Buying innovation is different from buying established products
The ICT and digital sectors are constantly evolving, so knowing the latest or best solution isn’t always possible. Innovation procurement is an approach to procurement that supports buyers who need to turn to the market, but don’t know the best solution.
Innovation procurement focuses on the problem, or desired outcome, to attract a wide range of solutions. It uses multiple procurement stages to test out the best solutions, works closely with suppliers and builds confidence in implementation and investment decisions.
Innovation procurement provides access to the most recent market expertise and the latest technology. It can improve project outcomes and enhance the longevity of solutions.
Within these pages, you will find guidance to support you to adopt innovation-friendly practices and buy digital innovation in the NSW Government.
This guidance is being created progressively and some resources are still in development. The innovation procurement advisory team may be able to support you with prototypes or examples from other projects in the meantime. Contact the team via email: InnovationProcurement@customerservice.nsw.gov.au.
Understand innovation procurement and check if it's right for your buying project.
Learn how to navigate the Test and Buy Innovation journey.
Set your innovation buying project up for success, step by step.
Learn the procurement pathway options, pros and cons.
A guide to conducting market research while staying open to innovation.
Understand how to apply outcome-based, agile procurement to your project.
Adopt a staged approach to budgets and business cases to encourage when buying innovation.
A guide to writing procurement strategy documentation when buying innovation.
A guide to writing procurement strategy documentation when buying innovation.