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What Is Innovation Partnership?
An EU procurement procedure that combines R&D and purchasing in one process, letting a buyer develop and then buy an innovative solution that doesn't yet exist on the market, without running a second competition.
What is an innovation partnership?
A procedure that covers both the development of a new solution and its subsequent purchase in one contract, so that the buyer does not have to run a new competition once the development is complete.
When is it used?
When the buyer needs something that does not exist on the market, and the development is significant enough to justify a dedicated procedure.
How is it structured?
In phases with intermediate targets. The buyer can end the partnership after each phase or reduce the number of partners, based on the results.
