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07 March 2023

Webinar on ''Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles for Waste Collection and Street Cleaning''

Save the date for the second of a cycle of webinars (organised by DG Grow) on the achievements of the Big Buyers project! How can public buyers drive the market through public procurement? This second event will focus on the Working Group that learnt how to procure ''Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles for Waste Collection and Street Cleaning''.

05 April 2022

Eindhoven learns valuable lessons from construction machinery electrification tender

BPW Eindhoven used a recent road renovation project (including sewer replacement) to see how it can use procurement to reduce emissions from the Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM) used on public works sites. The results proved highly satisfactory...

27 January 2022

WEBINAR WORKSHOP - LESSONS LEARNED FROM SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION PROCUREMENT PROJECTS (PCP & PPI)

On 15 February 2022 (9.30 – 13.30 CET), the workshop will showcase Innovation Procurement projects (PCP & PPI) and leading experiences to find about the lessons learned and key tools for the strategic use of innovation procurement to tackle challenges in different sectors.

17 November 2021

OBERVER GROUP MEETS BIG BUYERS IN UPDATE WEBINAR

On 16 November, 14.00-16.00, Observer Group members and other interested entities had the chance to participate in a webinar for a deep dive into the working groups’ latest activities...

16 July 2021

WEBINAR: A REVOLUTION IN MIND - A NEW FRAMEWORK TOWARDS STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT

On 15 June, the participants in the working group „Digital solutions in the healthcare sector“ gathered for a virtual 2,5 hours webinar to learn and discuss the strategic relevance of innovation procurement and value based innovation procurement in the health care sector.

5 November 2020

BIG BUYERS SHARE KEY INSIGHTS ON SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION FOR SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT

After one year of collaboration, the public procurers who participated in the three working groups of the Big Buyers Initiative (BBI) presented key takeaways and results at a final event on 23 October. The initiative - consisting of working groups on...

03 December 2019

BREAKING GROUND - BIG BUYERS PROCUREMENT TRAINING LEVERAGES PUBLIC PURCHASING FOR CLEAN CONSTRUCTION AND EVS

European cities are ready to take their public procurement to the next level. At an event in Oslo this week, frontrunner cities got together to make their procurement power count in the fields of circular construction, heavy duty electric vehicles and zero emission construction sites.

10 February 2023

Webinar on How to Procure a ''Zero Emission Construction Site''

DG GROW is organizing a series of webinars entitled ''Driving Markets through Public Procurement: the Big Buyers Project''. The first of these webinars, taking place on 28 February, will focus on the Working Group that learnt how to procure a ''Zero Emission Construction Site''...

31 March 2022

Big Buyers Group meets with German company BPW

BPW will soon release 'BAX', a new electric vehicle truck, on the market. This is going to be one of the first vehicles on the market in this weight category and with this level of performance. BBW and the Big Buyers discussed this new vehicle, focusing on battery size, its guarantee and transport capacity, as well as on the maintenance and service network provided across Europe....

23 October 2020

BIG BUYERS INITATIVE: RESULTS WEBINAR, PHASE ONE

The webinar presented the outcomes of 12 months of collaboration from each of the three working groups during the first phase of the Big Buyers Initiative, including lessons learned reports, factsheets, and joint statements of demand.

14 November 2019

EUROPEAN BIG BUYERS ADVANCE PROCUREMENT OF ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES

The first meeting of the Big Buyers working group on electric vehicles took place on the 30 October in the City of Rotterdam.

20 January 2023

Big Buyers Initiative signs two key commitment documents

The Big Buyers for Climate and Environment Initiative, coordinated by ICLEI Europe and Eurocities on behalf of the European Commission, has joined forces to sign two key documents: The Joint Statement of Demand of the Working Group on Zero Emission Construction Sites and The Joint Declaration of Intent of the Working Group on Circular Construction. The initiative is inviting other organisations to join the growing list of signatories of these two documents...

11 January 2023

Big Buyers Initiative and ENTRANCE project organise online workshop on market analysis of zero-emission waste collection vehicles

On 27 October, the ENTRANCE project and Big Buyers initiative organised an online workshop aiming to elaborate on the market analysis of zero-emission waste collection vehicles to advance and uptake the innovation for reducing emissions and congestion in cities. This workshop focused on discussing the current market gaps that are preventing the wider European uptake and collaboration to advance innovation...

11 November 2022

Public procurers meet at annual Big Buyers Symposium

On Wednesday 9 November more than 60 public procurers, technical experts and policy members from over 15 EU Member States met in Brussels for the First Annual Big Buyers Symposium. Opening the plenary, Merete Clausen, Director Investment (GROW.C), DG GROW, praised the work of the project and recognised....

24 October 2022

Join the Big Buyers Symposium – 9 November 2022

The Big Buyers Initiative is hosting its annual symposium on 9 November in Brussels. The event aims to promote and disseminate the work of the four Big Buyers working groups: Zero emission construction sites, heavy duty electric vehicles, circular construction, and digital healthcare...

18 August 2022

Horizon project PROTECT launches survey on innovation procurement of climate change services

The newly launched EU-funded project PROTECT has launched a questionnaire to gather information about the needs and challenges of public procurers in five application domains (Utilities, Green communities, Circular and Bioeconomy, Land use and Marine environment and Civil Security and Protection) and about the innovation legal framework...

17 July 2022

IFAT fair highlights market development in zero emissions heavy-duty vehicles

The Big Buyers working group focusing on heavy-duty electric vehicles (HDEV) for waste collection and street cleaning used the opportunity of the IFAT fair, happening in May 2022 in Munich, to meet with a variety of suppliers and investigate the latest market trends and technologies, focusing in particular on batteries...

23 May 2022

Clean waste collection in Gothenburg

When it comes to greenhouse gas emitting vehicles, it’s easy to think of old cars or long-haul trucks. However, the list is long and includes less visible culprits like fossil fuel guzzling waste collection trucks. In Europe’s sustainable cities of the future, they too will have to go...

14 April 2022

Members of the working group on circular construction meet in Rotterdam to discuss circular asphalt

‘Treat your roads as a waste project and think about the future’, said Pascal Kregting from Koninklijke Bouwend Nederland during a meeting with the members of the BigBuyers working group on circular construction. The members of the working group representing Vienna, Lisbon, Rotterdam and Haarlem met in Rotterdam on 29-30 March...

04 November 2021

BIG BUYERS MEET THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION COUNCIL (EIC)

On 25 October, the Big Buyers working group on digital solutions in the healthcare sector had the chance to discuss collaborative opportunities offered by the European Innovation Council...

15 July 2021

CITIES MEET SCANIA & VDL TRANSLIFT FOR JOINT MARKET DIALOGUES ON HEAVY DUTY ELECTRIC VEHICLES

On 4 June 2021, the first market dialogue was held with VDL Translift. The director of VDL Translift introduced the company’s e-fleet...

27 January 2022

WEBINAR WORKSHOP - LESSONS LEARNED FROM SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION PROCUREMENT PROJECTS (PCP & PPI)

20 January 2022

WEBINAR ON 'IPRs AND INNOVATION PROCUREMENT'

This webinar is part of DG GROW's series on innovation procurement. They will present a step by step guide to using Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in public procurement, how to make best use of IPRs when procuring innovation and “lessons learnt” shared by IPRs experts.

04 November 2021

BIG BUYERS MEET THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION COUNCIL (EIC)

On 25 October, the Big Buyers working group on digital solutions in the healthcare sector had the chance to discuss collaborative opportunities offered by the European Innovation Council...

15 July 2021

CITIES MEET SCANIA & VDL TRANSLIFT FOR JOINT MARKET DIALOGUES ON HEAVY DUTY ELECTRIC VEHICLES

On 4 June 2021, the first market dialogue was held with VDL Translift. The director of VDL Translift introduced the company’s e-fleet...

27 January 2022

WEBINAR WORKSHOP - LESSONS LEARNED FROM SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION PROCUREMENT PROJECTS (PCP & PPI)

06 December 2021

BIG BUYERS APPROACHING MARKET TO ACHIEVE ZERO-EMISSION CONSTRUCTION SITES

On 1 December, the Big Buyers working group on zero-emission construction sites organised a market dialogue event for public procurers across Europe taking place in the City of Oslo (Norway).

October 2021

THE BIG BUYERS WORKING GROUP ON CIRCULAR CONSTRUCTION MEETS TO DISCUSS CIRCULAR ASPHALT

In October 2021, as part of a series of meetings held in preparation to market dialogue planned for Spring 2022, members of the working group on circular construction met to discuss case studies of the application of circular asphalt in a number of European cities.

12 May 2021

BIG BUYERS KICKS OFF FOUR NEW WORKING GROUPS

Big Buyers for Climate and Environment kicked off the work in four new working groups to collaboratively work on current public procurement needs. After the launch in April 2021, these groups will now operate until autumn 2022 to implement strategic public procurement for sustainable solutions.

24 March 2020

BIG PUBLIC BUYERS VISIT HEAVY DUTY ELECTRIC VEHICLES MAKERS IN FREIBURG

On the 4-5 March 2020, the Big Buyers Initiative working group on Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles met in Freiburg, Germany to prepare for upcoming market dialogues and finalise a joint platform for sharing information on their fleets and upcoming procurement plans.