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BiP Solutions and Spikes Cavell create new
partnership
Source: BiP,
5 November 2007
BiP Solutions Ltd and Spikes Cavell & Co are pleased
to announce a new strategic partnership between the companies
in order to deliver a range of new and joined-up services
to both buyers and suppliers in the public sector procurement
community.
T he range of services include spend/supplier analysis,
supplier accreditation and market intelligence tools. The
partnership plans to offer these services to existing clients
and communities as well as develop new commercial offerings
to the market.
Spikes Cavell is the leading provider of spend intelligence
solutions to the public sector. More than 500 UK public sector
bodies have selected Spikes Cavell to provide analytical support
in their drive to identify and deliver procurement-related
savings.
BiP Solutions is one of Europe’s leading providers
of public sector procurement solutions. More than 500 UK government
organisations use BiP Solutions’ services to create
and manage their contract information.
BiP Solutions and Spikes Cavell believe that the strong synergies
between their client bases and services can deliver exceptional
benefits to both businesses and their customers. The strategic
partnership will allow each company to offer clients better
value for money, by enabling their respective client bases
to access products provided by both BiP Solutions and Spikes
Cavell.
Commenting on the partnership, Ron Burges, CEO of BiP Solutions,
said: “We are delighted to enter into this strategic
partnership with Spikes Cavell, a highly respected provider
of spend analysis and related services to the public sector.
“I am confident that this alliance will be beneficial
to both our companies and clients, providing them with a comprehensive
one-step approach to supplier sourcing and spend analysis.”
Luke Spikes, CEO of Spikes Cavell & Co, said: “The
combination of BiP’s and Spikes Cavell & Co’s
products, services and market positions is a compelling platform
from which to drive the creation of new solutions to meet
the increasingly sophisticated sourcing, analytical and performance
monitoring needs of our respective customer bases.”
About Spikes Cavell:
- Newbury, Berkshire based Spikes Cavell Analytic Ltd was
established in October 2003 and has grown rapidly to become
the market leading provider of spend intelligence solutions
to the public sector in the UK
- www.spikescavell.net
At the heart of Spikes Cavell’s solution lies the Observatory
– an online database that contains detailed expenditure
data (substantially enhanced and extended) of hundreds of
local authorities, universities, NHS trusts and other public
sector bodies nationwide. At present the Observatory
provides instant online access to 2,430,496
creditors, financial transactions worth more than £64.6
billion and 41,905,347 invoices. |
