Innovativeness in Public Procurement

Abstract

Public procurement can play an important role in stimulating economic development. Apart from the simple creation of demand, it is now also important to use it to modernize the economy. However, the increase of innovativeness in public procurement depends on many factors. In the first place, organizational instruments are indicated, especially those related to the planning and procurement policy of the state and local government, as well as the professionalization of servicing contracts concluded to meet public needs. What counts in the background is the use of pro-innovative procedural solutions, an appropriately targeted description of the subject of the contract supported by the results of market research and pre-commercial procurement, greater use of negotiation and tender procedures and competitions, as well as the recently available innovative partnership. Moreover, the following factors are important: rationalization of the conditions required from contractors, wider use of qualitative criteria for the evaluation of tenders, and ensuring effective supervision over the implementation of public procurement contracts.