WP07 - Market validation and pilot in Brittany

Objectives and approach

Validate the local market by conducting and supporting a pilot deployment. The deployment takes benefit of the existing project under construction by the Megalis Bretagne consortium in Brittany region, with regards to collaborative work between legal entities in favor of IT services for private companies and SMEs.

Results

Work package 7 is a limited field deployment of the service, with direct experience from end users: the SMEs. It strongly leverages on both the existence of a related project – e-megalisbretagne, planned to be launched in the early 2007 – and the cross border functionalities piloted in the course of the project.

Work package 7 includes an evaluation of the mechanisms that were put in place in order to promote the usage of the e-tendering solution towards SMEs. A continuous monitoring of the effective adoption by SMEs and legal entities enables to address any unexpected result thanks to a very practical project approach and methodology.

Deliverables

Work package 7 will lead to the issuance of the following deliverables:

• D7.1 – Synthesis notes on the usage of e-tendering by SMEs in Brittany
• D7.2 – List of channels and indicators to monitor the adoption of e- tendering by SMEs
• D7.3 – Deployment roadmap
• D7.4 – Feed back
• D7.5 – Communication tools
• D7.6 – Adapted service

Dependencies

WP7 depends on the results of WP3 for all aspects regarding the cross border issues.

Contribution to the project objectives

Through this work packages, the following objectives are addressed:

• Feasibility to deploy the targeted overall approach
• Feasibility to bring more SMEs to public purchasing platforms
• Feasibility to address cross border issues
• Feasibility to adapt the Burgundy current solution and to deploy it in other member states