With our team of experienced Procurement Specialists, we can deliver significant improvements to your profitability, reduce supply chain risk and achieve greater value for money through our range of Procurement Consultancy services. Consultancy clients also automatically qualify for free lifetime membership to our Buying Group, the BSA Consortium. Our services include:
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General Procurement Health Check - we can conduct a function-wide review of your purchasing strategies, policies, processes, systems, organisational structure, contract and supplier management, skill sets, and benchmark them against best practice. We then provide a prioritised action plan to deliver significant cost reduction.
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Purchasing Category Consultancy - we can advise on how your company can deliver best practice procurement in specific categories of spend. Category cost savings of up to 20% are achievable through our review of your existing specifications, supply chain management practices and contracts. See below for more details.
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Delivery Resourcing - we can support the implementation of our recommendations either through periodic reviews, interim staff resourcing or by completely outsourcing elements of your purchasing function.
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Specialist Contract Support - we can assist in the drafting and negotiation of new contracts, review of existing contracts and the development of contract management processes. Whether its high value, high risk and complex procurements or standard templates for everyday commodity use, we can help.
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Bid process support - as seasoned procurement and commercial specialists, we are able to provide assistance in delivering improvements to your bid processes and documentation. This should significantly improve your chances of winning bids against your larger and better resourced competitors.
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Purchasing Categories that we advise on:
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Travel Services
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Print
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Recruitment Agencies
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Utilities (Gas,Electricity,Water)
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Vehicle Fleet
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Corporate Insurance
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Facilities Management and building maintenance/minor works
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Global Supply Chain Management - We can advise on global sourcing strategies, customs valuation and duty reliefs, management of freight agents, customs compliance.
Recent Consultancy Client testimonial:
Tim Weston, Supplier & E-Commerce Manager, VisitBritain (the National Tourism Agency): "This has been an invaluable exercise and represents a giant leap forward in our quest for efficiency.
The Buying Support Agency have taken on board the complexities of our organisation and performed a very thorough analysis of our procurement processes. We are justifiably proud of the areas where we already
excel but would have struggled to understand where further improvements could be found without their expert assistance."
Since 2002 we have been the preferred Procurement Advisers to Bentley Jennison, one of the leading Chartered Accountancy firms in the UK.
We have also teamed up with Tenon Group, a top ten UK Accountancy practice, delivering Procurement Health Checks to their clients. Says Adrian Rutter (Director, Government & Public Services at Tenon), "We have been very pleased with the support we have had from the Buying Support Agency, who have provided high quality and thorough analysis, helping our clients to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their procurement".