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EXPORTING EXCELLENCE
Source: BiP,
31 MAY 2007
BiP Solutions has been at the forefront of developments
in public sector procurement since it was established in 1984.
The company has supported hundreds of public sector awarding
authorities and thousands of buyers and suppliers across the
UK with its e-tendering solutions, contract information services,
training events, consultancy services and more.
The international dimension of BiP’s procurement consultancy
work has gathered momentum in recent years, and this has resulted
in the delivery of procurement best practice on a global scale.
The delivery of projects in the last 12 months has seen
members of BiP’s consultancy team begin to resemble
Michael Palin. First, the team delivered a study on behalf
of the European Defence Agency (EDA) in Brussels. This project
was followed by the team leading the contract negotiations
for and delivery of an e-tendering portal for the Army Purchasing
Directorate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The e-tendering
portal project was announced by the UAE Army in February at
the IDEX 2007 international defence exhibition in Abu-Dhabi
and goes live later in 2007.
For the first time in its history, BiP is delivering procurement
consultancy in Africa, with a procurement audit on behalf
of the Ministry of Education in Kenya. The project will study
the procurement processes and procedures used for $80 million
of World Bank donor funding spend and recommend process improvements
based on international best practice.
With BiP’s influential and market-leading position
in the public procurement arena, the consultancy team is often
invited to speak at international conferences. BiP’s
Commercial Director Scott Smith was invited to address an
audience of government and business personnel in Lisbon, Portugal,
on the subject of the public sector engaging effectively with
SMEs. BiP’s experience in this sector – as the
provider of the UK lower-value contracts portal Supply2.gov.uk
– made it the obvious choice.
While BiP has a highly experienced procurement consultancy
team, it recognises the value that local knowledge and additional
specialist skills can bring to international projects. To
support BiP’s overseas efforts it is developing its
partner network, and in the last year has added organisations
from Canada, Cyprus, Greece, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Malta,
Romania, the UAE and USA to its partner community.
So – many countries, a diversity of public procurement
projects, a growing partner network and a developing international
client base. The year ahead will see further international
growth and we expect to see the BiP flag flying in even more
locations.
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