The Czech Development Agency (CzDA) announces a Call for Participation in a Preliminary Market Consultation related to the planned public contract entitled „Optimization of the data environment in Zambia in the context of the SLIM project".

This public contract will include the supply of hardware (specifically drones and GNSS / GPS devices), along with facilitating and/or delivering the required drone pilot certification trainings, to selected public institutions in Zambia to further their geospatial data utilization.

The estimated value of this public contract, with an expected implementation period of 6 months including the delivery and subsequent drone pilot trainings, shall not exceed 220.000 USD, and the expected start date of the tender procedure is in May 2026, or thereabouts.

The market consultation will focus in particular on increasing the contracting authority's awareness for the purposes of defining a more detailed specification of the subject matter of the contract, determining the estimated value of the public contract, and ascertaining the ability of potential suppliers to deliver the subject matter of the public contract.

The market consultation will take place by correspondence.

Requests to participate in the preliminary market consultation, along with responses to the consultation questions (attached to the call), may be submitted electronically only, either via the Contracting Authority’s profile within the National Electronic Tool (NEN) portal or by email to tender@czechaid.cz, no later than 18 February 2026, close of business (5 p.m. local time).

Further details regarding the preliminary market consultation are provided in the call published on the Contracting Authority’s profile.