About Amy McCready, Communications Officer, and Marie Daccache, Innovation Consultant at Bax & Company

Bax & Company is an innovation consultancy working on international solutions to global challenges in fields like climate adaptation, mobility, smart cities and energy efficiency.

Glasgow’s 5 Key Takeaways on Innovative Procurement

Innovative procurement is a much more flexible and open process compared to traditional procurement. Instead of buying a specific product or service the local authority is given an opportunity to discover new approaches. It’s allowing them to have a greater influence on products and find solutions that are catered to solving particular challenges, but will it replace traditional procurement? Bax & Company is engaging with cities to hear their perspectives on innovative procurement in order to help them better manage this promising, but uncertain, process. They spoke to James Arnott, the Principal Officer in Development & Regeneration Services of Glasgow City Council (GCC) to hear about Glasgow’s experience.