In Residence Open Events 2025
This program enables entrepreneurs to test innovations during major Amsterdam events via a pilot. The Municipality of Amsterdam aims for a collaboration where the highest quality solutions are selected for participation.
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01What is being requested
The program offers entrepreneurs the opportunity to test innovations during major events in Amsterdam via a pilot with a duration of 48 months.
The In Residence Open Events program offers entrepreneurs the chance to test innovations during major events in Amsterdam. Within the program, you will work towards a pilot over a six-month period to test your innovation during a major event in Amsterdam. Together with the Municipality and partners such as SAIL, you will explore how your innovation can provide a solution to the major challenges we face in Amsterdam and what opportunities exist to collaborate with the municipality as a launching customer after a pilot.
02Outcome
Neology
03Strategic insight
When submitting your bid, focus strongly on the social added value and the scalability of the solution for the city. Ensure a realistic view of the pilot and the associated costs in relation to the available resources. Emphasize how the collaboration with the municipality and event organizers takes shape.
04Points of attention
05Exclusion grounds
- No specific exclusion grounds were extracted. In a European tender, the mandatory and discretionary grounds of art. 2.86/2.87 of the Dutch Procurement Act almost always apply — check the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD).
06Award criteria
Assessment based on three criteria where a maximum of 5 points can be obtained per criterion: A) Suitability for participation in the program, B) Quality of bid, solution and proposed pilot, and C) Impact and realization.
The price is not taken into account in the award.
07Process & timeline
08Value in context
The contracting authority did not publish an estimated value — common for a large share of contracts. The EU threshold for diensten is € 221.000, for reference.
09Bidders in this segment
10Tender documents
11Legal themes that may be relevant here
12Frequently asked questions
What is the purpose of the In Residence Open Events program?
What are the possibilities for collaboration after a successful pilot?
For which types of innovations is the program suitable?
What is the award criterion for this assignment?
Automatically compiled from the official tender data and documents.
13Estimated value versus the market
€ 200K
€ 640K
€ 3,0 mln
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