Innova - “Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) Manual – A practical guide to PCP Implementation for PROGR-East pilots”

Summary

The scope of this document is to provide a supporting “hands-on” tool for policy makers and public procurers who want to start testing Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) in their respective countries and need a reference framework with practical guidance on how to establish and conduct a call for PCP. The publication was developed within the EU-supported awareness-building initiative, Progr-EAST, coordinated by INNOVA and aimed at introducing PCP to public authorities and stakeholders, specifically addressing 5 Eastern European countries: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Slovenia.

Object

The PCP Manual is mainly targeted at policy makers and public procurers looking for practical guidelines before setting up a PCP process in their respective countries.

With this Manual, the procurer will be “accompanied” throughout the PCP process and provided with suggested solutions, practical examples, templates and useful documentation/material in order to render the process as simple as possible and to reduce (or eliminate) the perceived risks and uncertainty regarding the design and the practical implementation of a PCP process.

Authors

INNOVA: Rebeca Lucas (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Antonella Vulcano (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Borinka Jacobsen (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

With the input of a number of international experts who have contributed with their time and experiences to build valuable background knowledge necessary for the development of this manual.

A special recognition goes to Brian Winn and Michael Wilkinson from BAXIPARTNERSHIP, London (UK), who provided their expert advice and support for the completion of this publication.

The publication can be downloaded here.