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    NAVISP Element 3: Support Member States

    The Agency is calling on industry, research institutions and public authorities to submit their ideas to support, innovate and accelerate the use of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) data in various national strategies.

    Director of Navigation - Francisco-Javier Benedicto-Ruiz

      Goal of this Channel: Support Member States

      Focused on participating States’ priorities, Element 3 of ESA's Navigation Innovation & Support Programme (NAVISP) aims at supporting their national navigation activities along the whole value chain. Element 3 configures as an ad-hoc support element, which is envisaged per country and possibly per domain, for the development and promotion of products, applications and services based on GNSS and more widely on PNT systems.

      Element 3 usually includes three different types of activities: 

      • System & technical assistance for the management and implementation of national programmes and activities for the most suitable development and exploitation of GNSS and more widely PNT infrastructures and techniques; 
      • Development and exploitation of tools and facilities for test/demonstration campaigns aimed at the provision of new PNT products and services for institutional users, at national or multi-national level; 
      • Exploitation and use of ESA labs, test beds & technical facilities for MS that asks to use them for its own programmes, as contribution to national field test activities via complementary laboratory and field test activities based on ESA owned facilities. 

      The institutional nature of this programme Element will call for a fully funded approach. Ad hoc partnership mechanism should be established on a case-by-case base ensuring that 100% of ESA’s costs are covered. 

      The Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP)

      ESA’s Navigation Innovation and Support Programme is a key enabler for innovation and competitiveness and a strategic tool of ESA to support and develop the overall European POSITIONING, NAVIGATION and TIMING landscape. The main NAVISP objective is to facilitate and support the generation of innovative propositions that go beyond the exclusive use of satellite navigation signals and data and include the development of competitive industrial capabilities and the development of new, innovative technologies to complement, upgrade or replace current PNT technologies The NAVISP programme is structured according to three Elements:
      • Element 1: Innovation
        • Objectives: Perform feasibility studies, viability analysis, proof-of concept 
        • Activities under Element 1 are defined and implemented according to an annual Workplan. The Workplan is prepared by the Agency through consultation with participating States and coordination with EC and EUSPA
        • Invitation to Tender published in ESA Star
      • Element 2: Competitiveness
        • Aims to maintain and improve the capabilities and competitiveness of the industry in the global PNT market
        • Objectives: maintain and improve the competitiveness of the industry, facilitate the emergence of new actors in the PNT sector 
        • Funding: Activities are co-funded (50% for large companies, up to 80% for SMEs, 100%, up to 100% for research institutions)
      • Element 3: Member States
        • Aims to support national PNT strategies by providing support per country and possibly per domain for the development and promotion of products and services based on PNT systems to foster national and international cooperation
        • Objectives: Identify and federate institutional demands, foster cooperation
        • Funding: Activities under Element 3 are fully funded by ESA
      For more information and current ongoing and completed activities, please visit our website.

      Process and Outcome:

      The tendering process follows a two step- approach:

      • Submission of Idea by using the submission form here in OSIP
        • Ideas are submitted with limited visibility for only the Campaign Manager, Evaluators and selected Experts. This is referred to as "confidential" idea on OSIP. The term "confidential" in the frame of the OSIP is only to be understood in the context as described by its terms and conditions. It is explicitly not carrying the same signification as the term "confidential" in the frame of ESA classified information
        • Process OSIP Campaign:
          • Enter your Outline Proposal (also called "idea" here in OSIP) via the idea submission form (you can also edit the Outline Proposal after you have clicked on "Submit idea").
          • Once your Outline Proposal has reached a stage where you feel it is ready for evaluation, please contact the NAVISP Coach in the comments section below your idea submission.
          • Your NAVISP coach can then contact you to see if the quality of the Outline Proposal is sufficient.
          • If both parties agree, the Outline Proposal will be forwarded for evaluation (at this point, you will not be able to change your submitted Outline Proposal).
          • After the successful ESA internal evaluation, ESA will consult the Outline Proposal with the national delegation of the respective participant.
        • Following the submission of the Outline Proposal via OSIP, ESA shares a summary of the Proposal with the European Commission and/or the European Union Agency for the Space Programme. Tenderers shall prepare a short summary (~1page) of the Outline Proposal to be shared (as indicated in submission form).
        • After a positive assessment (from ESA and Delegation), ESA will invite the Tenderer to submit a Full Proposal.
      • Submission of Full Proposal in ESA Star:
        • Following the communication from ESA of a positive assessment of the Outline Proposal, the Tenderer will be invited to submit a Full Proposal in 30 working days and in accordance with the Special Conditions of Tender
        • The default tool for submitting proposals to the Agency is its “esa-star” system.
        • Prerequisite for the start of the Full Proposal evaluation is the reception by ESA of the Letter of Support signed by the National Delegations of the State the Prime and Sub Contractors belong to.
        • After Submission of the full Proposal ESA will consult might consult with EC/EUSPA as well as the National Delegation.
        • After a positive evaluation of the Full Proposal ESA will award the contract to the Tenderer (after successful negation with the Tenderer).

       

       

      The Channel is open for submissions for participants registered in one of ESA NAVISP participating Member States 

      • Eligibility criteria for Element 3 ideas please click here

      For general conditions of participation to this campaign, please refer to the below document.

      Please note, that restrictions exist for certain implementation paths, e.g. ESA procurement actions are restricted to entities eligible for doing business with ESA (see also here).

      In addition to the provisions in the General Conditions of Use of the Open Space Innovation Platform (OSIP) (e.g. article VI) and the General Conditions of Participation to Campaigns and Channels organised by ESA in OSIP (e.g. article 4.3) ideas will be excluded, which:

      • do not clearly describe an activity to be pursued by ESA
      • do not show a minimum quality in the submission and do not fit to the scope of NAVISP Element 3
      • cannot be implemented via one of the proposed implementation schemes; research co-sponsorship, study or early technology development (however the option of being redirected to another scheme remains potentially open)
      • have already been submitted to ESA, including via other OSIP Channels or Campaigns
      • are not written in English

      Moreover, your idea should include the following information (as indicated in the submission form):

      • Executive Summary of ~ 1 page summarising the scope of the activity and including high-level descriptions of the deliverables, costs and duration of the project, that will be shared for the purpose of coordination with the European Commission and/or European Agency for the Space Programme
      • An introduction explaining the rationale and the background of the proposed project
      • A description of the project characteristics
      • A description of the project development activities
      • A description of the project viability
      • A Tenderer profile (company description)

      ESA reserves the right to exclude any ideas based on the above criteria. By submitting an idea to this Channel, participants understand and accept this.

      Your Element 3 idea will be evaluated based on the following criteria: 

        • Completeness of the above-mentioned information
        • Relevance in the national context (Link to national strategies)
        • Technical Concept 
          • Feasibility
          • Degree of innovation with respect to the current state of the art
        • Background and Experience of the Companies and the staff (general and related to the particular field)
        • Adequacy of Management
          • Costing and planning for the execution of the work
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      Do you need help?

      Channel Manager - Rafael Lucas Rodriguez, H/ NAVISP Technical Programme Office

      Thank you for your interest in NAVISP! If you have any queries about the channel, don't hesitate to contact us. We're excited to hear your ideas as we spearhead advancements in the broader realm of Positioning Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and strive to foster the PNT champions of tomorrow.

      Background Information

      Innovation Area

      Positioning, Navigation & Timing

      Since the beginning of time, human beings have looked to the sky to determine their whereabouts. Traditionally, the Sun and the pattern of fixed stars have been their guides. But in the second millennium, constellations of man-made satellites have taken over as beacons to guide the way.

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      What's your idea?

      The European Space Agency invites you to submit ideas under the Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP), Element 3: “Support Member States” Framework.