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EIC Corporate Partnership Programme 4.0
Tenders due closed — 17 August 2026 at 10:00
- 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
- €4,800,000 excl. VAT
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Any company may submit a bid. - Publication
- 11 August 2026
- Notice language
- English
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Description
This tender aims to follow up with the work developed by the EIC with large corporations and support the announcement made in the Startups and Scaleups Strategy on the creation of a European Corporate Network. The general objective is to increase the industrial uptake of deep tech innovations in Europe by supporting the collaboration between large corporations and deep tech startups/scaleups, in particular EIC-backed start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs. Specific objectives:
- Develop and upgrade the EIC (Multi-)Corporate Days activities.
- Offer expert dedicate assistance to EIC Awardees and committed large corporations to develop Proofs of Concept (PoCs), Pilots and other activities translatable into scalable impactful businesses.
- Provide comprehensive support for the establishment and management of the new “European Corporate Network”, including fora and working groups to facilitate the development and sharing of best practices in corporate venturing and facilitate the organisation of activities designed following the findings and conclusions of the ECN.
- Position the EIC as a centre of excellence for corporate-startup collaboration.
CPV codes
European codes that classify what the contract is about. They are how we find the tenders for your trade.
79000000
Winning prices for comparable contracts
- A quarter below
- €253,520
- Median
- €694,000
- A quarter above
- €3,166,661
- This contract (estimated)
- €4,800,000
Amounts awarded (excl. VAT) over the last 3 years for 92 contracts in the same CPV group (7900…), excluding framework agreements. Half of the contracts fall between the two quartiles. TED source: mostly contracts above the EU thresholds, so amounts tend to be high.
Likely competitors: who wins with this buyer in this field
- THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP · 3 contracts won
- EY ECONOMIC AND POLICY ADVISORY SERVICES SRL · 2 contracts won
- TECHNOPOLIS CONSULTING GROUP BELGIUM · 2 contracts won
- LOW ASSOCIATES BRUSSLES SRL · 1 contract won
- DELOITTE · 1 contract won
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Source : TED – Office des publications de l'Union européenne © Union européenne, données retraitées. Reference 554218-2026.