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Pilot Project on Multi-layered Airborne Capabilities for Situational Awareness - HAPS Services for Border Surveillance

Poland · Warsaw · how to bid here

Your path to submission

  1. Deadline: 16 October at 00:00 — 28 days left.
  2. The submission point is stated in the notice (link on the right).
  3. Offer and evidence in: BUL, CES, DAN, DEU, ELL, ENG, SPA, EST, FIN, FRA, GLE, HRV, HUN, ITA, LIT, LAV, MLT, NLD, POL, POR, RON, SLK, SLV, SWE.
  4. Collect your evidence — the eligibility requirements are listed above; for many of them the analysis explains how to obtain them.
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Clement What the numbers say about this buyer

  • 71% of the bids received came from other countries (33 procedures with a bid mix) — all bidders, not just the winners. Sector: 4%.n = 33
  • 56% of awards went to companies from abroad (295 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 6%.n = 295
  • In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (13 awards, most recently June 2026) — by that rhythm the next award was due around September 2026. The last award went to PWC EU SERVICES.n = 13
  • The median procedure drew 5 bids (281 procedures with a bid count); 13% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 2 bids.n = 281
  • 16% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (295 awards since 2017, spread over 164 companies). That is well below the sector norm (30%) — this buyer switches suppliers more often than others.n = 295 awards since 2017

From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 13/09/2026.

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Foreign bidders

In Poland · R&D services, 92 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,630 recorded awards) — mostly from Bulgaria, Spain, Germany.

Typical field: median 8 (from 13 awards).

Measured from linked award data; foreign winners bidding through a local subsidiary count as domestic — the true share is higher.

What the buyer is looking for

The summary in English is being prepared. The official description below is in the original language (DE).

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Through this procurement, Frontex is seeking to acquire specialised Services based on the use of High Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS) to support its border surveillance and management activities. In particular, Frontex wants to conduct a Pilot Project to demonstrate the abilities, efficiency and effectiveness (primarily in terms of accuracy, reliability and cost-efficiency) of HAPS in providing persistent surveillance, data fusion, RFI monitoring, and wireless connectivity capabilities over the designated wide Area of Interest. For this purpose, the services requested by Frontex shall consist in the deployment of at least one HAPS over the Area of Interest for a period of 15 consecutive days of continuous operation during the Deployment and Operational Phase of this project.

Description as published (DE).

Selection criteria — in the procurement documents

The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on the right), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in BUL, CES, DAN, DEU, ELL, ENG, SPA, EST, FIN, FRA, GLE, HRV, HUN, ITA, LIT, LAV, MLT, NLD, POL, POR, RON, SLK, SLV, SWE.

Contract

BuyerEuropean Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX)
TypeServices
Estimated value3.200.000 €
Published17 September 2026
CategoryR&D services · CPV 73430000

Who has won here before

CompanyAwardsPeriod
DVE Constructions LTD102025–2026
Quadriga Services OOD62024–2025
BiCortex Languages S.L.U.62025
MARCK ET BALSAN32025
AKADEMIA WYCHOWANIA FIZYCZNEGO JOZEFA PILSUDSKIEGO W WARSZAWIE32024
From 13.7M documented awards · regular winners know this buyer's requirements — that is your competition.

How often this buyer tenders this

20259
20267

Who knows the rhythm prepares instead of reacting.

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days until the deadlineFriday 16 October at 00:00

How to bid

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