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.
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
On 1 January 2020 OJEU Thresholds will change. The Cabinet Office released the latest changes at the end of 2019, confirming that the new thresholds would apply from the start of 2020. Download your free copy of 2020-2021 here. Procurement thresholds Public sector procurement is currently agreed at EU level.
The General Election of 12 December 2019 gave the Conservative party a comfortable majority, meaning that the Government will likely find it easy to introduce the legislation and changes to public spending that they wish. Here, we review what we know so far about the pledges the Government made before
Our guide to category management covers what category management is and it’s key benefits. We also offer an overview of information relevant to Delta modules, including how to deliver category management and how the benefits of implementing it can streamline procurement processes for public sector buyers and have a positive
Against the backdrop of a further Brexit extension, and a general election which could have a significant impact on the form Brexit takes, we are excited to reveal the results of the latest research survey from iGov Survey in partnership with BiP Solutions and Delta eSourcing. With UK government public
