Life in The Fast Lane
The NAO has just published a report criticising the Government for using a 'fast-lane', where suppliers that were known to MPs were prioritised for public contracts for protective equipment, often at high values.
It isn't hard to see why this is a problem. Good suppliers with a history of supplying PPE were overlooked in favour of suppliers ...
Adding Value
We're analysts.
We work with data, every day.
We know what works and what doesn't work.
We know about values that can't be summed, documents that are hard to find and buyers that use thirty or forty different versions of their name.
We build data points that can be used. Our work isn't just about gathering all the data we ...
Visualise your data
Harness the power of procurement data to make informed decisions. Using our advanced analytics, we can create custom visualisations and dashboards for your team.
Whether you're building new insights for your own campaign or wanting to understand the nuts and bolts of your own procurement data, we can help you bring your data to life; from identifying ...
Clean and enrich your data
Cleanse all of the supplier records within your organisation, creating a single, consolidated record with rich information to help you make better buying decisions.
Match your suppliers to a single, company record;
show other buyers who trade with your suppliers and;
enrich your data with addresses, identifiers, company structures and more.
Classify your data
We have built a state-of-the-art algorithm just to categorise procurement data. Work with us to categorise millions of records with stunning accuracy automatically.
Classify any document type, including spending and contract data;
Classify multiple languages in a single process;
Real time classification for new data from multiple sources and;
use common standards like CPV or build ...
Analysis for the $13trn global market
If you need authoritative, evidence-based insight to apply to a broader strategic challenge, we're here to help.
Unlike other consultants, we start with the largest database of procurement data in the world and combine that with deep analytical insights and expert knowledge of public contracting, not just in the UK but globally.
Analyse competitive dynamics or contracting ...
Algorithms That Are Better Than Humans
Categorisation is about making it easier to find opportunities.
Getting it right means being better than humans.
For it be really useful, we have to be able to take source documents and, where necessary improve on the categorisation provided by the publisher.
If a publisher gives us a record that is classified as construction, that is useful, but if ...
Goodbye Defence Contracts Online
The Chief Commercial Officer of the Ministry of Defence has published details of planned changes to Defence Contracts Online. You can see his letter here.
The planned replacement, Defence Sourcing Portal, is due to go live in January 2021, with Defence Contracts Online closing at some point during the second quarter of 2021.
We will not lament the ...
High priorities in PPE lead to missed opportunities
The NAO has just published a report criticising the government for using a 'high priority lane' where suppliers that were known to MPs were prioritised for public contracts for protective equipment, often at high values. Thread follows. https://www.nao.org.uk/report/government-procurement-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
It isn't hard to see why this is a problem, good suppliers with a history of supplying PPE were ...
The European Procurement Report. An Assessment
The data analysis from our recent report, An Assessment of European Procurement Around Covid, shows that the C-19 pandemic has affected procurement data across Europe.
Publishing volumes for procurement data are generally down and data on Covid-19 procurement appears incomplete in most countries except for France and the UK. This is likely owing to the circumstances of ...
European Procurement Around Covid-Our Data Analysis
Procurement data often uses CPV or Common Procurement Vocabulary codes as a classification of different notices.
In creating the Assessment of European Procurement Around Covid report, we were able to analyse Covid-19 data by identifying CPV codes commonly associated with Covid-19 tenders and contracts.
Although not all data publishers put CPV codes on notices, where notices do not ...
Review All Open Covid Contracts Here
In October, we openly published all the contracts let by the UK public sector around Covid.
In light of today's report by the National Audit Office on their Investigation into government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic, we thought it useful to share our portal again, with all available published data on government contracts around Covid.
The table is ...
EU Government Procurement- Procedure Type
In our Assessment of European Procurement Around Covid report, we sought to determine the extent to which different countries relied on direct contract awards, those contracts that were let without any competitive process.
Research* has previously indicated that contracts that were let by direct awards are 10% more expensive than those let by competitive processes.
Direct awards are ...
New Covid Procurement Report Launches Today.
We are pleased today to launch our latest report, An Assessment of European Procurement Around Covid.
The first wave of Covid-19 in Spring 2020, brought about unprecedented stresses and challenges to modern public procurement systems. To remove barriers and ensure the fact procurement of critical goods, governments throughout European states implemented emergency procurement regulations. These regulations generally ...
Government Procurement Rises as UK Heads Back into Lockdown
Recently, we published a very important data set. All known government medical equipment and protective clothing contracts were published and can be found here. This data updates daily and is completely free for anyone who wants to monitor government contracts.
Since 12th October there has been a significant rise in the number of contracts for Covid related ...