Publication of call for tenders “Innovation Procurement Hubs”

The purpose of this tender is to purchase support services for public authorities wishing to establish public procurement of innovation initiatives in a form of innovation procurement hubs. Through this service, public administrations who want to implement a variation of an innovation procurement hub, experiment in launching an innovation challenge for the first time, set up an innovation procurement programme, or similar, will benefit from both the direct support of the contractor in establishing such an initiative and from lessons learnt of those administrations which have already advanced expertise in the matter. These hubs will serve as laboratories (living labs and incubators) in which the challenges and needs of public bodies are confronted and challenged with possible innovative solutions coming from innovation suppliers. The objective is to set a strong link between innovators and public administration in areas like mobility, green and digital transition, health, education (…). Equally so, the contracting authority wishes to explore potential building of a digital infrastructure where innovation challenges from all the EEA can be co-published. 

You can access the tender here.