Key takeaways from moving forward with Open Smart
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Key takeaways from moving forward with Open Smart City Io. T - Case Antwerpen: Public procurement & innovation Partnerships with start-ups
Public procurement & innovation • Antwerp City Platform as a Service? • Match with start-ups • A customized purchasing process • Questions? • Contact
Antwerp: Capital of Things ‘Smart City’ (2017 – City of Antwerp, Flanders, IMEC) Make the city more pleasant and durable by smart government | mobility | energy and materials management | safety | people
Antwerp City Platform & Smart City Platform as a base Exchange | Link | Invest Antwerp City Platform
Platform’s principle: micro bricks Atomic software Create reusable software blocks that are as small as possible for various applications and platforms
Start-up? entrepreneurship innovation creativity flexibility scale up potential speed
Perfect match Need for customers Need for creative & new ideas on short term
Fast & easy procurement Fast procedure Very fast procedure Max. 4 months Max. 3 months Announcement Scouting Selection Offers Order
Fast & easy procurement PITCH MOMENT SIMPLIFIED OFFER why are you the perfect candidate? (max. 30 min. ) announcement request for quotation contract negotiation Kick-off BAFO . . . 135 k€ show interest award select candidate enroll through antwerpen. digipolis. be set candidacy ‘pitch’ followed by selection 2 weeks ’offer’ followed by award
Win-win for both parties Start-ups ü Government is a customer with many challenges ü Easy to partner with because of new procurement approach ü Compensation for a potentially shippable product ü Intellectual property ownership in return for commercialisation ü Set up of proof of Concept ü Good reference ü Stepping stone to other (local) governments Digipolis ü Fresh ideas and creativity ü Unexpected & innovative solutions ü Fast and low cost implementation ü Flexible, agile way of working ü Inspirational entrepreneurship ü Increased capability of parallel implementation of IT-solutions
Contact Ann Fournier ann. fournier@digipolis. be + 32 478 90 14 59
