Open Market Consultation

PCP WISE Open Market Consultation (OMC) began on April 2, 2025, date of the publication of the Prior Information Notice (PIN) in the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) and ends on June, 30, 2025 unless the public buyers involved decide to terminate it prematurely. Through this OMC, the Public Buyers Group of PCP WISE with Het Waterschapshuis (the Netherlands) as Lead Procurer, aims to inform the market and obtain feedback for the preparation of the upcoming Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) on the challenge to develop innovative solutions tackling five use cases related to the monitoring of the local water balance (urban & rural) beyond the state-of-the-art for climate adaptation using satellite Earth and environmental Observation (EO)-based information to prevent and mitigate water related crisis challenges (floods, fires/heat stress/droughts and infrastructure impact).

In this context, the purpose of the OMC is to inform technology providers, research organisations and other relevant stakeholders about the needs of the Buyers Group and to gather their input about the PCP WISE challenge. Another objective of the OMC is to understand the technology providers’ capabilities to satisfy the public buyers’ needs and to obtain their input on the viability of the procurement plans and conditions as described in this document and annexes.

The target groups of this OMC are technology providers and end users working in the following fields:

  • Civil engineering and management, including upscaling
  • Hydrology (models, skills, services)
  • Remote sensing value-add services
  • Crisis risk/impact assessment
  • ICT for operational information production (upscaling, back/front-end processing)

The OMC will take place in the form of:

  • One Infoday scheduled for May 29, 2025 specifically targeted at market suppliers with the goal to inform them about the OMC events, process and upcoming call for tenders.
  • Two main OMC events:
    • One online event on June 3, 2025
    • One (hybrid) interactive event at EXPANDEO in Brussels (Belgium) on June 12, 2025. This event will be carried out in English and broadcasted online. More information can be found in the EXPANDEO website.

Registrations will open soon through the PCP WISE Community Platform.

The OMC document will be published soon.