The measurement of saturation of oxygen with the use of pulse oximeter

A government department, entity or agency that is intending to purchase goods or services from a supplier.

The acquisition of goods and services from third parties concerned with the agreement of terms and conditions of supply with suppliers, for those goods and services identified by the sourcing team.

Is the bid submitted in response to a request for quotation from a contracting authority.

According to the 2014 EU State aid framework for research, development and innovation (R&D&I), in order for PCP to exclude State aid, the object of a PCP contract must fall within one or several categories of research and development defined in this framework and must be of limited duration. Additionally, it may include the development of prototypes or limited volumes of first products or services in the form of test series, but the purchase of commercial volumes of products or services must not be an object of the same contract. The R&D categories defined in the State aid framework that may be covered by PCP are fundamental research, industrial research. The different R&D categories can also be considered to correspond to Technology Readiness Levels 1 (fundamental research), 2-4 (industrial research) and 5-8 (experimental development). As PCP is driven by a specific procurement need (with a concrete use case in mind), fundamental research is not the aim of a PCP. However it is possible that in order to complete the industrial R&D needed for the PCP, some fundamental research aspects need to be further elaborated as well. Thus, PCPs typically cover activities such as solution exploration and design, prototyping, up to the original development of a limited volume of first products or services in the form of a test series.

Activities that organizations undertake to innovate and introduce new products and services.

Air rescue. REGA is a private, non-profit air rescue service that provides emergency medical assistance in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Differs from an ITT (invitation to tender) and PQQ (pre-qualification) as these are pre-determined, while RFI is requesting information necessary to decide the procurement process. Hence, RFI typically occurs during a planning phase.

Is submitted in an early stage in the procurement process and is commonly used when it is required technical expertise, specialized capability, or in some cases where the product or service requested do not already exist and must be developed.

Suppliers are invited to provide a quote for the provision of specific goods or services.