Public Procurement | R&I Innovation Procurement
Research and innovation is often related to the idea of greater spending and, perhaps for this reason, we instinctively tend to think that in an economy with limited resources, the promotion of innovation should not and cannot be a priority. However, the promotion of innovation procurement is precisely linked to the objective and the need to optimize costs. Innovation makes it possible to intercept new or inadequately met social needs, helping to effectively support the development and social changes. Another objective that can usefully be achieved through innovation procurement is the promotion of innovative SMEs and start-ups, which often find it difficult to make their innovative products penetrate the market.
Public procurement constitutes a policy tool in the field of innovation and sustainable development. Buying innovative products and services creates economic, environmental and social benefits because of the development of new ideas and their transformation into innovative products aiming simultaneously at enhancement of citizens' everyday life and economic development. In this respect, the promotion of innovation procurement has mainly been achieved until now with the development of public procurement tools, such as Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) and Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI). Eventually, the lever of public demand can make the entire system evolve towards innovation, actively contrasting the absence of high quality products on the reference market.
By developing a forward-looking innovation procurement strategy that uses Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) and Public Procurement of Innovative solutions (PPI) in a complementary way, public procurers can drive innovation from the demand side. This enables the public sector to modernize public services faster while creating opportunities for companies to gain leadership in new markets. Innovation procurement opens the door to higher quality and more efficient solutions that value environmental and social benefits, better cost-effectiveness; and new business opportunities for enterprises. Public procurement can further play an important role as a strategic policy lever to advance diverse policy objectives – such as protecting the environment, promoting sustainable development, achieving more inclusive growth, and promoting ethical behaviour and responsible business conduct.
News
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The 2022 journey to award the game changers of European Innovation Procurement has started. The second edition of the European Innovation Procurement Awards (EUIPA) has been launched today by the European...
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[Event Announcement] Mysteries unveiled: Innovation Procurement in practice
September 30th, from 10.00 to 11.30, the European Commission’s Directorate General GROW will continue its webinar series on innovation procurement with a session dedicated to « Preliminary market...
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On 16 September, four European innovation experts will present their public procurement on Innovation projects, focusing on different aspects of innovation procurement.
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Events
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‘The European Green Deal’, ‘Transparency in public procurement’, ‘EU public procurement opportunities for young people’ and ‘A Europe fit for the digital age’, these are four challenges put forward for...
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Mysteries unveiled: Innovation Procurement in practice
September 30th, from 10.00 to 11.30, the European Commission’s Directorate General GROW will continue its webinar series on innovation procurement with a session dedicated to « Preliminary market...
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European Cases of Innovation Procurement – examples of the different procurement steps
On 16 September, four European innovation experts will present their public procurement on Innovation projects, focusing on different aspects of innovation procurement.
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Calls
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European Innovation Procurement Awards
Recognising the efforts done by public and private buyers to promote and implement innovation procurement across Europe About Innovation procurement boosts the process of transforming...
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Job opening: Officer in Sustainable and Innovation Procurement
The Sustainable Economy and Procurement team at ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability is looking to fill the position of a Sustainable and Innovation Procurement Officer at its European Secretariat...
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EAFIP Call for Assistance in Innovation Procurement
EAFIP provides local assistance to selected public procurers in the preparation and implementation of a PCP or PPI procurement, covering for instance scoping an already identified procurement need...
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Documents
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Regulatory learning in the EU. Guidance on regulatory sandboxes, testbeds, and living labs
The Staff Working Document sets out available experimentation tools (especially regulatory sandboxes, but also testbeds and living labs) and showcases existing examples from Europe and beyond on how the...
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[WBC-RTI.INFO Newsletter] Innovation Procurement
Research and innovation is often related to the idea of greater spending and, perhaps for this reason, we instinctively tend to think that in an economy with limited resources, the promotion of innovation...
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New P2I expert opinion document: Evaluating the impact of a public procurement competence center
A new P2I expert document, discussing the best ways to evaluate the impact of public procurement competence centers is now available. The document is the result of a knowledge exchange meeting between...
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Links
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European network of competence centres for innovation procurement
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EC Website on Green Public Procurement (GPP).
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Innovation Procurement Toolkit
Your one-stop destination for online help in preparing your innovation procurement The eafip Toolkit provides support to policy makers in designing PCP and PPI strategies, and to procurers...
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