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Unlocking Public Procurement Innovation: A Report for the European Commission

 

Europeโ€™s โ‚ฌ2.5 TRILLION public-procurement market is structurally hostile to innovation:

๐Ÿšฉ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ% of tenders are effectively ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ before Day 1

โณ ๐Ÿฏโ€“๐Ÿฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ for a โ€œno-feedbackโ€ rejection

๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ ๐Ÿฑ ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ โ€™๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ๐˜€, dial-up UX included

๐ŸŒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ wins are practically ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ

๐Ÿช„ โ‚ฌ20 M โ€œIT Servicesโ€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ-๐—น๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, not merit

๐Ÿšซ โ€œSME-friendlyโ€ tenders demand three consecutive years of โ‚ฌ500 k+ turnover 

 

๐—ก๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†.

Our new report for Boston Consulting Group and the European Commission spells out a way forward:

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ”— ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ & make TED the single source of truth for all tender documentation

2๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ the budget for innovation-procurement & run regular, high-ambition GovTech accelerators

3๏ธโƒฃ โšก < ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ-๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, mandatory feedback, and tightly-scoped lots

 

Letโ€™s build a public sector worthy of Europeโ€™s innovators!

Download the Report.