Procurement News, Opinions and Latest Market Leads

  The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has released a contract notice for a Technology Innovation Marketplace, valued at £650m. Opportunities will be placed on a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) over a two-year period; thanks to the new DPS platform, suppliers can bid for a place on this framework at any point. CCS has stated that: […]

  The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, revealed the Government’s Spring Statement 2019 on 13 March. During his speech he announced plans to improve cancer and mental health care, and a transformation project around GP services.   Spending Plans for the NHS Moving forward, the Government wants tax payers to receive real value from […]

In recent years UK Councils have been collaborating, ensuring that tax payers across the country are receiving value for money when it comes to public procurement. This collaboration aims to improve their procurement practices and collaborative opportunities, as well as increasing efficiency and value for money by avoiding duplication of effort. The rise of Dynamic […]

An extra £420 million was allocated at the end of 2018 to improve resilience within NHS England healthcare provision during the winter period. Hospitals across England are currently in the midst of delivering 81 projects to provide a number of improvements throughout the healthcare system using this fund.   New NHS winter scheme Several healthcare […]

  NHSX plans to reform healthcare procurement – “helping the NHS buy the right technology”. Other responsibilities will include setting national policy and developing best practice for NHS technology, digital and data – including data-sharing and transparency.   What is NHSX? NHSX is a new joint organisation that will be responsible for digital, data and […]

  The latest market focus report by BiP Solutions “Challenges and Opportunities for Local Government Procurement in a Digital World” reports that local government IT spend between hit £1.3bn between September and December 2018.   Challenges and opportunities for local government procurement Digital transformation has been high on the local government agenda since the government […]

  The latest findings from IHS Markit and CIPS UK Construction (January 2019) state that there is “business optimism towards the year ahead” as the degree of confidence in the construction market is at its highest level since last April. Survey respondents cited hopes of a boost to growth from work on big-ticket transport and […]

  Finding the right tools for tender monitoring can be challenging. Every business has different needs when it comes to procurement (whether private or public procurement), and to win higher value contracts, it is important that your business is covering all the bases. So how can business intelligence support tender monitoring and help you find […]

Procurement strategy can vary from organisation to organisation, but one thing all suppliers should have in common when bidding for contracts is a procurement bid management tool. There are many benefits to using business intelligence tools and procurement software to manage your bid management processes. A bid management system can help you save time, manage […]

Is your business looking to start tendering for public sector contracts to help you grow this year and beyond? Understanding the public sector procurement process is the best place to start if you want to improve your chances of winning valuable public tenders. In this beginner’s guide to public tendering, we take you through what a public sector […]