Bidding for ESA Contracts: the Essential Guide Questionnaire

Before completing this questionnaire, please make sure you have watched the introductory video. The questionnaire should be completed prior to contacting the Industrial Coordinator.

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1. Eligibility - in order to be eligible to receive funding from ESA, you must:
select all answers that apply (Required.)

Have won an ESA contract before

Be registered on ESA STAR

Be part of an ESA Member State

Have at least 50 employees

Have engaged with the Estonian National Delegation for a Letter of Support (if one is required)

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2. A letter of support is an authorisation from the Estonian National Delegation, endorsing the funding line and supporting your application. You need a letter of support: (Required.)

Only if the tender tells that you need one

For all bids

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3. Do you have to register on ESA STAR to submit a bid? (Required.)

Yes – full registration on ESA STAR is required

Yes – light registration on ESA STAR is required

No – you can register after submitting the bid but need to register before signing the contract

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4. What are the average bid timescales from release of the tender by ESA to the deadline? (Required.)

Less than 4 weeks

4-6 weeks

8 weeks

3 months

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5. What is the OSIP platform and when is it used? (Required.)

It is used to submit early technology development ideas

It is ESA’s tendering platform used for most bids

It is ESA’s financial tool

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6. What is the main difference between an Invitation to Tender (ITT) and a Call for Proposal (CfP)? (Required.)

They are the same – just two different names

ITTs are competitive whereas CfP are not competitive

ITTs are centred around ESA requirements whereas CfP require you to propose your own requirements

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7. What are the main documents that make up a typical tender?
select all answers that apply (Required.)

Cover Letter

Technical Proposal

Management Proposal

Company marketing brochure

CVs

Financial Proposal

Finance forms

Contractual Proposal

Audited accounts for your business

Letter of Support from Estonian National Delegation (if required)

Subcontractor inputs to your proposal

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8. Which of the following would result in your bid being eliminated from review?
select all answers that apply (Required.)

Late submission (after the deadline)

Missing mandatory elements from the bid

Price exceeding the budget

No Letter of Support if one is required

Non-compliance to the ESA terms and conditions of tender

Bidding for ESA Contracts: the Essential Guide Questionnaire

Question Title

1. Eligibility - in order to be eligible to receive funding from ESA, you must:
select all answers that apply (Required.)

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2. A letter of support is an authorisation from the Estonian National Delegation, endorsing the funding line and supporting your application. You need a letter of support: (Required.)

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3. Do you have to register on ESA STAR to submit a bid? (Required.)

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4. What are the average bid timescales from release of the tender by ESA to the deadline? (Required.)

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5. What is the OSIP platform and when is it used? (Required.)

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6. What is the main difference between an Invitation to Tender (ITT) and a Call for Proposal (CfP)? (Required.)

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7. What are the main documents that make up a typical tender?
select all answers that apply (Required.)

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8. Which of the following would result in your bid being eliminated from review?
select all answers that apply (Required.)

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9. Your name: (Required.)

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10. Your e-mail: (Required.)

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11. Your company: (Required.)

Bidding for ESA Contracts: the Essential Guide Questionnaire

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* 1. Eligibility - in order to be eligible to receive funding from ESA, you must:select all answers that apply (Required.)

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* 2. A letter of support is an authorisation from the Estonian National Delegation, endorsing the funding line and supporting your application. You need a letter of support: (Required.)

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* 3. Do you have to register on ESA STAR to submit a bid? (Required.)

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* 4. What are the average bid timescales from release of the tender by ESA to the deadline? (Required.)

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* 5. What is the OSIP platform and when is it used? (Required.)

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* 6. What is the main difference between an Invitation to Tender (ITT) and a Call for Proposal (CfP)? (Required.)

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* 7. What are the main documents that make up a typical tender?select all answers that apply (Required.)

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* 8. Which of the following would result in your bid being eliminated from review?select all answers that apply (Required.)

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* 9. Your name: (Required.)

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* 10. Your e-mail: (Required.)

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* 11. Your company: (Required.)

1. Eligibility - in order to be eligible to receive funding from ESA, you must:
select all answers that apply (Required.)

2. A letter of support is an authorisation from the Estonian National Delegation, endorsing the funding line and supporting your application. You need a letter of support: (Required.)

3. Do you have to register on ESA STAR to submit a bid? (Required.)

4. What are the average bid timescales from release of the tender by ESA to the deadline? (Required.)

5. What is the OSIP platform and when is it used? (Required.)

6. What is the main difference between an Invitation to Tender (ITT) and a Call for Proposal (CfP)? (Required.)

7. What are the main documents that make up a typical tender?
select all answers that apply (Required.)

8. Which of the following would result in your bid being eliminated from review?
select all answers that apply (Required.)

9. Your name: (Required.)

10. Your e-mail: (Required.)

11. Your company: (Required.)