Good practice guide elaborated by the city council of Barcelona. The guide links innovation procurement to the development of the economic, social and environmental sustainability. It includes relevant examples in European cities.
Innovation Procurement: The Power of The Public Purse
This brochure provides an overview of projects that are focusing on innovation procurement in the ICT domain funded by the EU's research and innovation funding programs FP7, CIP and Horizon 2020. This includes projects in which public procurers from different countries around Europe pool resources to carry out PCP or PPI procurements together, plus coordination and networking projects that prepare the ground for new PCP or PPI procurements in the future.
English
Europe/EU
Innovation procurement (PPI) , Pre commercial procurement
Circular procurement isn an advanced tool to bring iInnovation into procurement, to foster separated waste collection, and give incentives to suppliers investing in eco-design and waste materials from local collection.
Green purchases of the Public Administration (GPP): theoretical aspects, practical examples and operational guidelines
This training document was developed to assist the public sector to implement and maintain procedures for green public procurement, mandatory in Italy.
The purpose of this suite of materials (Events and Training, Front Office for SMEs, Video, Guidelines, Frequently Asked Questions, Help Desk) is to promote the use of e-procurement tools and the consistent application of public procurement rules in relation to the purchase of goods and services, including PPI throughout E-Procurement instruments (Framework Contracts, Framework agreements, Dynamic Purchasing System, eMarketplace). The support instruments are directed to PA and Suppliers.
This translation of FAQs published as part of the European Assistance for Innovation Procurement (an initiative funded by the European Commission), was developed to bring contracting entities closer to the concept of public procurement for innovation and to raise their awareness.
Portuguese
Europe/EU
Innovation procurement (PPI) , Pre commercial procurement
National Innovation Agency and Institute of Public Markets, Real Estate and Construction