Open Call for Healthcare Providers

Advisory services to strengthen Healthcare Innovation Procurement capacity

InnoHSupport invites public and private healthcare procurers to apply for the Advisory Services Call. This program offers hands-on guidance to support participants throughout their Innovation Procurement journey, providing expert assistance every step of the way.

InnoHSupport: Advisory Services for Innovation Procurement – How to apply!

An informative webinar on the Call for Advisory Services, titled “How to Apply?“, took place on January 28th, 2025. The session provided step-by-step guidance on the application process.

Open Call for Healthcare Providers: Informative Webinar

An informative webinar took place on January 14th 2025 . This session provided potential applicants with essential information about the opportunity and the application process.
Apply by 28th February 2025

Selected procurers will receive expert support and guidance in Healthcare Innovation Procurement.

Benefits to apply:

Benefits

Become more familiar with innovation procurement processes to strategically adopt innovative solutions that meet healthcare needs.

Benefits

Gain skills to recognize unmet needs and turn them into improvement opportunities, fostering better outcomes in patient care.

Benefits

Enhance your ability to clearly communicate your needs and identify innovative suppliers capable of addressing them.

Benefits

Benefit from clear and accessible tender documentation, making it easier for inexperienced suppliers to engage and compete.

Who can apply? Public and private procurers with limited or no knowledge of the innovation procurement process.

Hospital

Public and private
hospitals

Nurse

Nursing homes and
rehabilitation centers

Public health

Public health
departments

Other

Other healthcare providers (healthcare centers, community clinics).

Be part of a cultural transformation, gaining a more positive and proactive perspective towards innovation procurement, helping drive long-term improvements in healthcare systems.

Advisory Services Provided

Applicants may apply for any of the three available services but will be awarded only one.

Strategy
Strategy planning

This service helps define your organization's strategic objectives, prioritize them, and establish a timeline, funding capacity, internal KPIs, roles, and required human resources.

Unmet
Unmet needs identification

This service assists selected procurers in identifying and evaluating a specific public challenge that can be addressed through the procurement or development of an innovative solution.

Market
Open Market Consultation

This service provides support in conducting an open, Europe-wide market consultation related to at least one identified public challenge faced by the selected beneficiaries.

How to apply

1.
Read the Guidelines for applicants
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Complete the Proposal Template
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Fill in the Administrative Form
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Sign the Commitment Letter
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Keep your eyes peeled and make sure to complete all required documents!

Still have questions?

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To apply to the InnoHSupport Advisory Services, please submit the following information before the deadline:

  • Annex 1. Administrative form: Download the administrative form template from the InnoHSupport website and fill in by including the information requested.
  • Annex 2. Proposal template: Download the appropriate proposal template from the InnoHSupport website and complete it by providing all requested information. Please note that three distinct proposal templates are available, each corresponding to a specific Advisory Service. Ensure you select the template that aligns with the service you are applying for.
  • Annex 3. Commitment letter: Download the commitment letter template from the InnoHSupport website and complete it to demonstrate your organisation credibility and capacity to successfully execute the program.
  • Online form: Once the three documents mentioned above (administrative form, proposal template and commitment letter) are fulfilled, access https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/InnoHSupportCallAdvisoryServices2024 to complete the required fields and upload the documents (in pdf format). Only proposals submitted through the Call submission tool EU Survey at this link and within the Call duration will be accepted.

Participation in this call for Advisory Services is open on equal terms to public and private procurers, or groups of procuring organisations, operational in the provisioning of Health and social care established in a Member State of the European Union (or its Horizon-associated countries). This means that the Call for Advisory Services s is open for submissions from organizations that provide health or social care, and not open to solution providers.

The number of beneficiaries awarded will be as follows:

  1. Strategy planning: 8 beneficiaries.
  2. Needs identification: 6 beneficiaries.
  3. Open Market Consultation: 4 beneficiaries

Awarded procurers will:

  • Become more familiar with innovation procurement processes to strategically adopt innovative solutions that meet healthcare needs.
  • Gain the skills to recognize unmet healthcare needs and turn them into improvement opportunities, fostering better outcomes in patient care.
  • Improve their ability to clearly communicate their needs and identify innovative suppliers (such as SMEs) capable of addressing them.
  • Benefit from clear and accessible tender documentation, making it easier for inexperienced suppliers to engage and compete, while ensuring fair and transparent evaluation criteria that also prioritize sustainability and social impact.

Need help? Drop us an email

In case of questions, please contact the InnoHSupport team: application@innohsupport.eu