Brussels, 11 May 2006

The European Commission's Information Society and Media Commission has published a call for tenders for the move towards a European e-infrastructure for e-science digital repositories.

The contract is to provide a reliable overview of European digital repositories of e-science information, data and knowledge.

To achieve that, the contractor will interface relevant scientific communities in different Member States and analyse their approach to developing digital repositories of experimental data sets, journals, theses and associated information. An important aspect of the study will be to collect information and analyse the degree of interoperability of the different approaches and technologies. The contractor will also study possible scenarios to build upon common requirements and synergies so that a layer of digital repositories can develop as part of the European research e-infrastructure.

For further information, please contact:

European Commission
Directorate-General Information Society and Media
Attn: Elina Zicmane
J-54 01/93
B-1049 Brussels
Tel +32-2 295 2077
Fax +32-2 299 31

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The deadline for requesting tender documents is 7.6.2006.
The deadline for submitting tender documents is 14.6.2006.

Before contacting the Commission, tenderers are strongly advised to consult the original call text in the Official Journal of the European Union at the reference below.

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Document Reference: OJ No S 88-092641 of 10.5.2006