AO/1-5658/08/NL/US ("ESA Telecom - Newcomers")

Newcomers Outline Proposal Template

Rev.1.1

Note to Tenderers:

This Outline Proposal relates to the ESA Call for Proposals no. AO/1-5658/08/NL/US ("ESA Telecom - Newcomers") as published on EMITS on 28 January 2008. The initiative offers co-funding to activities related to satellite communications up to 200,000 Euro maximum. The total cost may exceed 400,000 Euro. For the Netherlands and France the maximum ESA contribution is 150 kEuro. For France an application deadline once a year applies: outline proposals need to be submitted until mid March.

Before submitting an Outline Proposal with the form below, please, familiarize yourself with the documentation that is applicable to this 'Call for Proposals'.

In the fields 'Business Opportunity', 'Role of Satcom', 'Solution and Approach', 'Background/Experience', please, provide sufficient qualified / quantified information to make your Outline Proposal clear. The listed examples in the various fields shall be understood as a non-exhaustive list of general topics to provide a better understanding on the type of information that is required.

The Outline Proposal shall be submitted to the ARTES 3-4 Programme Office via e-mail to with copy to .

All proposals will be treated in confidence and will only be seen by the ESA Evaluation Team and the respective National Delegation.

Your Details

First Name:

Last Name:

Job Title:

Phone:

Fax (if available):

Email:

Your Company Details

Name of the Company / Institution:

Address:

Postal Code:

City:

Country:

General information

Has your company ever had a contract with ESA Telecom before (YES/NO)?:

Are you interested in using ESA Telecom's Technical Assets during your project (YES/NO)?:

Are you already registered as an ESA Bidder (YES/NO)?:

If yes, enter your ESA Bidder Code (max 5 digits):

If you do not have an ESA Bidder Code yet, you should be aware that you have to register before submission of a full proposal. Registration is possible via the following website:
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Industry/Industry_how_to_do_business/New_Tenderers

SME Status

SME Status (within 500 characters)
- number of employees (< 250):
- annual turnover (< 50 MEuro) or annual balance sheet (< 43 MEuro):
- status of enterprise (autonomous, partner enterprise, linked enterprise):

Detailed information will be required within the EMITS registration form. For a definition of the SME status, check the linked document 'SME Definition' (right bar).

Outline Proposal

Outline Proposal Title:

Total cost of activity in Euro (can exceed 400,000 Euro):

Amount requested from ESA (up to 50% of total cost, max 200,000 Euro, for France and the Netherlands max 150,000 Euro):

Do you intend to use subcontractors for your project (YES/NO)?:

If yes, in which country(ies) are these subcontractors based?:

If yes, what amount of the total cost do you foresee for them in Euro?:

Product/Service Description - describe the product and/or service that shall be developed and later on commercialised / exploited (within 500 characters):

Business Opportunity - provide a rationale of the business opportunity with the key commercial aspects, including the potential target market, the target customers, the competitive environment and own positioning, as well as the market strategy (within 5000 characters):
Example: target customers: e.g. specific customer profiles- market size:e.g. mass/niche market, high end market/consumers, quantitative figures, etc.- competitive environment: e.g. no competitors, name of main competitor, description of his product, product price

Role of Satcom - describe the role of Satellite Communications (Satcom) within the activity (within 500 characters):
Example: identification of the Satcom system: e.g. L-band (e.g. Inmarsat, Iridium, Globalstar, Thuraya, others), Ku-band (e.g. Eutelsat, SES, Telesat, others), etc.- role of the Satcom system: e.g. product developments: terminals, ground segment, space hardware, etc; within applications/services: only communication means, complement to terrestrial communication links, back-up system, etc.

Activity Content - describe the approach you will take to elaborate and develop the opportunity within this scheme, including definition of main requirements, description of starting point, identification of elements to be developed, validation activities and validation/qualification status at the end of the activity (within 5000 characters):
Example: main requirements: e.g. performance, functionality, environment, user requirements, etc.- starting point/current status: e.g. development from scratch, already existing modules/building blocks/products that will be completed/enhanced, etc.- developments envisaged within the activity: e.g. software modules, hardware elements, service set-up, etc.- product/service to be achieved at the end of the activity: e.g. building blocks, equipment, subsystems, systems, user terminal, satellite hardware, end-to-end service, etc.- validation activities: e.g. in house testing, testing in a real environment, field trials with customers, testing to existing standards (e.g. ECSS) etc.- maturity, respectively validation/qualification status at activity completion: e.g. prototype, productised prototype, pre-series, service alpha-testing, service beta-testing, etc.

Background/Experience - describe your background and experience related to the proposed activity (within 1000 characters):