CircularPSP, an EU-funded Horizon Europe project focused on Public Procurement of Innovation, aims to enable and empower municipal operations and the local economy via a digital platform to make use of existing information and knowledge of Circular Economy by integrating them into well-designed workflows and knowledge nuggets.

CircularPSP is an EU Horizon Europe project looking for a digital platform enabling and empowering entire municipal operations (city) and the local economy (market) to make use of existing information and knowledge of the Circular Economy by integrating them into well-designed workflows and knowledge nuggets.

Suppliers will develop and make use of taxonomies, AI and NLP. Contracts are awarded in three competitive phases. The platforms will be tested by all procurers with the ambition to make the solution known across Europe.

The Consortium

The consortium counts with the experience of public procurers and other relevant partners. 7 procurers + 1 associated partner from 8 countries, representing 55 million citizens (DE, FI, TR, SE, IE, PT, SI, UK) including capitals with global influence (Berlin, Helsinki, London, Istanbul) are to invest in R&D for a total sum of €5.64 million (see PIN on TED).

The lead procurers of the project are:

• Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkey)
• TAGES (Turkey)

The buyers taking part in the project are:

• Circular Berlin (Germany)
• Forum Virium Helsinki (Finland)
• Sandyford Business District (Ireland)
• Câmara Municipal de Guimarães (Portugal)
• Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (Sweden)
• Skupnost občin Slovenije (Slovenia)

In addition, the project is also being supported by Empirica communication and technology research (Germany), Research Institutes of Sweden (Sweden), and Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes (Belgium).

To learn more:

• Participate in one of nine Open Market Consultations from May to June (1-2h information - online or hybrid)
• Check further detail about the funding opportunity in their pitch deck (PDF)

The tender is expected to be made public in November 2023.

More information can be found on CircularPSP’s procurement page. If you have further questions, please send a message via their contact form.