EDF-EDIP-P-2027-FNLC-CPA-GNPS

Ground and naval platforms and systems

Status
open for submission
Programme
European Defence Fund (EDF)
Action type
EDF Lump Sum Grants
Opens
17 Jun 2026
Deadline
16 Feb 2027
Fetched
15 Jul 2026, 07:18 UTC
Plain-language summary

Support common procurement of ground and naval defence platforms and systems to enhance cooperation and interoperability among EU Member States.

This call funds joint procurement of ground and naval defence platforms or their subsystems. It aims to strengthen cooperation and interoperability among EU Member States and associated countries. Projects must involve a binding agreement and a procurement agent, with a minimum procurement value of EUR 80 million.

Likely relevant for

  • Defence industry consortia
  • Procurement agencies
  • Naval and ground defence platform manufacturers
  • European Defence Agency and related bodies

Project signals

Common procurement of ground or naval platforms or subsystemsCooperation frameworks established after March 2024Procurement involving binding agreements and appointed agents

What it funds

  • Common procurement of ground and naval defence platforms or subsystems
  • Procurement actions at any lifecycle stage of defence products
  • Establishment and management of defence industrial readiness pools

Expected outcomes

  • Strengthened cooperation among Member States and associated countries
  • Greater interoperability of defence platforms and systems
  • Development and procurement of common platforms and subsystems

Who can apply / participate

  • Legal entities capable of entering binding procurement agreements
  • Procurement agents including contracting authorities and international organisations
  • Cooperation must be newly created or based on frameworks started after 5 March 2024
  • Binding agreement required among participating Member States and associated countries
  • Member States and associated countries eligible as per call document section 6
  • Procurement value must be at least EUR 80 million
  • Procurement agent must be appointed by participating countries
  • Specific eligible countries list
  • Detailed consortium size and composition requirements

Must check before shortlisting

  • Eligibility of countries and entities per call document section 6
  • Compliance with minimum procurement value and binding agreement requirements
  • Details on consortium composition and procurement agent roles

Money

Estimated budget for this call is EUR 150 million for 2027, supporting large-scale common procurement actions.

  • Total budget for 2027 — 150000000EUR
    Budget allocated for common procurement actions under this topic

Application notes

  • Single-stage submission model.
  • Proposal page limits and layout as per call document section 5 and Application Form Part B.
  • Eligibility and admissibility conditions detailed in call document sections 6 and 7.
  • Evaluation and award criteria and process described in call document sections 8 and 9.
  • Legal and financial setup governed by call document section 10 and EDF Lump Sum Grant Model Agreement.
  • Prepare proposal following call document and application form templates.
  • Submit proposal via Funding & Tenders Portal before deadline.
  • Ensure compliance with eligibility and admissibility criteria.
  • Contact DEFIS-EDIP-PROPOSALS@ec.europa.eu for support if needed.
  • Cooperation frameworks must not have started before 5 March 2024.
  • Procurement must be based on binding agreements with appointed procurement agents.
  • Actions must complete by 31 December 2033.

Derived from official EU Funding portal source · updated 22 Jun 2026, 14:28 UTC. Use this as a shortlisting aid; the official call text remains authoritative.

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Official source text

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Topic description

Expected Impact: The results of the activities should contribute to support common procurement, leading to strengthening the cooperation among Member States and associated countries, as well as to greater interoperability. Furthermore, they should contribute to the development and the procurement of common platforms and subsystems. Objective: This topic aims to support the common procurement of a wide range of capabilities or systems of ground and naval platforms or parts thereof, including but not limited to artillery systems, (counter)-mobility platforms, tanks or other armoured vehicles, support vehicles, combat platforms, soldier systems, surface and underwater naval platforms or their sub-systems. Scope: Common procurement actions under this topic shall consist of activities related to the cooperation of legal entities in the procurement of ground, naval platforms and systems, at any point in the life cycle of such defence products, including for the purpose of establishing, managing and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools. To achieve the expected impact, the estimated value of a common procurement proposed for actions under this topic shall be at least EUR 80 000 000 aiming to commonly procure defence products to fill the capability gaps and reinforce cooperation among Member States and associated countries. The procurement shall be based on a binding agreement to be signed by the participating Member States and associated countries with a procurement agent appointed by those Member States and associated countries. Such procurement agent may be contracting authorities of Member States or associated countries, the European Defence Agency (EDA), a Structure for European Armament Programme (SEAP) or other international organisation, including the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) or the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). The cooperation shall be newly created in the context of the application to the call topic or based on an existing framework, provided that the activities under such cooperation framework did not start before 5 March 2024 and have not been completed before the signature of the grant agreement. Eligible actions are common procurement of systems or variants of systems. The common procurement can be organised as a framework contract. Actions shall be completed no later than 31 December 2033.

Conditions and documents

Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in section 5 of the call document.

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible countries

described in section 6 of the call document.

3. Other eligibility conditions

described in section 6 of the call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

described in section 7 of the call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

described in section 9 of the call document.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

described in section 4 of the call document.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

described in section 10 of the call document.

Support information

For help related to this call, please contact DEFIS-EDIP-PROPOSALS@ec.europa.eu Useful resources and documents , such as guidance and video tutorials on call contents and proposal preparation Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals . IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.

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