Public Procurement of Innovation: Selection of the Sustainable Alternative

Babica Viktorija () and Sceulovs Deniss ()
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Babica Viktorija: Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
Sceulovs Deniss: Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia

Economics and Business, 2019, vol. 33, issue 1, 233-246

Abstract: The European Union has been highly emphasising the role of public procurement for innovation as a policy instrument that can be used to stimulate sustainable development. This development reflects and responds to improvements in social welfare, growth of entrepreneurship and of national competitive advantage. In the process of selection, the awarding tender public procurement institutions lack an overall approach for choosing the most advantageous and sustainable innovation alternative. To contribute purchasing of innovative solutions, the present paper elaborates a framework of innovation measurement and quality evaluation. Thus, it makes possible to assess proposals from different aspects and to choose the most valuable offer notwithstanding the lowest price criteria.The paper studies the concept of public procurement, its pitfalls and prospects, dimensions of innovation definition and innovation added value assessment. The authors conducted expert interviews, which were analysed using an AHP method in order to set the most appropriate evaluation criteria indicator. The authors also designed the framework for assessing the quantitative and qualitative value of innovation proposals. The proposed approach is based on the analysis of innovation quality, added value, its potential impact and the sustainability of changes it produces.

Keywords: Best tender; innovation; innovation evaluation; public procurement; public procurement of innovation; sustainable innovation; quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q31 Q39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.2478/eb-2019-0017

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