Four large research organisations from Switzerland, Germany and Spain (CERN, DESY, EMBL-EBI and PIC) are inviting interested suppliers to participate in the open market consultation in preparation of their upcoming pre-commercial procurement ARCHIVER. The procurement aims to introduce radical improvements in archiving and digital preservation services, supporting the IT requirements of European scientists and providing end-to-end archival and preservation services for data generated in the context of scientific research projects. The open market consultation began on 8 April 2019 – more here.