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In principle, the first (advance) payment and the final payment are fixed. The remaining payments can be proposed by the Tenderer with respect to dates and amounts, but should take into account a balance between expenditures and payments and should be related to achievements (conclusion of work packages, development of hardware/software, reviews, etc).
Payment milestones have to be invoiced when reaching the achievements related to the specific milestones and as defined in the Milestone Payment Plan included in the contract. Each payment milestone is broken down to the amounts that pertain to each member of the Project team. Project Team members have to issue a specific invoice for the part of their competence. Subcontractors have to submit their invoices to the Prime contractor. The Prime contractor approves the invoices and submits them to ESA as specified in the contract.
External services cover services such as hire of facilities, computer services, manpower services (e.g. consultancy), plating of parts, services for procurement of HIREL parts etc. The costs for these should be shown on the PSS A2 form of the Prime Contractor under Other Cost Elements Point 3.7 and further detailed on Exhibit.
You can use the search box located at the top right-hand side of the website to seach for the project name. Once you click on search you can also see the "advanced search" which appears. Under Category, select "Documentation" to restrict your searches to documents only.
Updated regularly, project web pages on the ARTES website provide the latest information about objectives, features, project plan, key issues and main benefits of various ARTES projects. To search for a specific project web page, use the advanced search options.
Every presentation from ARTES events are archived in the documentation. Just select events under "category" in the advanced search options.
All news articles on which have appeared on this site are archived and can be found using the search function in the upper-righthand corner of the home page.
'About TIA' and 'About ARTES' in the left side navigation bar give you a concise overview of the activities of the directorate.
The ARTES Call for Ideas is always open. An online form is available to submit ideas.
For the purpose of supporting contractual activities in the ARTES Programme Lines, the Agency can provide, on a best effort basis and free of charge, access to a pool of Technical Assets for use by different projects. These technical assets include DVB-RCS Internet Access, Satellite Capacity as well as Access to ESA's DVB Uplink facilities and Local Area Network.
The ARTES online Satcom Training System is free of charge and offers three levels of knowledge, from basic information for non-technical personnel to advanced for expert graduate engineers who need to expand their knowledge outside of their fields. Each level contains tutorials on SATCOM Technologies, System and Services, Communication Link, Space Segment, Networking and Earth Segment. These categories are further divided into more detailed specialist areas and include some exercises at the end.
Contact details are displayed at the bottom of every project web page under ESA Contacts.
daptiv PPM is a web-based project management and collaboration tool freely available to all companies that are under an active contract with TIA. Please contact your Technical Officer for further information.
All ARTES Invitations for Tender can be found in the Funding page. There you can search for issued, intended, and completed Calls. This page provides a user-friendly interface to the EMITS website.
By registering for a username and password on the ARTES website, not only do you get access to documentation but also you can opt to receive our monthly ARTES newsletter.
Vacancies for all ESA departments and information about careers are published only on the ESA portal website. The current list of vacancies is listed here.
The contact details of all national delegations from ESA Member States can be found on the National Delegations page.
By selecting 'Special Interest Groups' in the top navigation, you find more information about e.g. the SatLabs Group or the Spectrum Management Advisory Group.
http://telecom.esa.int/specialinterest
ARTES publishes news articles, new funding opportunties, and projects updates several times a week on its homepage. Subscribe to the ARTES newsletter for receiving latest news and invitations to our workshops on an monthly basis.
The ARTES website does not give access to the documentation of specific Invitations to Tender (ITT's). To download Statement of Works, Contracts or Tender Conditions as well as Clarifications, you need to open the specific ITT on EMITS, ESA's Electronic Mail Invitation to Tender.
Please use the templates for submitting an proposal from the Documents page.