PreCo_WP4_Policy Recommendations Final 2nd 2012

The aim of this joint initiative is to speed up and facilitate Nordic cooperation within the Innovative public procurement field, with specific emphasis on the Health sector. Another positive impact is hopefully alignment with EU initiatives as advocated in the Horizon 2020 strategy and upcoming EU work programmes.

The presentations from the workshop, including one on Preco-project findings,  can be found on the links to SlideShare from the news article below:

http://www.nordicinnovation.org/news/public-procurement-within-health-care-on-the-agenda-in-copenhagen/

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One of the first examples of true pre-commercial procurement call for tender to be set up in the European Union, the PCP call can be downloaded from the Bolzano Province official website www.bandi-altoadige.it along with all the relevant documents, forms and guidelines for participation. Available both in Italian and German, the call for tender has been set up according to the specific point of view of the local administrators and shared with the DG Information Society and Media  of the European Commission.

In a centralized system of the NMS in transition, as in the Czech Republic, the application of a new approach as PCP for public procurement of innovation is difficult from administrative point of view. The indifferent position of a Ministry for Local Development, responsible for Public procurement procedures (no support, until PCP is accepted as a new legal nationally accepted procedure) provides no support. In this situation, when no nationally accepted PCP rules of application exist, the fear of  constrains with existing Public procurement procedures, fear of using unknown approaches, not supported by national PCP programme is present. Vysocina has suggested a strong political leadership for practical implementation of PCP approach, the example of which is provided by Vysocina Region (see Best practice –  eAmbulance Case).  The procurer (public administration) is mostly not able to manage the market, competition and the availability of appropriate suppliers in a non-transparent conditions for competitive environment, high level of corruption, fear of companies of losing know-how and IPRs. The need for a supportive competence centre at national or EU level is expressed as the recommendation.

To know more about the guide link here

This guide is intended to help actors to understand public procurement, in both types of public procurement models:

-           Public Procurement of Innovative Technology (CPTI)

-          Pre-Commercial Public Procurement (CPP).

This guide has been created under the Spanish Strategy Government for Innovation (e2i), approved on 2^nd July 2010 by the Council of Government Ministers’ agreement, to promote the public purchase in the field of innovation.

This guide is addressed to public administration, policy makers, politics, enterprises and social and economic agents to make them understand the best way to acquire innovative products under the pre commercial procurement as a tool to promote the innovation policy.

As the guide says: “the potential of the innovation is based on the knowledge of the public needs and in a better and high qualified of the preparation and planning of the public tender”

Link to the final program of the event: http://www.echallenges.org/e2011/default.asp?page=programme-new

Workshop name: Enhancing Innovations in Pre-Commercial Public Purchasing process

Chairman: Suzan Ikävalko, Culminatum Innovation, Finland

Presnters:

Irina Zalisova, EPMA, Czech Republik. “The Roadmap to Enhancing Innovation by Pre-commercial Procurment”

Max Rolfstam, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. “User based Pre-commercial Purchase”

Alvaro Oliveira, Alfamicro, Portugal. “Pre-commercial Procurement Best Practices in European eEnergy Sector”

PreCo Steering Committee meeting will take place during the eChallenge Conference on 27.10.2011, 09.30-11.30 a.m