Research & Development

Public procurement is widely recognized as one of Governements’ strategic activities. When appropriately designed, public procurement processes are instrumental to pursuing socially relevant goals such as best value for money in the acquisitions of goods, services and civil works, stimulating innovation in markets and paving the way for sustainable development.

Rapidly evolving legal frameworks, the increasing use of IT tools and the globalization of supply markets call for continuous efforts to professionalize procurement officials’ profile and to share “good practices” beyond national boundaries.

In order to tackle such challenges, Consip has endowed itself with a Research & Development Unit in order to:

• provide economic and statistical consulting to the Agency’s Divisions for implementing public procurement processes;
• explore innovative e-procurement solutions;
• participate in national and international projects on public procurement
• conduct theoretical and applied research on the law and economics of public contracts
• deliver training sessions on the economics of public procurement

Research & Development Unit’s activities are coordinated by Gian Luigi Albano (Ph.D.).