Description of the procurement
The FAIRshare (Farm Advisory Digital Innovation Tools Realised and Shared) project was launched in November 2018; there are 22 partners involved, including a mixture of advisory services and many EUFRAS members. The EU H2020 funded project is coordinated by Teagasc (Ireland) and aims to enable a more digitally active farm and farm advisory community by focusing on bridging the digital divide evident between, and within, advisory services.
This public procurement competition will be divided into 4 lots (each a ‘Lot’) as described below. Each lot will result in a separate contract.
This call applies to the larger user cases; each funded by EUR 90 000. However, information gathered from this call may be used at a later date for allocating funding towards 10 smaller user cases (EUR 30 000).
Lot 1: West Europe — France, Ireland, UK, Spain, Portugal — 1 large user case and 2 smaller user cases which will be co-ordinated and overseen by Teagasc;
Lot 2: North East Europe — Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, Norway — 7 large user cases and 3 small user cases which will be co-ordinated and overseen by LAAS (VIESOJI Istaiga Lietuvos Zemes Ukio Konsultavimo Tarnyba);
Lot 3: South East Europe — Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Greece -1 large User Case and 3 smaller User Cases which will be co-ordinated and overseen by Seasn (Mreza Savjetodavnih Sluzbi Jugoistocne Europe).
Lot 4: Central Europe — Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria -1 large user case and 2 smaller user cases which will be co-ordinated and overseen by ZTLO (Zuidelijke Land- EN Tuinbouworganisatie Vereniging).
FAIRshare has authority and reserves the right to alter the number of user cases assigned to a particular region should any one lot not receive appropriate proposals both in terms of quality and/or quantity. Similarly, in such circumstances the project may begin another procurement process in order to attain appropriate applications. The FAIRshare project members have complete authority to decipher which applicants should attain funding.