Open Market Consultation

UPDATE JUNE 2021:

The oncNGS Open Market consultation is now closed! Thank you very much to all participants. Find here some insight from this OMC and the next steps.

  • The questionnaire will remain open until mid-August for any economic operator who want to share with us their feedback on the oncNGS challenge and notify their interest in finding partners to create consortia and jointly participate in the oncNGS PCP tender.
  • A partner-search matchmaking page is available to help the interested economic operators to find partners.
  • A ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ page is available and will be updated with new questions received through our contact form.

The oncNGS Open Market Consultation

In preparation of the PCP call for tender, an Open Market Consultation (OMC) with potential tenderers will be held to broach the views of the market about our scope. In the Open Market Consultation we wish to interact with the market in order to better understand the market maturity to satisfy the desired common minimum requirements, the  regulatory & standardization environment, the market readiness to realistically address buyers business case and accept the envisaged contracts set-up. The market inputs will allow us to tailor the required oncNGS solution and facilitate the development of the overall tender specifications and procedure.

The OMC is a three-steps process

  1. firstly, a detailed presentation at virtual open events by the oncNGS consortium and
  2. secondly, a questionnaire to allow broad response by the widest range of stakeholders.
  3. thirdly, online meetings with each respondent to the questionnaire.

 

Step 1: Online open events (11/5 & 12/5)

The online open events will be opened on:

  • 04 may (cancelled)
  • 05 may (cancelled)
  • 11 may (morning: 10h-12h CEST)
  • 12 may (afternoon: 16h-18h CEST)

The online open events will present:

  • A general introduction to the oncNGS PCP;
  • The benefits (for patient, health professionals, healthcare systems);
  • The technical challenges;
  • The oncNGS Pre-Commercial Procurement procedure;

Meetings will take about 1.5h and are organized using a common online tool – a link to the meeting will be send to all registered persons. Questions asked by stakeholders at the OMC meetings will be collected via the chat and responded collectively and the answers will be published on the oncNGS website. Prior registration is required.

This first phase of the OMC is now over! Please find below the slides and the video of the open online events.

Video of the Open Online Events Presentation Presentation (slides) of the Open Online Events

 

Step 2 : Questionnaire (13/5 -20/5)

A questionnaire will be opened online on the oncNGS website as from May 13th 2021 and will remain open till May 20th 2021 (deadline for questionnaire completion). Participating economic operators willing to supply confidential information are required to indicate what specific information must be treated as confidential.

The questionnaire is now open! Fill it before May20th!

oncNGS Supply-Side Questionnaire

 

Step 3: Online meetings with each respondent to the questionnaire.

Respondent will be able to book a bilateral meeting through the link provided by the questionnaire and on a first come first served basis. The meetings will take place during the weeks from May 24th 2021 to May 26th 2021 between 10am – 1pm and 2 – 6pm. The interview is limited to 30 min per economic operator.

These meetings will be held with the unique purpose to offer the economic operators to explain more in details their responses to the questionnaires.

Respond to the questionnaire to book a bilateral meeting!

 

Nota Bene:

Any economic operator can participate in the PCP call for tender even if it did not participate in the open market consultation.
Offers will be accepted only in English. All communication (before, during and after the procurement) will be carried out in English.
All information provided during the open market consultation and other background information will summarized be published online in English on the project website.
Any economic operator can participate in the PCP call for tender even if it did not participate in the open market consultation.
Offers will be accepted only in English. All communication (before, during and after the procurement) will be carried out in English.
Participation in the open market consultation will not be a requirement to submit a proposal to the tender, does not lead to any rights or privileges for the participants, and is not part of any pre-qualification or selection process.

This procurement receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under grant agreement n° 874467. The EU has given a grant for this procurement, but is not participating as a contracting authority in the procurement.