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Master’s in Innovative Public Procurement Engineering

Online master's programme of 1,900 hours in innovative public procurement engineering. 12 modules covering the legal framework, needs identification, pre-commercial procurement, innovation partnerships, competitive dialogue, tender specifications and award criteria, green and social procurement, IP and risk management, funding and scaling, applying Law 9/2017, Directive 2014/24/EU and the Spanish Public Sector Procurement Platform, with an assigned technical tutor.

Duration1900 h
ModeOnline
LanguageEnglish
Start datesSet by the faculty
AwardSEIUM Institute diploma
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Learning outcomes

What you will be able to do

01

Understand the legal framework of public procurement and its application to innovation.

02

Identify public needs and frame them as challenges.

03

Design preliminary market consultations.

04

Select appropriate procedures for procuring innovation.

05

Draft functional specifications and award criteria.

06

Manage risks and intellectual property in innovation contracts.

07

Plan the funding and evaluation of innovative procurement projects.

Profile

Who it's for

  • Public procurement of innovation managers.
  • Public procurement officers.
  • Public innovation consultants.
  • Public R&D project managers.
  • Procurement legal advisers.
  • European funds managers.
  • Engineering or science graduates seeking to enter public administration.
Standards & tools

What you'll work with

  • Law 9/2017 (Spanish Public Sector Contracts Act)
  • Directive 2014/24/EU (public procurement)
  • Commission Notice C(2018) 3051 (guidance on innovation procurement)
  • Communication COM(2007) 799 (pre-commercial procurement)
  • Order PCI/86/2019 (Spanish Green Public Procurement Plan 2018-2025)
  • Regulation (EU) 651/2014 (General Block Exemption Regulation)
  • Law 14/2011 (Spanish Science, Technology and Innovation Act)
  • Spanish Public Sector Procurement Platform
  • Microsoft Project
  • Excel (life-cycle costing)
  • TED eTendering
  • Power BI
Syllabus

12 modules · 1900 h

  1. 1.1Public procurement as a policy tool
  2. 1.2Public procurement of innovation: concepts
  3. 1.3Pre-commercial procurement and public procurement of innovative technology
  4. 1.4European innovative procurement strategies
  5. 1.5Challenge-driven innovation
  6. 1.6Risks and barriers
  7. 1.7Leading European experiences
  8. 1.8Innovation indicators in procurement
  9. 1.9Administrative culture and change management
  10. 1.10Case study: an innovative public procurement project
  1. 2.1Law 9/2017 on Public Sector Contracts
  2. 2.2European procurement directives
  3. 2.3Principles of public procurement
  4. 2.4Types of contract
  5. 2.5Award procedures
  6. 2.6EU publication thresholds
  7. 2.7Appeals and administrative tribunals
  8. 2.8Technology service and supply contracts
  9. 2.9Responsibilities of contract managers
  10. 2.10Practical exercise: choosing the procedure for a technology contract
  1. 3.1Functional needs analysis
  2. 3.2Early demand mapping
  3. 3.3Preliminary market consultations
  4. 3.4Technology and market watch
  5. 3.5Technology readiness levels (TRL)
  6. 3.6Defining challenges
  7. 3.7Involvement of end users
  8. 3.8Analysis of alternatives
  9. 3.9Documenting needs
  10. 3.10Workshop: preliminary market consultation on an urban challenge
  1. 4.1The pre-commercial procurement exemption
  2. 4.2Phases: design, prototype and testing
  3. 4.3Allocation of intellectual property rights
  4. 4.4State aid
  5. 4.5Selection of proposals
  6. 4.6Technical monitoring of prototypes
  7. 4.7Evaluation of prototypes
  8. 4.8Transition to commercial procurement
  9. 4.9Pre-commercial procurement cases in Europe
  10. 4.10Case study: planning a pre-commercial procurement
  1. 5.1Regulation of the innovation partnership
  2. 5.2Research and acquisition phases
  3. 5.3Selection of partners
  4. 5.4Intermediate targets and payments
  5. 5.5Early termination of the partnership
  6. 5.6Ownership of results
  7. 5.7Legal risks of the procedure
  8. 5.8Experiences in Spain
  9. 5.9Comparison with other procedures
  10. 5.10Practical exercise: structure of an innovation partnership
  1. 6.1Competitive dialogue under the LCSP
  2. 6.2Competitive procedure with negotiation
  3. 6.3Design contests
  4. 6.4Excluded R&D contracts
  5. 6.5Lots and framework agreements
  6. 6.6Dynamic purchasing systems
  7. 6.7Outcome-based functional specifications
  8. 6.8Variants and improvements
  9. 6.9Selecting the right procedure
  10. 6.10Case study: competitive dialogue for autonomous mobility
  1. 7.1Functional and performance specifications
  2. 7.2Innovation-related award criteria
  3. 7.3Best price-quality ratio
  4. 7.4Life-cycle costing
  5. 7.5Social and environmental criteria
  6. 7.6Abnormally low tenders
  7. 7.7Technical capacity requirements for SMEs
  8. 7.8Scoring formulae
  9. 7.9Expert committees
  10. 7.10Workshop: drafting functional award criteria
  1. 8.1Green public procurement
  2. 8.2EU GPP criteria
  3. 8.3Environmental labels in tender documents
  4. 8.4Carbon footprint in procurement
  5. 8.5Social performance clauses
  6. 8.6Reserved contracts
  7. 8.7Circular economy in procurement
  8. 8.8Spanish Green Public Procurement Plan
  9. 8.9Measuring results
  10. 8.10Practical exercise: green criteria for the purchase of buses
  1. 9.1Industrial and intellectual property rights
  2. 9.2Licences and exploitation
  3. 9.3Confidentiality and trade secrets
  4. 9.4Technology risk management
  5. 9.5Market risks
  6. 9.6Guarantees and penalties
  7. 9.7Contract modification
  8. 9.8Liability and insurance
  9. 9.9Dispute resolution
  10. 9.10Case study: risk matrix for an innovation contract
  1. 10.1ERDF funds for public procurement of innovation
  2. 10.2Spanish State Research Agency programmes
  3. 10.3Horizon Europe and innovative procurement
  4. 10.4Buyers' consortia
  5. 10.5Cross-border joint procurement
  6. 10.6Co-financing and reporting
  7. 10.7Multi-year budgets and annual instalments
  8. 10.8Return assessment
  9. 10.9Next Generation EU funds
  10. 10.10Lab: preparing an application for innovative procurement funding
  1. 11.1Managing the innovation contract
  2. 11.2Pilot tests and validation
  3. 11.3Performance indicators
  4. 11.4Impact evaluation
  5. 11.5Transfer and scaling up
  6. 11.6Lessons learnt from pilots
  7. 11.7Dissemination of results
  8. 11.8Good-practice platforms
  9. 11.9Sustainability of the solution
  10. 11.10Workshop: evaluation plan for a technology pilot
  1. 12.1Identification of the public challenge
  2. 12.2Market and technology analysis
  3. 12.3Selection of the procedure
  4. 12.4Drafting the tender documents
  5. 12.5Risk management plan
  6. 12.6Funding plan
  7. 12.7Evaluation and scaling
  8. 12.8Conclusions and future lines of work
  9. 12.9Master's Thesis report
  10. 12.10Master's Thesis: defence before a panel
Methodology, software & labs

How you'll learn

The programme is delivered 100% online on the SEIUM campus, with downloadable material, recorded classes and an assigned technical tutor. There are no fixed timetables: you progress at your own pace within each intake, so it is compatible with full-time work.

Each module combines theory, guided reading of the original standard and applied exercises. The working software is Spanish Public Sector Procurement Platform, Microsoft Project, Excel (life-cycle costing), TED eTendering and Power BI, in free, academic or evaluation versions. You work on real procedures for preliminary market consultations, drafting functional specifications and evaluating pilots of innovative solutions. Assessment is continuous by module, plus the final Master's Thesis.

Standards covered: Law 9/2017; Directive 2014/24/EU; Commission Notice C(2018) 3051; Communication COM(2007) 799; Order PCI/86/2019; Regulation (EU) 651/2014; Law 14/2011.

Assigned technical tutor:every module ends with a deliverable that your tutor marks individually.
Standards-based learning:guided reading of Law 9/2017, Directive 2014/24/EU and Commission Notice C(2018) 3051 applied to real cases, not as a theoretical annex.
Industry software:Spanish Public Sector Procurement Platform, Microsoft Project, Excel (life-cycle costing), TED eTendering and Power BI, in free, academic or evaluation versions.
Master's Thesis with defence:a complete innovative procurement project for a real public challenge, from market analysis and procedure selection to tender documents, risk, funding and scaling, defended before a panel.
Flexible format:100% online, no fixed timetables, compatible with full-time work.
Capstone project

Build it end to end

Your final project follows the real engineering workflow, step by step, reviewed by your tutor.

Challenge definition
Identify a public need and frame it as a procurement challenge.
Market consultation
Design a preliminary market consultation and analyse available technologies.
Procedure and tender documents
Select the procedure and draft functional specifications and award criteria.
Risk and funding plan
Build the risk matrix and funding plan for the innovation contract.
Master's Thesis
a complete innovative procurement project for a real public challenge, from market analysis and procedure selection to tender documents, risk, funding and scaling, defended before a panel.
Career opportunities

Where this takes you

Public procurement of innovation managerPublic procurement officerPublic innovation consultantPublic R&D project managerProcurement legal adviserEuropean funds manager
Admissions & scholarships

Requirements

  • University degree in engineering, science or architecture, or equivalent demonstrable professional experience.
  • Internet connection and a computer capable of running the programme's software.
  • English sufficient to read technical standards.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The programme totals 1,900 hours over 12–14 months. You set your own pace within each intake, and your tutor helps you plan the workload around your job.

You work with Spanish Public Sector Procurement Platform, Microsoft Project, Excel (life-cycle costing), TED eTendering and Power BI, using free, academic or evaluation versions. Your tutor indicates the free alternative wherever one exists.

A SEIUM Institute diploma, awarded on passing the continuous assessment and the Master's Thesis. It is SEIUM's own qualification, not an official state degree; its recognition depends on the programme completed and the regulations of each country.

Yes. Modules passed in a course or postgraduate diploma in the same area are recognised in the higher programme. Ask about the recognition policy when you enrol.

A university degree in engineering, science or architecture, or equivalent professional experience, plus a computer able to run the software and English sufficient to read technical standards.

Start dates are set by SEIUM's faculty for each intake. Our admissions team will confirm the next available date when you apply.

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