CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Purpose and scope of the inquiry
Definition of "innovation"
Government action
Structure of the report
Acknowledgements
Chapter 2: Recent developments in public
procurement and innovation policy
Government policy statements
Impact of Government policy
Responsibility for procurement and innovation
in the public sector
Chapter 3: Innovation and procurement in
the Department for Transport
Box 1: The Department for Transport
Responsibility for procurement
Embedding innovation into the procurement
process
Innovation Procurement Plan
Procurement Strategy
HA Procurement Strategy
Long-term strategic procurement planning
Chapter 4: Barriers to innovation
Lack of capability, expertise and incentives
Lack of capability and expertise
Lack of incentives
Risk aversion
Dealing with risk aversion
Effective engagement between procurers, suppliers
and academia
Prescriptive and burdensome procurement processes
Chapter 5: Tightening the link between innovation
and procurement
Efficiency agenda
The role of SMEs and large companies in stimulating
innovation
Opportunities for SMEs to innovate through
the supply chain
The role of the Technology Strategy Board
Schemes designed to promote public procurement
as a tool to stimulate innovation
The Small Business Research Initiative
Box 2: Examples of procurement through the
SBRI
Forward Commitment Procurement
Box 3: Examples of Forward Commitment Procurement
Chapter 6: List of Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix 1: Members and Declarations of Interest
Appendix 2: List of Witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for Evidence
Appendix 4: Seminar held at the House of
Lords
Appendix 5: International use of public procurement
as an innovation policy tool
Appendix 6: Abbreviations and acronyms
Appendix 7: Recent Reports from the House
of Lords Science and Technology Committee
Evidence is published online at www.parliament.uk/hlscience
and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020
7219 5314)
References in footnotes to the Report are as follows:
Q refers to a question in oral evidence as listed
in Appendix 2;
PP 1 refers to written evidence as listed in
Appendix 2.
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