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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. 

Understanding the Competitive Flexible Procedure: A New Approach to Procurement

Discover how the Competitive Flexible Procedure can transform your procurement approach. Contact us for guidance on implementing this innovative method.   The Procurement Act 2023 might only come into effect in October 2024, but public sector buyers and suppliers should already be familiarising themselves with the new procurement rules and

Supply Chain Challenges: Issues and Solutions In 2024

Don’t let supply chain disruptions derail your business. Contact us for a comprehensive supply chain risk assessment and tailored solutions for Delta.   If there’s one thing that everyone in procurement knows, it’s that supply chains have inherent risks. It just takes a wrinkle in a subcontractor’s operations to generate

How to Streamline Market Engagement

Discover how Delta eSourcing can revolutionize your market engagement processes. Book a demo or contact us to see how we can optimize your procurement outcomes. Market engagement is one of the most critical tasks in public procurement. But for marketing engagement to succeed, you need a clear market engagement strategy

What is Contract Management in Procurement

Contract management is a fairly simple concept. It ensures that all parties adhere to the terms within the contract agreement. On a deeper level, procurement process management encompasses everything from inception and negotiation to renewal and termination, as well as maximising value, reducing risks, and making business processes more efficient.

Mastering the Competitive Flexible Procedure: How Delta eSourcing Simplifies the Process

Introduction In the fast-paced world of public sector procurement, the arrival of the Competitive Flexible Procedure marks the beginning of a revolutionary transition towards greater adaptability and innovation. This new approach, as it goes beyond the traditional confines of the government procurement paradigm, is a promising platform for the promotion

Mitigating Supply Chain Supplier Risk: Strategies for a Resilient Future

It’s infuriating when you’ve done everything right, but you’re tanked because someone you don’t know did something wrong. That’s the situation that many public sector contracting authorities find themselves in when they’ve implemented a sound risk management strategy and their direct supplier has also assiduously incorporated risk management in its

Digital Marketplaces: How They’re Changing the Way We Buy and Sell

We’ve all transacted on a digital marketplace, whether we know the term or not. After all, who hasn’t bought something on Amazon or a similar cloud-hosting marketplace (eBay)? A digital marketplace like Amazon sells almost everything under the sun from smartphones to garbage disposals. But other marketplaces may specialise in

Achieve Procurement Excellence under UK’s Updated Legislation with Delta

Procurement excellence isn’t a trendy buzzword that will fizzle out over time. No, it’s a quality standard that procurement professionals want to achieve to not only improve their operations but also to demonstrate their skills to the broader government procurement profession. There are several definitions, depending on who you ask,

Navigating 2024: Tips for G-Cloud 13 Suppliers to Survive and Thrive

G-Cloud 13 is a highly vital digital marketplace for technology suppliers serving the UK government. It was developed to simplify public sector organisations’ procurement of digital services and maintain cloud software. G-Cloud 13 is a hub for a great amount of cloud-based solutions available to the government. This framework aims

Is Your Business Ready? The UK Procurement Bill’s Impending Changes

Introduction: Navigating the New Era of UK Procurement In a market rife with competition and innovation, the UK public procurement sector is on the verge of an enormous transformation. Numerous changes are planned for the impending Procurement Act, which was formerly known as the Procurement Bill. These changes are not

Navigate the UK’s Procurement Overhaul: Streamline with Delta eSourcing

The new Procurement Act with all its reforms is on the last stretch before it’s finally launched. It recently attained Royal Assessment and its launch date remains steady for some time in October 2024. There’s still plenty of time for contracting authorities to come to grips with the new law