In 2006 the European Commission introduced the concept of "Pre-Commercial Procurement" as an instrument to promote innovation and to mitigate grand challenges. One of the main motivations for the support of Pre-Commercial Procurement schemes was to use public needs as a driver for innovation....

This is the final report of the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on 'Innovation-related Procurement', carried out between January 2017 and March 2018 as part of the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility. The MLE is one of three instruments available under the overarching Policy Support Facility...