Award notice Services
Access to expertise and training through EIC Tech to Market Training Programme and Venture Building Activities
- Public buyer
- European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), EISMEA - European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
Brussels - Place of performance
- 1140 Brussels
not published: buyer's address - Estimated value
- €9,000,000 excl. VAT
- Amount awarded
- €4,500,000 excl. VAT
- Planned end of contract
- 18 December 2029
likely re-tender around June 2029 - Bids received
- 8
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Any company may submit a bid. - Publication
- 15 January 2026
- Notice language
- English
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Description
The objective of this action is to support EIC Pathfinder and EIC Transition projects in their transition from lab to market by providing tailored services to entrepreneurial researchers for the market deployment of research results. The Agency will procure the provision of services such as :
- Training to help researchers acquire the necessary critical knowledge for turning research results into deep tech innovations with viable business models and strong value propositions.
- Venture building services comprising a range of activities from identification of promising business ideas to venture creation and development, to help build start-ups to exploit promising research results from EIC beneficiaries.
Awarded to
- THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP BCE/KBO 0449.557.287
CPV codes
European codes that classify what the contract is about. They are how we find the tenders for your trade.
79000000 80510000
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Source : TED – Office des publications de l'Union européenne © Union européenne, données retraitées. Reference 27046-2026.