ESA Unclassified – For official use ESA/IPC(2015)3,add.5 Att.: Annexes Paris, 19 October 2015 (English Only) EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMMITTEE BASIC TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAMME TRP WORK/PROCURMENT PLAN 2016 The IPC is invited to approve the TRP Work/Procurement Plan 2016 by simple majority of the Member States: AT+BE+CH+CZ+DE+DK+EE+ES+FR+FI+GB+GR+IT+IE+LU+NO+NL+PL+PT +RO+SE SUMMARY This document is the TRP Work and Procurement Plan for 2016. REQUIRED ACTION 1.- Member States are invited to approve the attached TRP Work Plan 2016. 2.- The Industrial Policy Committee is invited to approve the procurement plan associated to the attached Work Plan (Activities in Annex I identified with the label IPC), based on the descriptions and justifications provided in Annex II and in Annex III. eCPB-2015-1506 ESA/IPC(2015)3,add.5 Page 2 of 8 Page left intentionally blank ESA/IPC(2015)3,add.5 Page 3 of 8 BASIC TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAMME TRP WORK/PROCUREMENT PLAN 2014 Table of Contents - Scope of the document - Key to Tables - ANNEX I: Detailed TRP Plan 2016 - ANNEX II: Description of the Activities - ANNEX III: Justification for Non-Competitive Tender (if applicable) ESA/IPC(2015)3,add.5 Page 4 of 8 SCOPE OF THE DOCUMENT This document presents the Work Plan of the Basic Technology Research Programme (TRP) for 2016. The TRP Plan 2016 builds upon the Preliminary Selection of Activities document (ESA-IPC(2015)121) presented for information to the 294th IPC. The plan attached in Annexes I and II has been established as part of the Agency’s end- to-end process for the management of technology development defined in ESA/IPC(2008)61, rev. 1, refined with the lessons learned in the previous exercise and under the supervision of the Directors’ Subcommittee for Technology. Additionally, the justification for direct negotiation is attached in Annex III. The present plan covers the domains of Earth Observation, Space Transportation, Telecommunications, Navigation and Generic Technologies. Application Domains Science and Exploration will be presented separately. The TRP Preliminary Selection of Activities document (ESA-IPC(2015)121) includes 176 activities for a total of 73M€. 107 activities are currently presented for TRP WP 2016 for a total of 46M€. The IPC is invited to approve the proposed 2016 Work Plan and the connected procurement actions. ESA/IPC(2015)3,add.5 Page 5 of 8 KEY TO TABLES The TRP WP/PP for 2016 is presented along the following headings: – Technologies related to Earth Observation. – Technologies related to Space Transportation & Re-entry Technologies. – Technologies related to Telecommunication. – Technologies related Navigation. – Generic Technologies. Each activity is given a programmatic reference, which will remain unchanged until completion. Additional planning elements associated with each of the activities are: IPC Approval: Status of approval of the corresponding procurement proposal YXXXX = Year of approval for Work Plan activities previously endorsed & corresponding procurement proposals approved (if applicable) IPC or AC = IPC or AC approval requested Budget: Budget planned for this activity. Total Contract Authorisation (CA) values, given in KEURO, at yearly economic conditions. Procurement Policy (ESA/REG/001, rev.3): C : Open Competitive Tender; (Ref. Article 13.1 ESA Procurement Regulations). C(1)* : Activities in open competition limited to the non-Large-System Integrators. Note: In these activities, LSIs are not allowed to submit prime proposals to ESA. LSIs can participate as subcontractors. In this case, the proposal must demonstrate that: - the tasks assigned to the LSI do not constitute the core activities of the proposed development; - the technical expertise provided by the LSI is essential to the activity; - the non-LSI in the team retains the key capabilities to develop and exploit the results of the technology activity; - the presence of the LSI in the proposal does not undetermined or limit the leading role of the non-LSI in the team. (Otherwise, the bid will not be considered for further evaluation). C(2)* : Activities in open competition, where a significant participation of non- Large-System Integrators is requested. Note: These activities are open to all potential bidders, LSIs and non-LSIs. However, LSIs that submit bids are requested to include in those bids a relevant participation of non-LSIs, in quality and quantity, in accordance with the ITT guidelines - in the form of a percentage range of expected participation of non-LSIs – on which the C(2) measure is applied. (Otherwise, the bid will not be considered for further evaluation). C(3)* : Activity restricted to SMEs & R&D organisations, preferably in cooperation. The measure is proposed when the technology activity relates to early phases of the technology development (TRL<3) with strong expectations on innovation contents, or to technology spin-in, and when SMEs & R&D organisations have recognised expertise and capabilities in the technology domain. Note: (Otherwise, the bid will not be considered for further evaluation). ESA/IPC(2015)3,add.5 Page 6 of 8 C(4)* : Activities in open competition, subject to the SME subcontracting clause. Note: Bidders are required to do their utmost to include in their bid an adequate participation of SMEs as subcontractor(s) (judged in terms of quantity indicated as guidelines of the ITT on which the C(4) measure is applied). Offers shall provide an analysis of the potential advantages of the proposed participation (e.g. long-term prospects for future work). If no such participation is offered, the bid shall contain evidence of the effort made to meet these requirements and the reasons for the lack of success. (Otherwise, the bid will not be considered for further evaluation). C(R) : Competition is restricted to a few companies, indicated in the "Remarks'' column; (Ref. Article 13.2 ESA Procurement Regulations). DN/S : Direct Negotiation/Specialisation; the contract will be awarded by direct negotiation in implementation of a defined industrial policy or resulting from a sole supplier situation (Ref. Articles 14.1.a,d,e ESA Procurement Regulations). DN/C : Direct Negotiation/Continuation; the contract will be awarded in direct negotiation being the immediate continuation of a previous activity with the same contractor (Ref. Article 14.1.c ESA Procurement Regulations) * See ESA/IPC(2005)87, rev4. Industry has been informed, through the EMITS "News", of the content of that document. ACTIVITY TEMPLATE Together with the activity description the following information is reported: Objectives: Provides short summary of the main goals of the activity. Description: Describes the activity, providing the context information, the purpose of the activity and the main tasks. Deliverables: Provides short description of the tangible outcome e.g. breadboard, demonstrator, S/W, test data. A final report is standard for every activity. Application Need/Date: Describes the required TRL level and date for the technology development of which the respective activity is part of on the base of the maturity required by the application. The general rule is that a requirement specifies the need date for a product. For equipment/payloads this is in general TRL 5/6, - the level generally required for Phase B of a project. For S/W and tools separate readiness levels are defined below Current TRL: Describes the current TRL level of the product that is going to be developed in this activity. Target TRL: The TRL level expected for the product at the end of the activity. For equipment, TRP usually concludes with TRL 3/4, GSTP at level 5/6. ESA/IPC(2015)3,add.5 Page 7 of 8 Technology Readiness Level, to be achieved at end of the activity (TRL’s typically targeted by the TRP are shown in bold): TRL1 - Basic principles observed and reported TRL2 - Technology concept and/or application formulated TRL3 - Analytical and experimental critical function and/or characteristic proof-of- concept TRL4 - Component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory environment TRL5 - Component and/or breadboard validation in relevant environment TRL6 - System/subsystem model or prototype demonstration in a relevant environment (ground or space) TRL7 - System prototype demonstration in a space environment TRL8 - Actual system completed and "flight qualified" through test and demonstration (ground or space) TRL9 - Actual system "flight proven" through successful mission operations Technology Readiness Levels for S/W and tools (TRL’s typically targeted by the TRP are shown in bold): Algorithm Single algorithms are implemented and tested to allow their characterisation and feasibility demonstration. Prototype A subset of the overall functionality is implemented to allow e.g. the demonstration of performance. Beta Version Implementation of all the software (software tool) functionality is complete. Verification & Validation process is partially completed (or completed for only a subset of the functionality). S/W Release Verification and Validation process is complete for the intended scope. The software (software tool) can be used in an operational context. Duration (Months): Duration of the activity (e.g. 24 month) SW clause: Special approval is required for activities labelled: either “Operational Software” or “Open Source Code”, for which the Clauses/sub-clauses 42.8 and 42.9 (“Operational Software”) and 42.10 and 42.11 (“Open Source Code”) of the General Clauses and Conditions for ESA Contracts respectively, are applicable. ESA/IPC(2015)3,add.5