SPRINT Urban-Innovation Procurement Pilot

<h1>SPRINT Urban-Innovation Procurement Pilot</h1> <p><strong>SPRINT</strong>, short for <strong>Streamlined Procurement of Research Innovations &amp; Technology</strong>, is a pilot green-lane procurement programme announced by the Ministry of National Development (MND) to streamline procurement and speed up government adoption of innovative research products. MND announced it at the Urban Solutions and Sustainability Research &amp; Innovation Congress on <strong>5 February 2026</strong>. BCA's announcement page still describes it as a pilot when rechecked on <strong>10 October 2026</strong>; the published material does not report a completed pilot or measured procurement-time results (<a href="https://www1.bca.gov.sg/resources/newsroom/stronger-support-and-partnerships-to-bring-urban-innovations-to-the-market/">BCA, 5 February 2026</a>).</p> <h2>Administration and pilot scope</h2> <p>SPRINT is co-chaired by MND and Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), administered by HDB and BCA, and piloted first by MND Family agencies before a planned extension across the public sector. Its intended users are promising and innovative companies—including spin-offs and small- and medium-sized enterprises—with built-environment research solutions. For example, an SME whose solution has been successfully piloted by an MND agency may be referred to SPRINT; if the company and solution qualify, other MND agencies may directly procure it. Qualification is not automatic merely because a product was piloted, and the announcement does not make SPRINT a grant or an entitlement to an order (<a href="https://www1.bca.gov.sg/resources/newsroom/stronger-support-and-partnerships-to-bring-urban-innovations-to-the-market/">BCA, 5 February 2026, Annex B</a>).</p> <h2>Intended benefits for innovators and government</h2> <p>The announced purpose is to reduce friction between an innovative product and government use. BCA says the streamlined process is expected to <strong>halve procurement timelines</strong> and help companies establish credentials as qualified government suppliers, widen market access and build industry track records (<a href="https://www1.bca.gov.sg/resources/newsroom/stronger-support-and-partnerships-to-bring-urban-innovations-to-the-market/">BCA, 5 February 2026, Annex B</a>). “Expected to halve” is a forecast, not a measured result. The published announcement gives no reference procurement duration, measurement period, number of procurements or realized average; the percentage must not be presented as an achieved reduction for a defined population of cases.</p> <h2>Place in the urban-innovation pipeline</h2> <p>SPRINT was announced with other initiatives designed to translate urban and sustainability research into real-world outcomes. The same BCA release describes a S$40 million USS Translation Fund for local companies developing and commercialising urban and sustainability solutions, and a Built Environment AI Centre of Excellence jointly launched by MND and SUTD (<a href="https://www1.bca.gov.sg/resources/newsroom/stronger-support-and-partnerships-to-bring-urban-innovations-to-the-market/">BCA, 5 February 2026</a>). These initiatives are related but distinct: SPRINT concerns procurement and qualified-vendor access; a translation fund concerns development and commercialisation support; and the AI centre concerns collaboration, built-environment AI solutions and capability building.</p> <h2>SPRINT is distinct from JTC's July 2026 IPP</h2> <p>On <strong>17 July 2026</strong>, BCA described the <strong>Innovative Procurement Partnership (IPP)</strong> as a new Ministry of Finance procurement approach, with JTC launching IPP tenders for specified technologies such as construction-inspection robots and remote-controlled tower cranes. Tenderers whose pilots succeed may apply for other JTC projects without new tenders. That is not the same as SPRINT: SPRINT is the MND/EnterpriseSG-co-chaired, HDB/BCA-administered pilot for qualifying research innovations across MND Family agencies, while the announced IPP mechanism concerns JTC tenders and follow-on JTC projects. Neither announcement establishes that all government procurement is covered by either route (<a href="https://www1.bca.gov.sg/resources/newsroom/new-measures-to-accelerate-productivity-and-innovation-in-the-built-environment-sector/">BCA, 17 July 2026</a>).</p> <h2>Status and boundaries</h2> <p>The official material identifies SPRINT's co-chairs, administrators, target company/solution profile, intended referral example and pilot-agency scope, but does not publish the complete qualification checklist, number of qualified vendors, procurement count, baseline timeline or measured savings. It also does not establish a universal tender exemption, guaranteed purchase volume, or binding promise that a qualifying company will receive an order (<a href="https://www1.bca.gov.sg/resources/newsroom/stronger-support-and-partnerships-to-bring-urban-innovations-to-the-market/">BCA, 5 February 2026</a>). SPRINT should be described as a procurement pathway under pilot, not as a general right to direct government contracting.</p>

简介

SPRINT 城市创新采购试点计划

SPRINT是研究创新与技术精简采购（Streamlined Procurement of Research Innovations & Technology）的简称，是国家发展部（MND）宣布推出的绿色通道采购试点计划，旨在简化采购流程，加快政府采用创新研究产品。MND于2026 年二月 5 日在城市解决方案与可持续发展研究与创新大会上宣布该计划。建设局的公告页面在2026 年十月 10 日再次查阅时仍将其描述为试点；已公布的资料并未报告试点已完成，也未提供采购时间的测量结果（BCA，2026 年二月 5 日）。

管理方式与试点范围

SPRINT由MND和新加坡企业发展局（EnterpriseSG）共同担任主席，由建屋发展局和建设局管理，并先由MND旗下机构试行，之后计划扩展至整个公共部门。计划面向拥有建成环境研究解决方案、具有前景和创新能力的企业，包括衍生公司以及中小型企业。例如，若一家中小企业的解决方案已由MND某机构成功试行，该机构可将其转介至SPRINT；若企业及其解决方案符合资格，其他MND机构可直接采购。产品曾经试行并不代表自动符合资格，公告也没有将SPRINT设为补助或订购权利（BCA，2026 年二月 5 日，附件B）。

为创新者和政府带来的预期效益

公告所述的目的，是减少创新产品与政府采用之间的阻碍。建设局表示，精简流程预计可将采购时间减半，并帮助企业建立作为合格政府供应商的资历、扩大市场准入和累积行业往绩（BCA，2026 年二月 5 日，附件B）。“预计减半”是预测，并非经测量得出的结果。已公布的公告没有提供采购所需时间的基准、测量期间、采购数量或实际平均值；不得将该百分比表述为针对特定案例群体已实现的缩减幅度。

在城市创新流程中的定位

SPRINT与其他旨在将城市和可持续发展研究转化为实际成果的举措一同公布。同一份建设局公告介绍了一个为本地企业提供的 40 百万新元USS转化基金，支持开发和商业化城市及可持续发展解决方案的企业；还介绍了由MND和新加坡科技设计大学（SUTD）共同成立的建成环境人工智能卓越中心（BCA，2026 年二月 5 日）。这些举措彼此相关但各有不同：SPRINT涉及采购和合格供应商准入；转化基金涉及开发和商业化支持；人工智能中心则涉及合作、建成环境人工智能解决方案和能力建设。

SPRINT 与 JTC 的 2026 年七月 IPP 有所区别

2026 年七月 17 日，建设局将**创新采购伙伴关系（IPP）**描述为财政部推出的一种新采购方式，JTC为指定技术推出IPP招标，例如建筑检查机器人和遥控塔式起重机。试点成功的投标者可申请参与JTC其他项目，无须重新招标。这与SPRINT不同：SPRINT是由MND和新加坡企业发展局共同担任主席、由建屋发展局和建设局管理的试点，面向MND旗下机构中的合格研究创新；已公布的IPP机制则涉及JTC的招标和后续项目。两份公告都没有表明所有政府采购均涵盖在任何一种渠道内（BCA，2026 年七月 17 日）。

状态与范围界限

官方资料列明SPRINT的共同主席、管理机构、目标企业及解决方案类型、预期转介示例和试点机构范围，但没有公布完整的资格核对清单、合格供应商数量、采购数量、时间基准或经测量的节省幅度。资料也没有确立普遍适用的免招标安排、保证采购量，或对合格企业必定获得订单的约束性承诺（BCA，2026 年二月 5 日）。SPRINT应被描述为试行中的采购渠道，而非直接承接政府合约的一般权利。