Italy is embracing pre-commercial procurement (PCP) as a means to provide the public administration sector with high-tech services that are not yet on the market, a recent workshop held in the Rome headquarters of the Agency for Digital Italy (AGiD)...

The EU-funded STOP and GO project is working towards the creation of a “European Specification Template” that will make it easier to procure digital technologies related to health and social services. These innovative services will improve the...

While the move towards digitisation has cut down on mountains of paper and other waste, it has brought with it a new range of environmental concerns, chiefly among them power usage. The new EU-funded EURECA project aims to work with the public sector...

A Dutch-language version of the Public Procurement of Innovation Guide has been released, providing Dutch procurers with the chance to benefit from the document's advice, tips and instruction in their native tongue. The guide provides an in-depth...

Resah, the Central Purchasing Body for French Healthcare organisations (Hospital and Nursing home), is organising the “2nd European Forum For Public Procurement of Healthcare Innovation” on Wednesday 9 September 2015 in Paris in collaboration...

The many facets of public procurement are explored and made accessible in Abby Semple’s new book “A Practical Guide to Public Procurement”. Published by Oxford University Press, the book delves into the EU legal framework and the impact of the...