Resources on Procurement of Innovation
Doing innovation procurement requires specific knowledge and expertise. Luckily, many resources exist, including guidance, criteria sets and case studies, which can help you on your journey to purchasing innovative goods and services.
In addition, you can visit our 'Services and Expertise' page to find more information on specific projects, initiatives and other services which can support you to do innovation procurement in practice.
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) falls under pre-commercial procurement. It enables public bodies to purchase research to stimulate innovation, when goods or services are currently not available in the marketplace. SBIR helps the public sector to address identified ‘Challenges’ that impact the citizen. On the supplier side SBIR is particularly suited to small and medium-sized business, as contracts are of relatively low value and operate in short timescales
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Ireland
Innovation Procurement Competence Centres: Services List
This document includes the services, materials and tools of existing competence centres in Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Austria. The document will be updated whenever necessary with new competence centres and new services. It is therefore a living document, and you can always find the latest version here: http://procure2innovate.eu/innovationprocurement
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Europe/EU, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden
InnProBio Toolbox
The Toolbox aims to assist procurement and sustainability professionals interested in finding out more about bio-based products and services, and how to purchase them.
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Europe/EU
A Lead Market Initiative for Europe (LMI)
A European Commission initiative, led by DG Enterprise and Industry, focused on encouraging innovation through boosting demand for innovative solutions. Public procurement is one of the kex areas of activity, with the initiative supporting several networks of public procurers.
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Europe/EU
Eco-innovation Observatory
The Eco-Innovation Observatory functions as a platform for the structured collection and analysis of an extensive range of eco-innovation information, gathered from across the European Union. It is a 3-year initiative financed by DG Environment under the CIP programme.
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Europe/EU
Eco-innovation Initiative
An initiative run by the European Commission, DG Environment, aimed at encouraging the development of new eco-solutions. Current priority areas are: materials recycling and recycling processes; sustainable building products; food and drink sector; Water efficiency, treatment and distribution; Greening business.
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Europe/EU
Europe INNOVA
A platform, run by the European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry, for innovation professionals for the development, testing and promotion of new tools and instruments in support of innovation.
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Europe/EU
PRO INNO Europe
A broad initiative run by the European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry which aims to become the focal point for innovation policy analysis and policy cooperation in Europe, and contribute to the development of new and better innovation policies.
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Europe/EU