P3ITS

P3ITS (Pre-commercial Public Procurement for ITS innovation and deployment) explored the efficient procurement of innovation to support ITS and establish a network of experts.

The project has resulted in:

• Better understanding of the socio-economic benefits of pre-commercial procurement (PCP), as well as difficulties and barriers to wider use of PCP in Europe;
• Higher level of awareness about what PCP really is and how it can be launched (among others for ITS actors and stakeholders);
• Support to public authorities in their task of deploying ITS through a new tool for public support to innovation;
• Identify which actions or initiatives are still needed to result in common use of PCP for ITS deployment.

Key document: Pre-Commercial Procurement for Intelligent Transport Systems The P3ITS Handbook (Final report)

The project was funded by the European Commission's Directorate General for Mobility and Transport thought the FP7 Programme - ICT Information and Communication Technology. It ran from January 2010 to September 2011.

For more information about the project, visit P3ITS' CORDIS page or TRIMIS page.