This document provides an overview and next steps for the ARCHIVER Open Market Consultation project. It outlines the timeline for the tender preparation phase from April 2019 to January 2020 including drafting the contract notice, a 60-day tender period, and tender evaluation. It encourages companies to form consortia to address the wide-ranging R&D objectives, provides details on submitting comments on the draft tender documents, and tells attendees to stay updated via the project mailing list and website.

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

2. How are we doing so far ?
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3. What’s in it 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 PCP
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. PCP Contract Notice Drafting Process
Draft tender documents available
on our website for consultancy
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Additional draft documents will
be published after this event
Comments and suggestions welcome (the Buyers
Group does not commit to take comments into consideration)
Publication of new draft versions:
following the OMC event in London (23rd May)
Between April and June 2019
Transparent and open process
Functional Specifications
Qualification Questionnaire
Evaluation Questionnaire
Deliverables and Milestones

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

7. Find Partners!
Wide-ranging R&D objectives
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Networking area dedicated to ARCHIVER
=> Exchange with companies interested in
bidding for the ARCHIVER tender
Tenderers are required to have expertise allowing them to develop Solutions that
address all challenges
Project team encourages companies/organisations to form viable consortia
• Free of Charge
• Not mandatory
Crowdhelix = a networking platform

8. Stay tuned!
Mailing list suppliers@archiver-project.eu
Want to add a contact? Email omcinfo@archiver-project.eu
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ARCHIVER website: www.archiver-project.eu
Check our FAQ: https://www.archiver-project.eu/faq
Submit additional questions via the website

9. Thank you and see you at future
ARCHIVER events