How to partner with the private sector through Innovation-Friendly Procurement
© Werner AnderssonTo make sure that humanitarian response meets needs in the best and most efficient way, partnerships are essential. Partnering with the private sector and making use of innovative solutions can be challenging for humanitarian organisations. There are multiple reasons for this, however, one supporting solution can be found in procurement processes adapted to request innovative solutions from the private sector. Procurement procedures can be designed to increase the uptake and scale of new, and more sustainable tools in the humanitarian sector, and to build a strong foundation for sustainable partnerships with the private sector.
Tools for innovation friendly procurement
The HIP guide for innovation-friendly procurement is developed in partnership with TINKR and with input from The National Programme for Supplier Development. The guide takes you through the different steps of doing an innovation-friendly procurement process in the humanitarian sector.
This checklist is a tool to evaluate if you have done relevant activities to understand as much as possible about the need/problem you are trying to solve before you move on to the market dialogue
This matrix will help you to describe the needs your project is trying to solve and translate these into criteria you can use in your tender announcement.
This is a template that you can use when you are inviting the private sector to a market dialogue.
This tool will guide you through the steps of planning and executing a market dialogue.
- This is a summary of the innovation firendly procurement process conducted by The Humanitarian Innovation Platform in the Dignified Identities project (DIGID). Click here to download.
- The Humanitarian Innovaiton Platform, consisting of four Norwegian NGOs, have gathered useful resources like call for proposals document, concept note template, etc. from their innovation friendly procurement process in the DIGID project. Click here to explore: External resources - DIGID Consortium