Undertaking of the procurement process in a way that stimulates suppliers to invest in developing better, innovative goods and services to meet the unmet needs and policy objectives of the sector, and/or ensuring the procurement process, enables new solutions to compete on a level playing with established goods and services.

IP is an effective way to boost innovation from the demand-side.

IP is an efficient way to procure transnational common unmet needs.

Procurers must become part of the innovation cycle by creating capacity in pro-innovation procurement.

IP prevents usual practices that may constitute barriers to innovation, such as:

• Too much emphasis on price
• Variants no allowed
• Too prescriptive specifications
• General lack of demand for innovation
• Poor management of risk
• Inadequate management of intellectual property rights

INNOVATION PROCUREMENT POLICY (IPP) CASE STUDY OF THE NETHERLANDS

ICLEI, “Guidance for public authorities on Public Procurement of Innovation”

OECD, “Tackling Policy Challenges Through Public Sector Innovation. A Strategic Portfolio Approach”

OECD, “Anticipatory innovation governance. Shaping the future through proactive policy making”

OECD, “Public Sector Innovation Facets. Adaptative Innovation”

CORVERS, “Guide on Public Procurement of Open Data-driven innovation”

Brataas, Gunnar & Hanssen, Geir & Qiu, Xinlu & Græslie, Lisa, “Requirements Engineering in the Market Dialogue Phase of Public Procurement: A Case Study of an Innovation Partnership for Medical Technology.”