In the UK’s drive for growth, we need to make full use of the lever that public procurement of innovation offers. In the past, the UK has not done that, but the Government is making important reforms to public procurement, which will be supported by an ambitious Learning and… Read More
Embracing new ideas can help to transform public service, says Connected Places Catapult’s new Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre head, Rikesh Shah. Read More
Public procurement in the UK is failing to reach its potential as a driver of innovation and growth. Read More
Connected Places Catapult have compiled a response in partnership with our academic collaborators at the University of Birmingham (City REDI) and the University of Manchester (Manchester Institute of Innovation Research), bringing together our expertise on public procurement of innovation and regional development. Read More
Radical innovation for places post COVID, is a concise report that reflects on the benefits of ambitious post-pandemic innovation programmes, innovation procurement and the methods that place leaders can use to realise impact for their local businesses and citizens. Read More
Innovation procurement is challenging, and many commercial departments struggle to engage with it. We recommend that the planned dissemination programme, already announced, should be extended to include a best practice centre in innovative procurement to build up a knowledge centre with case studies, training and practical advice on contract development. Read More
SBRI is a way for public sector organisations to find and validate innovative solutions to their challenges. Read More
Emergency initiatives to address the COVID 19 crisis are dramatically demonstrating the value of public procurement in accelerating and deploying innovation. Legislation is often cited as a barrier to innovation. Read More
The last five years have seen five governments under three different leaders. Local government is used to periodic political change with semi-regular shifts in the political make-up of councils. Read More
Over 1,200 senior decision-makers and practitioners from across sectors have graduated from the Commissioning Academy since 2013 Read More
