1. Innovation procurement in Lithuania
Aurelija Kazlauskienė
Ministry of Economy
Sigutė Stankevičiūtė
Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology

2. Innovation procurement
Lithuanian Innovation Development Program 2014 – 2020
Strategic Goal - To enhance competitiveness of the Lithuanian economy through the development of the effective innovation system promoting economic innovation.
One of the core pillars - Development of demand-side policy instruments (innovative public procurement, pre-commercial procurement).
Public procurement
Public procurement of innovation
Pre-commercial procurement

3. Legal basis for innovation procurement
Guidelines for PPI, 2014
how to buy goods, services or works of better quality, more adapted to PP needs, services or goods that could enhance performance of PP and quality of their services, and increase demand for innovation on the market.
Basis on Pre-Commercial Procurement, 2015
background for public procurers to recognise its demand to ask business for necessary solutions.

4. Pre-Commercial Procurement
Identifying the needs
Feasibility study / conception
Prototype
Pilot
Innovative public procurement
The aim – to encourage innovation development and adjustment to public sector, in order to supply public sector needs and to help new products to enter the market.
The ways of organising PCP:
Public procurer makes by itself and with it’s own budget;
Coordinating Agency co-finances PCP;
ESF measure “Pre-commercial procurement LT”.

5. ESF measure „Pre-Commercial Procurement LT“
Budget – 29,36 mln. Eur
Funding up to 85%
PCP in line with Smart Specialisation Strategy
In line with the principles:
strategic importance; necessity of the innovative products; significant benefit for the society and public procurer
Approval by the Council of Innovative Economy
80 potential PCPs identified

6. The participants of Pre-Commercial Procurement
Contracting authority
Candidates
Coordinating Authority

7. Functions of Coordinating Authority
Decision taking if the object sought to be brought by contracting authority requires to perform PCP;
Taking part in the meetings of the commission of contracting authority regarding PCP;
Consultation (contracting authorities and candidates);
Co-funding;
Monitoring.

8. Applications to perform PCP (2016)

9. Applications to perform PCP (2016)

10. Examples
Not PCP
PCP
Creation of occupation system for disabled persons;
Measurement of transport flow on current time;
Optimization of heat economy in schools of Kaunas city;
Creation of semi-closed circuit system for patients‘ blood flow measurement and optimization of their tissue hydration.
Creation of smart lightening system to be used for surgery purpose;
Creation of new technologies for manufacturing of splints to be used by injured persons;
Creation of system for optimization of transport flow in the centre of Vilnius city;
Creation of fast ship adapted to peculiarities of Lithuanian inland waters.

11. Creation of day/night surveillance device to be used for intelligence purpose
Stages of PCP
Funding (Eur)
Candidates
1. Creation of the conception of day/night surveillance device;
2 000 3
2. Creation of prototype of day/night surveillance device; 2
3. Creation and testing of pilot day/night surveillance device. 1

12. Creation of device for extraction of road signs completely with leaving no traces thereof
Stages of PCP
Funding (Eur)
Candidates
1. Creation of the conception device;
3 000 3
2. Creation of prototype of device;
7 000 2
3. Creation and testing of pilot device.
5 000 1

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