Mini-competition cloud services
Dear Madam, Sir,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
- All invitations to tender mini-competition DIGIT A3 PR 2018 035, including the names of companies invited
- A list of all companies admitted as participants in the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
I acknowledge that these documents may contain commercial information, but I believe the public interest in this case is greater than the commercial interest.
In this case, only Oracle Belgium submitted a tender, and thus won the competition. It is the daughter of a US-based company.
For years, there have been discussions about the EU's digital sovereignty. Not too long ago, the EU member states signed a declaration titled Building the next generation cloud for businesses and the public sector in the EU
The declaration discussed "concerns over cloud users’ ability to maintain control over strategic and sensitive personal and non-personal data" since the "public cloud infrastructure market is converging globally around four large non-European players".
It also stated: "To be ahead of the curve, we need to ensure favourable conditions for EU businesses to develop cloud capacities with global reach meeting the emerging needs of industrial data, especially in terms of processing close to the user and guaranteeing users’ data sovereignty. To make the most out of the data we produce, we also need to enable the deployment of EU data spaces in key public and private sectors."
It is in the public interest that an investigative journalist such as myself can determine which EU-based companies were invited to tender, but decided not to. This way, I can investigate why only a US company decided to tender, and in what way there are hurdles that remain for the EU's digital sovereignty.
Only digital copies are required, please consider the environment by not sending me any physical mail.
I am of course available to clarify my request further if needed.
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Follow the Money
Overtoom 197
1054HT Amsterdam
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 20/03/2024 and registered on 22/03/2024 under the case number
2024/1620.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 17/04/2024. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
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Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Digital Services - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr. Teffer,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 22nd March 2024 under case number EASE 2024/1620.
We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 17th April 2024.
Your application concerns documents held by different Services, which must
be consulted.
Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 10th May 2024.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
DIGIT Access to Documents
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Dear Mr. Teffer,
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DIGIT Access to Documents team