VERONICA II: Selection of subcontractors by Siemens VDO Automotive
In the framework of an EU project on event data recording ("VERONICA II"), to be
eventually partly granted by the European Commission to our company as the sole
responsible contractor, we are seeking a number of subcontractors. The general content of the
project is based on the recommendations of the project VERONICA I, available in its Final
Report under www.siemensvdo.com/veronica / documentation. The project will start on May 1st,
2007 and lasts until April 30th, 2009.
The number of subcontractors are needed as mentioned below and expected to come from the
following fields:
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1 Federation of Member States’ enforcement authorities
2 Tachograph manufacturers
2 Vehicle manufacturers
1 EDR/ADR manufacturer
1 Law firm
1 accident reconstruction expert
The work will consist mainly in proposing technical standards and legal solutions for the
implementation of EDR/ADR in certain vehicle categories, in particular by amending
Regulation (EC) n° 1360/2002 and its Appendixes.
The work has to be performed in English only. No interpretation or translation services will
be supplied to our subcontractors during the project duration.
Our subcontractors will be expected to take part, among others, to the definition of:
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the data to be recorded by the EDR/ADR,
the way they have to be recorded, stored and outputted (downloaded),
the way they will be secured when stored, registered and transferred to third parties for
legal purposes,
the way they will be processed and stored by member state authorities under particular
observation of data protection requirements
how to safeguard activation and calibration of the recording equipment
More generally speaking, our subcontractor will have to support the project management in its
work and adapt to its requests during the whole project duration. The draft work programme
is attached.
Frequent meetings will have to be attended in Brussels and other locations (average: 1
meeting/month). The Kick-Off meeting is envisaged in Brussels for a date between 21st and
25th of May, 2007.
The applicants will have to prove:
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their knowledge of EDR/ADR technology and trends,
their knowledge of the above mentioned Regulation
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their knowledge and experience concerning the above mentioned topics,
that they could be immediately operational.
The vehicle manufacturers are preferably divided into two categories, one for commercial
vehicles, busses and coaches and the other for Light Commercial Vehicles and light
emergency vehicles (type passenger car).
The enforcement federation and the law firm should prove practical experience in EC
transport legislation, in particular in the fields mentioned above. The enforcement federation
should be able to provide experts from three different member states and to integrate in a
corresponding way the other member states into the project.
The accident reconstruction expert should prove intensive practical experience with accident
analysis by means of EDR/ADR.
The estimated amount of work (hours) for the two years period is as follows:
Enforcement Federation with 3 experts: 3.700
Tachograph manufacturers, each: 1.150
Vehicle manufacturers, each: 1.000
EDR/ADR manufacturer: 2.300
Accident Reconstruction Expert: 1.500
Law Firm: 2.100
Within the total project budget of aprox. 2.1 Mio € half of the workload is eventually granted
by the EC-Commission; the other half is borne by each of the partners in proportion to its
respective workload. Subcontractors are expected also to take responsibility for work
packages and/or deliverables. A partner agreement describing each partner's duties will be
concluded with the project leader.
We expect the applicants:
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to issue their hourly rates (8h/d),
to issue the full CVs of the experts allocated to these tasks.
This advertisement is issued on 20th April 2007.
All information shall be sent in English, before 7th May 2007, 12h00 German time, to:
Ralf-Roland Schmidt-Cotta
Project Leader
Siemens AG
SV CV Div IR
P.O. Box 1640
D-78006 Villingen-Schwenningen
Tel. #49-7721-67-3332
PC-Fax: #49-7721-67-79-3332
Mobile: #49-172-7444577
ralf-roland.schmidt-cotta@siemens.com www.siemensvdo.com/veronica