EU Tender Support
Expert guidance and support for aviation organizations participating in EU funding opportunities and tenders.
Specialized EU Tender Expertise
Palmyra specialises in preparing organisations to successfully participate in EU-funded tenders in the fields of critical infrastructure protection, aviation security, and K9 operations. Combining regulatory insight with practical operational expertise, Palmyra supports clients from early opportunity scanning through to final proposal submission. Our approach is structured, compliant, and strategically driven—ensuring that each bid is competitive, compelling, and aligned with EU priorities.
Our EU Tender Support Services
Opportunity Identification
We systematically monitor EU funding programmes—including ISF, ISFP, Horizon Europe and regional instruments—to identify opportunities that match your organisation's capabilities and strategic goals. Palmyra analyses eligibility criteria, partner requirements, and expected outputs to provide a curated pipeline of viable tenders. Clients receive early warning of upcoming calls, enabling sufficient preparation time for competitive participation.
Bid Strategy Development
Palmyra helps you shape the winning strategy behind the proposal. We work with your subject-matter experts to define the project concept, value proposition, innovation elements, budget approach, and consortium structure. Our guidance ensures alignment with EU policy priorities, evaluation criteria, and operational feasibility. The result is a coherent strategy that maximises scoring potential and differentiates your bid from competitors.
Proposal Development
From drafting technical sections to coordinating partners, formalising consortiums and ensuring compliance with EU templates, Palmyra manages the full proposal development process. We structure the narrative, build logical work packages, refine impact pathways, prepare Gantt charts and budgets, and ensure every requirement is addressed clearly and convincingly. Our rigorous quality checks reduce submission risk and strengthen both clarity and credibility.
Specialized Focus Areas
Critical Infrastructure
- Airports & Aviation Infrastructure — Runways, terminals, baggage systems, air traffic systems, and landside security environments.
- Port & Maritime Infrastructure — Cargo terminals, passenger ports, maritime logistics hubs, and offshore facilities.
- Energy Generation Facilities — Thermal, hydro, and renewable (e.g., solar or wind farms onshore).
- Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure — Turbines, substations, export cables—currently a major EU focus area.
- Railway Networks & Train Stations — Long-distance, metro, and freight rail systems requiring security, resilience, and emergency preparedness.
- Customs, Border Crossing Points & Land Checkpoints — Border facilities where security, screening technologies, and K9 capabilities are key.
K9 Training & Security Programs
Explosive Detection Dog (EDD) Specialties:
- Conventional Explosives Detection — Detection of military, commercial, and homemade explosives across standard scent libraries.
- HMEs & Precursor Detection — Specialised training for identifying homemade explosive components (TATP, HMTD, AN-based mixtures).
- Vehicle & Cargo Screening — EDD teams trained for rapid inspection of trucks, containers, and cargo pallets in ports and airports.
- Aviation Security EDD (Air Cargo & Hold Baggage) — Compliance-focused training for aviation screening environments and regulatory test regimes.
- IED Search in Public Spaces — Deployment capability for events, mass transit, and VIP protection operations.
Multi-Purpose Detection Dog (MDD) Specialties:
- Person-Borne Explosive Detection (PBED) — Dogs trained to identify explosives carried on individuals in crowds or moving environments.
- Firearms & Ammunition Detection — Identification of weapons and propellants for law-enforcement or border-security use.
- Narcotics Detection — Comprehensive detection of controlled substances for customs and police.
Currency Detection Dog (CDD) Specialties:
- Bulk Cash Smuggling Detection — Detection of EUR/USD banknotes concealed in vehicles, baggage, or cargo.
- Financial Crime & AML Support Searches — Deployment to support anti–money laundering operations, raids, and checkpoint inspections.
Our EU Tender Support Process
Opportunity Scanning & Eligibility Verification
We continuously monitor upcoming ISF/ISFP calls, assess their relevance, and verify client eligibility. This includes analysing the call's objectives, expected impact, consortium requirements, budget ceilings, and compliance rules. Clients receive an early, tailored shortlist of viable opportunities.
Concept Shaping & Consortium Building
Working with the lead applicant, we help refine the project concept into a strong, EU-aligned idea. We support the identification and onboarding of suitable partners—public authorities, security agencies, NGOs, research bodies—and define each member's role. This step ensures a balanced, credible and operationally realistic consortium.
Bid Strategy & Work Plan Design
We translate the concept into a coherent bid strategy, ensuring full alignment with evaluation criteria. This includes structuring work packages, formulating objectives, designing activities, identifying deliverables and milestones, and shaping a strong impact narrative. Risk, sustainability, and EU-value-added elements are integrated early.
Full Proposal Development & Compliance Management
We draft or refine all technical sections, coordinate partner contributions, and develop the budget in line with ISF/ISFP cost rules. Compliance with templates, formatting, ethics, data protection and eligibility criteria is strictly managed. Prior to submission, we run a structured quality review to ensure clarity, consistency, and scoring strength.
Submission, Clarifications & Grant Agreement Preparation
We support the final submission through the Funding & Tenders Portal, manage any EC clarification requests, and assist the client during the Grant Agreement Preparation (GAP) stage. This includes refining the work plan, budget adjustments, and preparing the required documentation for a smooth contract signature.
Success Stories
K9 – EU Certification (RECCEDD Project)
The RECCEDD project was funded by the European Union and aimed to strengthen the detection of explosive threats in public areas and critical infrastructure by means of professionally trained and certified explosive detection dogs (EDD).
A core objective was to address a significant gap in Europe: the lack of harmonised training and certification centres for commercial EDD teams (beyond police, customs or military), especially in public spaces, transport hubs, and critical infrastructure.
Under RECCEDD, a regional, non-profit certification and training centre was established to provide EU-standard certification and training for EDD teams.
AITRAP Project
AITRAP stands for 'Aviation Insider Threat Recognition and Prevention'. It was co-funded by the EU under the internal security funding instrument (HOME / ISFP). The aim was to develop a standardised, Europe-wide tool / programme to help organisations — especially those in aviation and other critical-infrastructure sectors — recognise, prevent and manage 'insider threats.'
By creating a common baseline and promoting harmonised insider-threat procedures across organisations and member states, AITRAP helps raise the overall standard of security and increases interoperability — especially relevant for cross-border transport, aviation, and EU-wide security projects.
Because the platform was designed by practitioners and used across industries, it couples realistic operational insight with regulatory / policy compliance, making it a strong foundation for companies that provide security, compliance, and consultancy services.