OpenAIRE wishes to commission a study which will provide OpenAIRE and the European Commission with a Sustainability Model and Business Plan.

Please find full details, and a link to the tender via the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Website: 

http://www.dtu.dk/Om_DTU/Oplysning_til_Leverandorer/euudbud/data/Konsulentydelser_til_bibliotek.aspx

Note: please email your interest via online form for full access to documentation.

Call deadline: 26 April 2013

OpenAIRE is an infrastructure that supports the implementation of Open Access to research in Europe. A major milestone in the initiative is to produce a business plan for the infrastructure, which consists of an online digital infrastructure and a human network to support its implementation.

The study has four main goals:

1. Stakeholder Definition

2. Accounting Models

3. Cost Benefit Analysis

4. Definition of Revenue Channels

If you are interested in this tender please download the above documentation. We are happy to answer any queries. Please note that we are able/allowed to receive written queries about the tender up until the 20 April 2013. 

Contact:

Mikael Elbaek, Coordinator of Business Plan, DTU: miel@dtic.dtu.dk

Najla Rettberg, Scientific Manager, OpenAIREplus: nrettbe@gwdg.de