The contracting authority will carry out a prior investigation of the market in accordance with the Austrian legislation on public procurement (§ 24 BVergG 2018). It is stated that this market exploration is not carried out in the context of a procurement procedure but rather is a non-binding market query in preparation for an optional procurement procedure under the Austrian law (BVergG 2018).

PAR-3506
Remote monitoring system for fairway marking on the Austrian section of the international Danube waterway.
The purpose of this market exploration is to provide an overview of the market and to obtain non-binding information on the required services for a remote monitoring system for fairway marking. The monitoring system consists of energy-autonomous buoy trackers (hardware) and web-based software for remote monitoring (software).