The MAGIC-PCP started work on the 01:01:17 with the ‘Kick-off’ event being held in Chieti, Italy during the week of 11:01:16. The inaugural meeting for each of the ‘project’s formal committees were undertaken; the Terms of References for each being agreed. In addition, the Project Execution Plan was agreed along with the clarification of roles and responsibilities, agreed deliverables, time line and the H2020 funded project MAGIC-PCP was shared with the local dignitaries and interested practitioners as Università degli Studi “Gabriele D’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara - Department of physical medicine and rehabilitation (UDA) hosted a large conference.
The project also had a clear schedule of deliverables to be achieved by month 8, albeit this timeline had to be compressed given our request to issue the PCP Call for Tender during month 8/ 9. All deliverables and milestones were achieved.
Within the context of all deliverables and milestones the most notable achievements are as follows:-
• The creation of the Project Execution Plan, establishment of project structure, constitution and governance of formal committees with associated Terms of Reference documents.
• The creation of a communication, engagement and dissemination plan along with the establishment of the Website
http://magic-pcp.eu(opens in new window)• The comprehensive engagement with service users, carers and clinicians to understand in detail the needs to be addressed by potential R&D suppliers.
• Updated the State of the Art including early engagement with industry through group & face-to-face meetings and an on-line survey monkey questionnaire accessed through the project website.
• Agreed, as a buyers group the Brief for the MAGIC-PCP; the real shared need to be addressed was articulated.
• Issued a Prior information Notice (PIN) for a 2-month period (April and May) alerting the market to the start of an Open Market Consultation (OMC) which was planned to be delivered over a 2-month period (June and July)
• In line with documents produced by the Commission the Framework Agreement for the PCP and the entire suite of PCP documents were written and approval given by the Commission.
• Call for Tender has been issued with the close scheduled for 09:12:16
• All questions submitted by potential tenderers have been answered both individually and published for all and there is under two weeks to close of tender (3pm GMT 09:12:16).
• All 60 clinical assessors have been briefed and should be given access to the submissions that have passed through the eligibility and compliance checks by the 16:12:16 in order to keep the project on track. The Assessors will score the bids and the ranked bids compiled in order for the Buyers group to ratify the award of tender on 16:01:17.
In summary, the project management within the MAGIC-PCP has been very tight and the team is delighted to report that although there have been some hurdles to overcome on the way, the project remains on track with well over 130 downloads of the call for tender (CfT) taken by potential bidders. Ergo, our communication and dissemination plan has also worked as the response has been unprecedented and the MAGIC team are hopeful of a successful outcome to the CfT.
