Innovation procurement can drive the R&D and deployment of innovative solutions from the demand side through respectively pre-commercial procurement
(PCP) and public procurement of innovative solutions (PPI). This can speed up public sector modernization and open new market opportunities for companies
in Europe. Coordination and support actions typically support procurers to investigate the feasibility and prepare the ground to start new PCPs or PPIs.
PCP and PPI Cofund actions co-finance an actual PCP or PPI procurement (one single joint PCP or PPI call for tenders per action) plus additional
coordination and networking activities related to the procurement.
A total budget of circa €130 million is available for EU funding for PCP (pre-commercial procurement) and PPI (public procurement of innovative solutions) projects across the different 2016-17 Horizon 2020 work programmes.