• Strengthening the European single market
• Public procurement as an innovation policy tool
• Promoting capacity building among contracting authorities
• Advancing social and environmental goals
• Allow combining purchasing power and the goals of industrial policies
• Public buyer, instead of buying off-the-shelf, acts as an early adopter and buys a product, service or process that is new to the market and contains substantially novel characteristics
• Such innovation, brining better performance and added value for various stakeholders, addresses the unmet needs – and not only the update of products or solutions – and calls for structural or organisation reforms
• Innovation Procurement promote sustainable high-quality public services in Europe
• The security industry and technology sector as well as researchs will be stimulated into action and the gap between research and market will diminish.

Public procurement as a strategic innovation policy tool

Innovation Procurement unlocks the innovation potential of suppliers to deliver better outcomes, cost effectively.

  European Commission: Introduction To Innovation Procurement