Public Tender for the Digital Transformation of Large Companies

Announcer: MGRT – Ministry of Economic Development and Technology
Amount of funds: EUR 44 million (EUR 34 million for large companies and EUR 10 million for SMEs), 20 supported consortia
Subsidy amount: up to EUR 2.2 million / project
Amount of co-financing: under the De minimis scheme: up to and including 70% of eligible costs, under the RDI scheme: up to and including 60% of eligible costs depending on the size of the recipient under the temporary framework scheme (3.13) up to and including 35% of eligible costs
Estimated deadline: Q2 2024

Purpose of the public tender:

• raising and growing productivity
• Optimization and reduction of production costs and costs of services and operations
• Greater competitiveness and a more open market, as well as greater opportunities for the commercialization of innovative solutions
• The key document that is the foundation for carrying out the digital transformation of a company or individual business function is the digital strategy.

If the applicant does not have a digital strategy prepared by the time of applying for the public tender, he must produce it no later than six (6) months from the deadline for submission of applications for this public tender or within three (3) months after receiving the selection decision. Projects to be co-financed by consortia must meet at least the following basic requirements:

• envisage technological empowerment for the digital transformation through the use of advanced technologies that will at the same time contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change accordingly,
• represent the integration of large companies with SMEs, which will create an open innovation business environment and accelerate the introduction of digital innovation, transfer of digital competencies and increase companies’ access to an appropriate test environment for
  innovation and adaptability of technologies and business processes. introduction of advanced digital technologies and their introduction into business processes.

The introduction of advanced digital technologies can also support changes in the organizational structure and business functions.At least three of the advanced digital technologies must be used for the digital transformation that is the subject of the project:

• robotics and / or process automation,
• internet of things
• artificial intelligence to transform decision-making systems5 (including cyber security),
• blockchain / distributed record technology,
• platforms for connecting advanced technologies and synchronizing their use and optimal implementation of digital twins (internal and external integration platforms),
• big data and / or quantum computing,
• virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) or augmented reality (XR),
• 3D printing.

Application deadline: April 28, 2022