The European Commission wants contracting authorities to take up a more R&D intensive approach and contribute to the take-up of innovative products. To this purpose they have set-up a large initiative on Pre-commercial Procurement (PCP) and Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI). Some of these calls are launched within the Horizon Europe Framework. More information can be found on this infosheet. These are the PCP and PPI calls from the Horizon Europe Work Programma 2025

CSA Actions: 

• Network of national competence centers: HORIZON-EIE-2026-01-CONNECT-01, closing date 20/01/26

PCP Actions

• Net Zero Cities: Boosting the transformation towards climate neutral cities, the net-zero economy and open strategic autonomy through Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP),  HORIZON-MISS-2026-04-PCP-CIT-01, closing date 20/01/26
• Wave energy R&D (follow-up of EUROPEWAVE PCP to reach higher TRL levels), closing date 17/02/26

For those who are interested which calls will open in 2026 and 2027, these are the proposed topics:

PCP Actions

• HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-ENVHLTHMISSCLIMA-03: Tools and technologies to support health adaptation to climate change, (opens on 10 February 2027, deadline 13 April 2027)
• HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-04: De-risking renewable fuel technologies through transnational pre-commercial procurement of renewable fuel industrial value chains (opens on 4 August 2026, closes on 1 December 2026)
• HORIZON-INFRA-2026-TECH-01-01: R&D for the next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools, methods, digitalisation and solutions for research infrastructure upgrades. Note: this is a Research and innovation action with the clause: The specific conditions for actions with PCP/PPI procurements apply…. Proposals may include PCP102 subcontracting activities as described in part H of the General Annexes of the work programme (opens on 10 March 2026, closes on 16 June 2026)
• HORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-02: Reinforcing synergies between experimentation spaces and innovation procurement (opens on 1 June 2027, closes on 15 September 2027)

PPI Actions

• Access to integrated care: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-CARE-01; (opening date TBC, deadline on 13 April 2027)