Finally, the Public Sector Directive will introduce a new procedure that public authorities will be able to select when
procuring innovative products, services or works that are not widely available on the market.106 This procedure is called the
‘innovation partnership’ and it enables public purchasers to select partners to develop an innovative solution tailored to
their requirements.107 This new procedure could be highly relevant to cloud service offerings that are being tested or that
are in development for the public sector.