UK Public Sector

TradingPartners is the sole approved provider of fully managed eAuctions for the UK Public Sector on the national Buying Solutions Framework.

In the UK, we partner with Buying Solutions, an executive agency to the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) to offer public sector organisations an exclusive agreement that serves the very specific nature of public sector procurement, including the recent call to cut expenditure and deliver efficiencies.
    
TradingPartners has already helped numerous organisations save money and time by streamlining procurement operations, facilitating collaborative procurement projects and running successful eAuctions. Organisations we've worked with include Local Authorities, Central Government, Education Sector, Healthcare, Utilities, Housing Associations and other Not for Profit organisations, In the last 24 months we have:

• Worked with over 30 different public sector organisations
• eAuctioned £257m of public spend
• Identified savings in excess of £57m

Dedicated public sector specialists in our account teams at TradingPartners have relevant procurement experience within the public and private sectors, so we can genuinely guarantee successful eAuction results every time.

A Tailored Solution

Our fully-managed eAuction solution is tailored to ensure that our public sector clients retain full control of the entire tender process whilst maintaining transparency and fairness. With our intricate understanding of the public sector, clients enjoy peace of mind in the knowledge that unique public sector processes such as compliance with EU procurement regulations and constitutional requirements are adhered to whilst the focus remains on achieving the best eAuction results.  

Some  of the additional resources and support we provide include:

• Spend Analysis data such as Spikes Cavell
• Forensic data collection services from incumbent suppliers
• Benchmarking
• Spend aggregation opportunities to leverage savings i.e. collaboration with other local authorities  
• Extensive market and trend intelligence including forecasting future demand patterns
• Specification alignment
• eAuction timing and capacity planning  
• Choosing the right eAuction type

·  Weighted (most economically advantageous tender wins based on cost & non cost elements combined)
·  Price only (best price wins)

• Route to market i.e. via the Official Journey to the European Union or Mini Competition  
• Supplier Research via existing frameworks and new supplier research and marketing on OJEU tenders both domestically and internationally

 
TradingPartners has over 5 years experience as a nominated eAuction service provider for the public sector and we can help your organisation achieve guaranteed savings too. Read what Buying Solutions says about eAuctions.