Delta’s blog covers the latest procurement news, regulatory insights, sector-specific guidance, and platform updates.
Topics include the Procurement Act 2023 (now in effect), eSourcing best practices, and thought leadership from across the procurement profession.
Change often occurs when your organisation least expects it – and whether it is ready for it or not. For anything to evolve, change must happen, so it is important that your organisation is proactive and prepared for change. Change management is all about finding a new and better way
If a construction buyer identifies a recurring need but may not yet be wholly clear about the full extent of what is required, it may publish a Framework Agreement. We explore what a framework agreement in construction is below. What is a framework agreement? Framework agreements are commonly set up
We are pleased to confirm that our service has a place on the G-Cloud 11 framework. Delta eSourcing is an official supplier and, having first secured a place on the UK Government framework when it was G-Cloud 7 in November 2015, our team has a proven track record of providing
According to 55% of respondents to a survey of procurement professionals within the 2019 Procurement Trends Report, produced by Fusion21, financial constraints had the greatest influence on procurement decisions. As they say time is money, your procurement team is a valuable resource, therefore it’s better to do things as efficiently
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause concern for buyers, suppliers and other stakeholders, it is important to recognise that procurement has perhaps never played a more important role in bringing businesses and communities together. How businesses procure goods, works and services and how decisions are made in the tendering
Supplier management is a term widely used in the procurement world – yet while it is often referred to, it is often not used effectively to maximise its advantages. eProcurement leader Delta delves into the subject of supplier management, and how it can help buyers to be as effective and
On Wednesday 11 March, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivered the UK budget 2020. This budget was highly anticipated, being the first budget of the new decade; the first budget under the new Conservative Party government, elected in December 2019; the first budget under Prime Minister Boris Johnson;
Delta eSourcing offers a way to make procurement simple for public sector buyers. With an end-to-end web-based tool, Delta help buyers manage their active tenders, bids and suppliers all in one solution. In this guide, Delta explores the increasingly popular option of framework agreements and why buyers should consider implementing
More and more organisations that are looking to grow their business activities through procurement are using eProcurement software to help manage the process. Delta eSourcing offers an end-to-end web-based service for predominantly public sector buyers (as well as the private sector) to manage tenders, suppliers and contracts in one simple
The UK will be leaving the European Union on 31 January 2020. BiP Solutions has been working closely with the UK government and the wider public sector to understand what this means for those involved in the public sector supply chain, and will continue to update our customers as discussions
Category management is a strategic approach to procurement. As Delta’s first blog ‘A Guide to Category Management’ outlines, the concept of category management derived from marketing in supermarkets, where careful analysis of top-selling products and demand was streamlined across stores to make organisations spend as effective and efficient as possible.
Category Management is the process whereby organisations buy more effectively and save significant sums of money through streamlined procurement. A ‘category’ refers to goods, works or services being bundled into one group and the items are consolidated into a single contract agreement. This removes the need to draw up multiple
