This notice is published by Naviair on behalf of the members of COOPANS, which also includes the following contracting entities/authorities:

1) Irish Aviation Authority, The Times Building, 11-12 D'Olier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland (IE);

2) Luftfartsverket, Hospitalsgatan 30, S-601 79 Norrköping, Sweden (SE);

3) Austro Control GmbH, Wagramer Straße 19, A-1220, Vienna, Austria (AT);

4) Croatia Control, Rudolfa Fizira 2, 10410 Velika Gorica, Croatia (HR);

5) Navegação Aérea de Portugal — NAV Portugal, E.P.E., Rua D — Edifício 121, 1700-008, Lisbon (PT).

The COOPANS members intend to enter a framework agreement and contract (8 and 10 years, respectively) with Thales LAS France S.A.S, the Agreed and Re-negotiated COOPANS Framework Agreement II (ARCFA II). Previously an Amended and restated Framework Agreement (ARCFA) on the maintenance and development of the COOPANS TopSky-ATC was in force between the parties.

All COOPANS members are currently using Thales TopSky-ATC, and as part of the continuation of safe operations, builds to the extent required by legislation and for safe operations the COOPANS members intend to enter ARCFA II with Thales. The COOPANS members’ overall need is thus to ensure continued operation and maintenance and to refine the COOPANS TopSky ATC operating capability and incorporate the expected European wide requirements, coming from e.g. PCP Regulation and European standards. No major principle changes to the operating model are foreseen within this ARCFA II. The ARCFA II will ensure the maintenance operation and to a certain extent updates of the TopSky ATM systems used by the COOPANS members.

The purpose of ARCFA II is to establish a framework agreement for services that

(i) for technical and/or intellectual property reasons can only be provided by Thales; and

(ii) are strictly necessary to maintain efficient operations or compliance with regulatory requirements.

To this end the ARCFA II sets out:

(a) the scope, charging-model and other terms and conditions of services as per order (8 years) that COOPANS Member(s) may call for from time to time and that Thales shall provide upon such call; and

(b) the scope, the charges and other terms and conditions of ongoing services (10 years) to be provided by Thales to the COOPANS Members by virtue of ARCFA II.

The services as per order comprise of:

(a) system changes which consist of functional or other developments based on the work of the harmonisation and build definition services or other needs. Functional and/or technical requirements will be packaged into system changes;

(b) other services: COOPANS Member(s) may order services from Thales on an ad-hoc basis for the provision of engineering expertise, consultancy or minor product evolutions.

System changes and other services may be bought as:

(a) COOPANS system changes upon all COOPANS Members joint request;

(b) local system changes upon one or several of the COOPANS Member(s) request; and/or

(c) other services upon one, several or all of the COOPANS Member(s)’ request.

The ongoing services comprise of:

(a) support and maintenance services, including security and safety related activities and deliverables. These services are essential to the safe operational performance of the COOPANS TopSky-ATC;

(b) harmonisation and build definition services (HBD), The overall purpose of these services is to define and structure the scope and scale of potential new system changes, based on the operational and technical requirements.

The main body of the ARFCA II foresees certain ‘General activities and requirements’ e.g. on testing, documentation, reporting and other activities. These activities will not be ordered separately but shall be rendered in the course of ongoing services and/or services as per order.

The services provided under ARCFA II will be limited as follows: COOPANS members will only order services that

(i) for technical and/or intellectual property reasons can only be provided by Thales; and

(ii) that are strictly necessary to maintain efficient operations or compliance with regulatory requirements during the term of ARCFA II.

With external assistance COOPANS has produced a roadmap with a proposed way of maintaining, operating and further develop the TopSky ATM system, and ARCFA II includes Roadmap items that only Thales can supply due to technical and intellectual property reasons.