Open grounds for future pre-commercial procurement of innovative security technologies
Project results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following expected outcomes: Establish a consolidated group of potential buyers with shared needs and requirements, committed to carrying out a pre-commercial procurement (PCP) action for future joint procurement of innovative solutions; Evidence for Future PCP Action: Provide clear evidence justifying the necessity of a PCP action to complete the…
Funding and competition
- 2grants expected (official)
- €1MEU contribution per project
- €2Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 24projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line
Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corvers Procurement Services Bv Den Dungen | Netherlands | Company · SME | 8 | 2 | PROTECT, PREVENT PCP, SHIELD PCP |
| Corvers Greece Monoprosopi Ike Athens | Greece | Company · SME | 8 | 0 | PROTECT, PREVENT PCP, SHIELD PCP |
| Kentro Meleton Asfaleias Athina | Greece | Research organisation · SME | 10 | 0 | iProcureSecurity PCP, PREVENT PCP, ACTIVE PCP |
| Ministerio Del Interior Madrid | Spain | Public body | 10 | 0 | PREVENT PCP, SHIELD PCP, iProcureNet |
| Science & Innovation Link Office Sl Madrid | Spain | Company | 6 | 2 | AMBIENT, P2Ioneers, InnoFacilitator |
| Ministere De L'Interieur Paris | France | Public body | 8 | 2 | SHIELD PCP, BroadGNSS, iProcureNet |
| Iclei European Secretariat Gmbh (Iclei Europasekretariat Gmbh) Freiburg Im Breisgau | Germany | Other · SME | 8 | 1 | AMBIENT, LEA, InnProBio |
| Empirica Gesellschaft Fur Kommunikations Und Technologieforschung Mbh Bonn | Germany | Company · SME | 6 | 1 | iProcureSecurity PCP, scan2twin, procuRE |
| Agencia De Qualitat I Avaluacio Sanitaries De Catalunya Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 8 | 1 | PRO4VIP, THALEA II, Add4Kids |
| Isem-Institut Pre Medzinarodnu Bezpecnost A Krizove Riadenie, No Zilina | Slovakia | Other · SME | 5 | 0 | PROTECT, SHIELD PCP, iProcureNet |
| Civipol Paris | France | Company | 6 | 0 | SHIELD PCP, iProcureNet, SHUTTLE |
| Ministerstvo Vnutra Slovenskej Republiky Bratislava | Slovakia | Public body | 5 | 0 | SHIELD PCP, iProcureNet, SHIELD4CROWD |
| Stowarzyszenie Polska Platforma Bezpieczenstwa Wewnetrznego Poznan | Poland | Research organisation · SME | 5 | 0 | PREVENT PCP, SHIELD PCP, SHIELD4CROWD |
| Diginnov - Digital Innovation Consulting S.R.L. Lecee | Italy | Company · SME | 4 | 0 | SHIELD PCP, NETZERO-MOVE, SHIELD4CROWD |
| Gemeente Haarlem Haarlem | Netherlands | Research organisation · SME | 4 | 0 | PROTECT, AMBIENT, PROCEDIN |
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministerio Del Interior Madrid | Spain | Public body | 10 | 0 | PREVENT PCP, SHIELD PCP, iProcureNet |
| Science & Innovation Link Office Sl Madrid | Spain | Company | 6 | 2 | AMBIENT, P2Ioneers, InnoFacilitator |
| Agencia De Qualitat I Avaluacio Sanitaries De Catalunya Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 8 | 1 | PRO4VIP, THALEA II, Add4Kids |
| Ticbiomed Tecnologias De La Informacion Para La Salud En La Region De Murcia Asociacion Murcia | Spain | Other | 5 | 1 | InnoBuyer, PREPARE, Procure4Health |
| Corvers Iberia Sl Zaragoza | Spain | Company | 3 | 0 | SHIELD PCP, ACTIVE PCP, PCP WISE |
| Servicio Andaluz De Salud Sevilla | Spain | Public body | 3 | 1 | iProcureSecurity PCP, EPP - eHealth, Procure4Health |
| Centro Para El Desarrollo Tecnologico Y La Innovacion E.P.E. Madrid | Spain | Public body | 3 | 0 | P2Ioneers, Procure2Innovate, INPROCAP |
| Servicio Madrileno De Salud Madrid | Spain | Public body | 3 | 0 | iProcureSecurity PCP, EPP - eHealth, InnoHSupport |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 10partners (median)
- 6countries (median)
- 24%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- PROTECT – Preparing a Pre-Commercial Procurement for end-user services based on environmental observation in the area of climate change adaptation and mitigation - PROTECT (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-15)
- PRO4VIP – Innovative PROcurement for Visual Impaired People (H2020 · 2015 · ICT-35-2014)
- BUILD – Building capacities in innovation procurement for cities (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-EIE-2021-CONNECT-01-02)
- iProcureSecurity PCP – Pre-Commercial Procurement of Innovative Triage Management Systems Strengthening Resilience and Interoperability of Emergency Medical Services (H2020 · 2021 · SU-GM02-2018-2020)
- PREVENT PCP – PRocurEments of innoVativE, advaNced systems to support security in public Transport – Pre-Commercial Procurment (H2020 · 2021 · SU-GM02-2018-2020)
- SHIELD PCP – Security harmonized innovation for enhanced law enforcement capabilities in dynamic crowd protection through pre-commercial procurement (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-CL3-2024-SSRI-01-01)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.