The agenda of the Open Innovation call of OpenAIRE-Advance is the following:

Date / Activity
[05.11.2019] Open Market Consultation
[12.11.2019] Open Call publication
[12.12.2019] Deadline for submission of tenders for the framework agreement and phase 1
[16.12.2019] Opening of phase 1 tenders
[10.01.2020] Tenderers notified of decision on awarding contracts
[26.02.2020] Signing of framework agreements and phase 1 specific contracts
Implementation of phase 1
[26.02.2020] Start of phase 1
[17.04.2020] Submission of phase 1 final milestone(s)/final report/deliverable(s)
[21.04.2020] Phase 1 contractors notified as to whether they have completed this phase satisfactorily and successfully - End of phase 1
Second tender procedure (call-off for phase 2)
[22.04.2020] Launch call-off for phase 2 (only offers from contractors that successfully completed phase 1 are eligible)
[12.05.2020] Deadline for submitting phase 2 tenders
[13.05.2020] Opening of phase 2 tenders
[20.05.2020] Tenderers notified of decision on awarding phase 2 contracts
[20.05.2020] Signing of phase 2 specific contracts
Implementation phase 2
[27.07.2020] Start of phase 2
[03.11.2020] Submission of phase 2 final milestone(s)/final report/deliverable(s)
[27.11.2020] Phase 2 contractors notified as to whether they have completed this phase satisfactorily and successfully - End of phase 2
Third tender procedure (call-off for phase 3)
[04.11.2020] Launch call-off for phase 3
[12.11.2020] Deadline for submitting phase 3 tenders
[13.11.2020] Opening of phase 3 tenders
[11.12.2020] Tenderers notified of decision to award phase 3 contracts
[11.12.2020] Signing of phase 3 specific contracts
Implementation phase 3
[11.12.2020] Start of phase 3
[15.01.2021] Testing of services/products developed during phase 3 on the test/beta OpenAIRE platform instance
[20.01.2021] Feedback from phase 3 supervisor/monitoring team on field-testing of the products/services
[01.02.2021] Final demonstration of products/services developed during phase 3
[05.02.2021] Submission of phase 3 final milestone(s)/final report/ deliverable(s)
[19.02.2021] Phase 3 contractors notified as to whether they have completed this phase satisfactorily and successfully – End of phase 3
[28.02.2021] Publication of results and conclusions on the OPENAIRE project website