JERA CONSULTING LTD

Their core work

JERA Consulting is an Oxford-based SME specializing in public procurement of innovation (PPI) and pre-commercial procurement (PCP) advisory services across multiple sectors. They help public buyers — cities, health authorities, security agencies — design and execute innovation procurement processes that bring new technologies to market. Their value lies not in domain-specific R&D but in procurement strategy expertise that transfers across energy, security, and healthcare contexts. They typically support coordination and support actions (CSAs) where the goal is building procurer networks and enabling demand-side innovation.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

JERA began with energy-focused procurement in CEPPI (2015-2018), helping cities coordinate public procurement of innovative energy solutions. From 2019 onward, they expanded into security procurement networking (iProcureNet) and health technology procurement (TIQUE), indicating a deliberate broadening of their sector coverage while keeping procurement methodology as the constant. The shift toward health, AI, and eHealth in their most recent project suggests growing interest in digital health procurement.

JERA is expanding from energy into health-tech and security procurement, positioning itself as a sector-agnostic innovation procurement specialist with increasing focus on digital health and AI-enabled services.

How they like to work

JERA always participates as a partner, never as coordinator, suggesting they serve as a specialist contributor bringing procurement expertise to consortia led by domain-specific organizations. With 29 unique partners across just 3 projects, they work in medium-to-large consortia (averaging ~10 partners per project) and do not appear to repeat partners, indicating a broad but non-concentrated network. This makes them a flexible addition to new consortia rather than a locked-in partner for established groups.

JERA has collaborated with 29 unique partners across 15 countries in just 3 projects, reflecting the broad European consortia typical of procurement-focused CSAs. Their reach spans a wide geographic spread rather than clustering around a specific region.

What sets them apart

JERA's differentiator is sector-agnostic procurement expertise — they are not energy, security, or health specialists, but procurement specialists who can operate in any domain where public buyers need to purchase innovative solutions. This makes them unusually versatile for consortium builders who need a partner that understands demand-side innovation policy. For any project involving PPI, PCP, or public buyer engagement, JERA brings a methodology that has been tested across three distinct sectors.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CEPPI
  Their largest H2020 project by funding (EUR 295,062), focused on coordinating energy-related public procurement of innovation across European cities.
• TIQUE
  Most recent and forward-looking project, combining innovation procurement with AI and eHealth for integrated care — marks their entry into digital health.