Notification Letter EE - Specific Action Innovation border surveillance - Application EE – Reference BMVI/2021-2022/SA/1.2.1/002 - Ares(2022)5729658

Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR MIGRATION AND HOME AFFAIRS

Directorate E – HOME Affairs Funds

E.3 – North, West and Central Europe (II)

Brussels, 12/08/2022 HOME.E.2/GMB

Mr Tarmo Miilits

Secretary General

Managing Authority BMVI

Ministry of the Interior

Pikk 61 15065 Tallinn

Estonia

Subject: Your proposal for the Specific Action under BMVI: “Innovation for

sea/shore, and/or land border surveillance (operational testing in pilot

projects)” – Reference BMVI/2021-2022/SA/1.2.1

Dear Mr Miilits,

Thank you for your application BMVI/2021-2022/SA/1.2.1/002 “Modernization of

Narva border guard station control centre”, following the above call for expression of

interest.

All 15 proposals submitted were reviewed by an independent committee composed of

members of DG HOME. The proposals were assessed and scored on the basis of the

following award criteria listed and detailed in the call for expression of interest:

A. Relevance (30 points), B. Quality and content (30 points) and C. Impact of the project

(40 points).

As a result of this exercise, we regret to inform you that your application was

unsuccessful.

Your application BMVI/2021-2022/SA/1.2.1/002 “Modernization of Narva border

guard station control centre” scored as follows:

Reference Relevance Quality and

content

Impact Total Score

BMVI/2021-2022/SA/1.2.1/002 11 28 35 74

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We would like to thank Estonia for this proposal, which overall scored lower compared

to other proposals. Please also note that not all the minimum thresholds per individual

criteria have been achieved1.

If you need further clarifications please contact HOME-BMVI-SPECIFIC-

[email protected].

Yours sincerely,

Doede Ackers

Head of Unit

c.c.: Contact person in the MS: Ms Aivi Kuivonen, email:

[email protected]

DG HOME - Desk officer: Ms Stephanie Hardy, email:

[email protected]

1 As per Ares(2022)1673479 the minimum thresholds per individual criterion are: A - 20 out of 30

points, B - 20 out of 30 points, C - 30 out of 40 points. The minimum threshold for a project to be

considered for selection (subject to the budget availability) is a total of 70 points out of 100, resulting

in the sum of the three individual scores.

Electronically signed

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Electronically signed on 12/08/2022 16:36 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121