EC needs support to Galileo standardisation

The Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (European Comisión) has launched a call for tender for receiving support to Galileo standardisation.

The aim of this contract, published on the 20th may 2009, is to carry on the standardisation process for EGNOS and Galileo in key application areas. It is expected to cover specific aspects of aviation (SBAS L5) and LBS communities (TETRA, WIMAX, DVB), and perform some relevant progress in the rail, road and multimodal transport domains, supporting the appropriate standardisation bodies and presenting relevant technical contributions to GNSS performance standards and standardisation of specific aspects in the operating chain for the target communities.

La licitación es complementaría a otra que realizó recientemente la Comisión Europea para proporcionar conocimiento independiente para apoyar el proceso de certificación EGNOS.

The tender is complementary to another one that was launched recently by the European Commission is to provide independent expertise to support the certification process for EGNOS.

Tenders must be submitted before July 22, 2009 at the European Commission.

More information

European Commission
Directorate-General for Energy and Transport
Contact: Eric Chatre
rue Demot/Demotstraat 28
1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
Fax +32 22998332
E-mail: TREN-G5-CALL-FOR-TENDERS@ec.europa.eu