Second round of PPI Award opens for applications
With the 2014 edition of the Public Procurement of Innovation Award presented to Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, applications for the next edition of the award have opened. The award aims to recognise successful public procurement practices that have been used to purchase innovative, more effective and efficient products or services.
Across Europe, public authorities in conjunction with private sector suppliers are procuring impressive innovations that have the power to improve public services. Often, the purchasing of these innovative goods and services lacks recognition in a broader context. As well as providing a boost to the procurers and suppliers involved, recognising the work of innovative public procurers can encourage others to engage in public procurement of innovation (PPI) and pre-commercial procurement (PCP), providing a positive knock-on effect for Europe.
The winning entry will receive a trophy for innovation procurement excellence, together with the title “European innovation procurement of the year”, and a case study published on the Procurement of Innovation Platform. This year’s award was present by Bonifacio Garcia-Porras, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission at the EcoProcura conference 2014.
For more information on applying, contact info@innovation-procurement.org.