One-liner: innovative public procurement — the public sector buys or pilots a startup's solution, becoming a paying first customer and reference client (the single hardest thing for a young company to win). Delivered through Valencia Innovation Capital as part of its tool stack (alongside the Urban Sandbox and City Challenges).
What you get
- A public first customer — the administration procures your innovative solution (not an off-the-shelf product), giving you revenue + a flagship reference.
- Two main routes: CPP (Compra Pública Precomercial) — R&D of a not-yet-existing solution; and CPTI (Compra Pública de Tecnología Innovadora) — buying a near-market innovation.
- A structured way to co-define the need via consultas preliminares del mercado (early market consultations).
Who it's for
- Startups/SMEs with an innovative solution to a real public-sector problem (city services, health, mobility, energy, govtech), typically early/growth stage.
How to engage
- Watch for consultas preliminares del mercado and CPI tenders from the Ajuntament / VIC (valencia.es) and other administrations (GVA, FISABIO for health CPI, ports).
- Respond to a challenge / market consultation to help shape the need, then bid on the resulting tender.
- Combine with the Valencia Urban Sandbox (pilot first) and CleanConnect VLC (corporate variant); FISABIO runs health CPI (INCLIVA FISABIO Health Innovation).
Key facts
- Public sector as first customer (CPP / CPTI). Access-first, revenue-generating, reference-building. VIC contact: hola@valenciainnovationcapital.com · +34 963 910 477.
Relations
- Run by: Valencia Innovation Capital
- See also: Valencia Urban Sandbox
- See also: CleanConnect VLC
- See also: INCLIVA FISABIO Health Innovation