Funding Opportunities

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.

Horizon 2020 Funding Instruments in support of PCP-PPI

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.

Funding Opportunities
Coordination and Support Actions (100% funding rate):
Support only coordination activities e.g. for preparation of a PCP or PPI by a group of procurers (identifying common challenges among procurers, conducting open market consultations before initiating a concrete PCP or PPI procurement etc. CSAs do not provide EU cofunding for an actual PCP or PPI procurement)
PCP cofund Actions (90% funding rate):
Provides EU cofunding for an actual PCP procurement (one joint PCP procurement per action) + for related coordination and networking activities (e.g. to prepare, manage and follow-up the PCP call for tender)
PPI cofund Actions (35% funding rate):
Provides EU cofunding for an actual PPI procurement (one joint PPI procurement per action) + for related coordination and networking activities (e.g. to prepare, manage and follow-up the PPI call for tender).
The following ppts guide you through the core info about the calls for proposals:
  - Overview of the 2016-17 calls for proposals in support of PCP and PPI across the different Horizon 2020 work programmes.
     More detailed info in the general annexes of the Work Program here.
   - How prepare a proposal? How will the evaluation take place?
  - How to find partners? Check out also this list of key ICT procurers in 10 key sectors of public interest across all Member States.
  - Possible ESIF funding synergies for Horizon 2020 funded PCP/PPI projects.


Horizon 2020 Opportunities

Related documents:
• FAQ ICT34-23Nov2015
• FAQ PPI actions update WP2017
• PCP and PPI evaluation and submission update W2017
• ESIF-H2020 synergies for innovation procurement WP2017 update
• FAQ PCP actions
• Leaflet H2020 funding for innovation procurement
• Overview PCP-PPI calls 2017 update
• PCP and PPI instruments in H2020 WP2017 update