Procurement Leadership Award

The Procurement Leadership Award targets public and private procurers, including international organizations and individuals, from EU Member States and Associated Countries. Its main objective is to acknowledge and promote innovative procurement practices that drive market solutions and address societal needs, particularly those supporting digital transformation and green deal priorities.

This award recognizes outstanding innovation procurement practices rather than funding specific project types or costs. It focuses on the transformative impact, scalability, collaborative efforts, and positive societal contributions of completed or ongoing innovation procurement activities.

The Procurement Leadership Award offers a financial prize to acknowledge excellence in innovation procurement. The total budget allocated for this specific award in 2021 was 300,000 €.

Applicants must meet specific admissibility and eligibility criteria, including establishment in EU Member States or Associated Countries, and adhere to the rules outlined in the Rules of Contest document. The evaluation focuses on transformation, uptake, collaboration, and societal impact.

The application process involves a single-stage submission, with evaluation by a jury. Further procedural details, including submission and evaluation processes, are available in the Rules of Contest.

The Procurement Leadership Award operates under the Horizon Europe framework, governed by the European Union's financial regulations and specific rules outlined in the EIC Work Programme 2021 and the Rules of Contest. These documents provide the legal foundation and operational guidelines for the prize.