AI4Cities
THE AI4CITIES PROJECT is using Artificial Intelligence to make Europe's cities more sustainable. Helsinki, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Greater Paris, Stavanger and Tallinn are going through a Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) to find solutions to make their mobility and energy domains more carbon neutral.
AI4Cities is a three-year EU-funded project bringing together leading European cities looking for artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to accelerate carbon neutrality. HELSINKI (Finland), AMSTERDAM (Netherlands), COPENHAGEN (Denmark), GREATER PARIS (France), STAVANGER (Norway) and TALLINN (Estonia) are the six European cities and regions that want to ask suppliers to provide with AI solutions for mobility and energy challenges, that will ultimately contribute to reduce CO2 emissions and meet their climate commitments.
The PRE-COMMERCIAL PROCUREMENT (PCP) PROCESS, an innovation procurement tool, enables the public sector to steer the development of new solutions (not- market-ready) directly towards its needs. First, the buying authorities will define the needs and requirements of those solutions on the mobility and the energy fields they would like to see developed in order to move towards carbon neutrality. Then, we will challenge startups, SMEs, bigger companies and other relevant stakeholders to design innovative solutions applying the use of AI and related enabling technologies, such as big data applications, 5G, edge computing and IoT.
AI4Cities challenges suppliers to come up with AI solutions that reduce CO2 emissions in the mobility and energy field. Following the Open Market Consultation and Request for Tenders, the Buyers Group will select a minimum of 20 contractors for the mobility challenge and a minimum of 20 contractors for the energy challenge (Solution Design phase). The selected suppliers will work on a full plan for the development of a prototype, including a sustainability model to ensure its future uptake and scalability. Out of the initial number of suppliers, 10 responding to the mobility challenge and 10 responding to the energy challenge will be selected and funded to work on the prototyping stage. During the third and last phase, selected contractors will test their prototypes in a minimum of two cities. Finally, there is a window of opportunity to do a procurement of innovation, following the successful PCP process.
