Pre-Commercial Procurement

PCP challenges industry from the demand side to develop innovative solutions for public sector’s needs. PCP is a public procurement process that allows public procurers to test and procure innovative solutions that are not yet available on the market. To do so, public procurers buy R&D services from several market suppliers and technology vendors in parallel to steer the development of solutions tailored to the public sector’s needs. Public procurers compare alternative potential solution approaches and filter out the best possible solutions that can be delivered to address procurers’ needs. The end result including the intellectual property rights remain with the contractors.