General News: Call for Tender - eCall VIN decoder

Date: 27 May 2008

The primary target of the eSafety Forum is to accelerate the deployment and penetration of eSafety systems. eCall has been identified as one of the highest eSafety priorities for implementation. Therefore, it is necessary that the PSAPs have a common open decoder of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) included in the Minimum Set of Data (MSD) to be able to extract the necessary information (i.e., vehicle model, type, model year) to handle the emergency call.

eSafety support has opened a call for tenders to carry out a study whose objective is to produce a VIN decoder available for the PSAPs in all EU member states and associated states to the eCall initiative by second half 2008.
 
The study will be carried out in collaboration with the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), who has already indicated their willingness to co-operate providing the necessary codes to elaborate a VIN decoder that could be used by all PSAPs in Europe to handle in an efficient way the eCalls. The work may be based on existing VIN decoders, enhancing them to provide the necessary functionalities to handle eCall. The allocated budget is 20,000€.

The deadline for submission of tenders expires on 30 May 2008.

Please consult the study’s terms of references on the dedicated website:
http://www.esafetysupport.org/en/esafety_activities/esafety_support_funded_studies/ecall_vin_decoder.htm