PROCURA+ AWARDS

REWARDING SUSTAINABLE, CIRCULAR AND INNOVATIVE PROCUREMENT

The Procura+ Awards reward successful, already running, sustainable, circular and innovation public procurements. These procurements lead to significant improvements of public goods, services, processes and infrastructure.

With this Award the Procura+ Network wants to showcase sustainable, circular and innovation procurement in practice.

2024 PROCURA+ AWARDS

Applications to the 2024 Procura+ Awards are now open in all three categories:

  • Sustainable Procurement of the Year: This category will reward procurements which integrate aspects of sustainability, including environmental, economic, circular and social elements. It aims to showcase procurements which include a strategic and therefore holistic approach to implementing public procurement.
  • Innovation Procurement of the Year: This category will reward those procurements which use innovative approaches in their purchasing practices, as well as those that foster innovation by purchasing cutting-edge products, services and works and see the public authority as a launch customer, driving sustainable development.
  • Procurement Initiative of the Year: This category will focus on outstanding public procurement initiatives, such as programmes, policies, actions, guidance and tools that contribute towards strategic, sustainable, circular and innovation procurement.

Find more details on how to apply below. Don't miss your chance to showcase your sustainable, circular and innovative procurement or initiative! 

The deadline for applications is 15 October 2023. 

 

 

HOW TO APPLY

To apply to the Awards please complete this online application form by 15 October 2023.

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ABOUT THE AWARDS

The Procura+ Awards highlight sustainable, circular and innovation procurements and tender procedures and give visibility to the most dynamic, forward-looking and innovative public authorities and their initiatives.

The procured solutions will have a strong potential for replication and scaling up and will be an excellent showcase in using sustainable, circular and innovation procurement instruments to purchase cutting edge solutions.

2024 PROCURA+ AWARDS CEREMONY

The winners and runners-up of the 2024 Procura+ Awards will be announced during the 2024 Procura+ Conference, taking place in Lisbon, on 13 & 14 March 2024. 

PREVIOUS PROCURA+ AWARDS

WINNERS 2022

  • City of Malmö, Sweden - Circular Procurement of the Year
  • Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Netherlands - Innovation Procurement of the Year
  • City of Utrecht, Netherlands - Sustainable Procurement of the Year
  • City of Ghent and the VEB, Belgium - Procurement Initiative of the Year

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WINNERS 2021

  • City of Copenhagen & City of Odense (DK) - Sustainable Procurement of the Year
  • Santiago de Compostela City Council - Innovation Procurement of the Year
  • Murcia Health Service - Outstanding Innovation Procurement in ICT
  • Province of Zeeland - Procurement Initiative of the Year

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WINNERS 2020

  • KAMP C - Sustainable Procurement of the Year
  • City of Koprivnica - Innovation Procurement of the Year
  • BIG Austria - Outstanding Innovation Procurement in ICT
  • City of Haarlem - Procurement Initiative of the Year

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