. CfP section 9.2)
“Applicants must show they have the operational (technical and management)
capacity to complete the activities to be supported by this Call for Proposal
and must demonstrate their capacity to manage the activities corresponding to
the size of the project for which the grant is requested.”

Draft Grant Agreement
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• NOT part of the proposal to be submitted
• Please read it before submitting a proposal!
• It contains important elements on payment
arrangements, cost eligibility, reporting, etc.

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How to submit a proposal –
Section 17 of the CfP (cont’d)
 The proposal shall always be submitted in a paper version
 Proposals must be placed inside a sealed envelope with two USBs containing
the full set of proposal documents in machine readable format
 Envelope should be marked : “CALL FOR PROPOSALS GSA/GRANT/03/2019 -
NOT TO BE OPENED”
 Proposal shall be submitted by letter:
 either by courier or post not later than 31/10/2019
 delivered by hand not later than 31/10/2019 at 17:00 Prague local time
to the address indicated below:
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
GSA/GRANT/03/2019
Enhanced GNSS receiver/user terminal
GSA – Legal and Procurement Department
Janovského 438/2
170 00 Prague 7- Czech Republic
Address

Check with your legal department the
conditions of the grant agreement early on
Read the grant agreement before-hand
Check the consistency of the different
forms (e.g., financial tables)
Check conditions for eligibility of
subcontracting costs
Main take-aways
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• GSA: Legal and Procurement Department
• E-mail address: gnss.grants@gsa.europa.eu
• Office address: GSA, Janovského 438/2, 170 00, Prague 7,
Czech Republic
Contact coordinates for the call
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Please refer in the subject to the relevant reference number of the Call
GSA/GRANT/03/2019
Submit requests for clarifications by: 04 October 2019
Submit proposals by: 31 October 2019

Linking space to user needs
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