Wield the Buying Power enjoyed by your Largest Competitors - a free service for MTA Members!
Welcome to the BSA Consortium, a Buying Group developed to obtain maximum purchasing power for small and medium sized businesses.
Benefits of joining the BSA Consortium:
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Up to 35% cost savings (average 15-25%) thanks to our Buying Power
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No obligation to trade with the suppliers, no minimum membership period
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Ongoing monitoring of Supplier Performance (Delivery/Quality/Price)
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Frees up purchasing staff time to focus on more critical areas of spend
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Completely free to join thanks to your membership of the MTA
Call us now on 0845 555 3344 for a FREE, NO OBLIGATION price benchmark and let us prove our value before you join. Alternatively, click on "call me back" and we'll call you back as soon as possible.
Stationery & Office Supplies
Cleaning Supplies
Catering Supplies
Vending Services
Parcel Courier Services
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Utilities (Gas & Electricity)
Print & Packaging
Telecoms
Work Wear
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BSA Consortium Client testimonial:
Roy Smith, Frank Marshall Estate Agency Group: “Joining the BSA Consortium has given us a 24% saving in our existing stationery & office supplies spend.
This is something we would never have achieved on our own as our buying power was limited. We have been very happy with the responsiveness and service
quality of the stationery supplier since the switch, and would recommend the service to others. We also like the fact that the BSA Consortium is keeping
watch over the service levels to make sure that the supplier doesn’t get complacent. We’re now considering other categories."
We focus on Ongoing Value, not just short term Price Cuts
What makes us different is that we are constantly monitoring and challenging supplier performance to ensure that value is not eroded over time. We communicate this performance information to our clients and encourage feedback on supplier service. This is the only way to optimise value for money. We stay with you, maintaining value for your company over time.
BSA Consortium FAQsOur joining fee is normally £495 + VAT, but this fee is waived thanks to your membership of MTA.
We earn a small fee from the suppliers but importantly are not tied to any one provider, thus we are independent. The competing suppliers (two per category) are chosen after thorough audits and only remain partners by demonstrating ongoing value and service excellence. They are all capable of delivering throughout the UK. Ultimately it is your choice whether you wish to be supplied by a particular service provider.
We recommend that the proposed goods supplier visits you BEFORE you decide to start placing orders
Once we've analysed your current prices and reported back the percentage savings to be gained by switching suppliers, we recommend that the supplier with the best value offer visits you so that you can be reassured that they are the right supplier for you. Only after that do you decide whether to join the BSA Consortium and start placing orders. It's your choice, there are no obligations at any stage.
Ultimately we recognise that you will only stay if you receive significant initial cost savings and ongoing value. We are confident that you will enjoy these benefits, so much so that we won't lock you into the BSA Consortium. You are free to leave at anytime without penalty charges.
Two easy steps to increased value:
The first step is the only step where you actively need to do something!
Simply photocopy or scan your latest 3 months invoices for those categories that you want us to review and which you are happy to switch supplier as long as we can prove significant cost savings. Then post or email these to us (or alternatively we can arrange a convenient time for the documents to be picked up by special courier to ensure your information is kept secure - thus you don't need to worry about postal charges).
We may then call you to obtain more detailed specification information and to establish your annual spend per category, typical delivery quantities/ frequencies, stock levels and any additional service benefits that you may currently receive. This is so we have a level playing field when comparing prices and value.
Within 7 to 10 days, once the suppliers have competed for your business through a blind bidding process, we report back to you the value (price/service) improvements that you will achieve by joining the BSA Consortium. If you like our results, we then recommend that the supplier visits you, to ensure you are comfortable with them as a supplier. If you like them as a supplier, on joining the BSA Consortium you can start ordering from them to achieve the savings, and we then start monitoring their service levels and feeding back to you for as long as your company is a Member. We also seek ongoing feedback from you on the quality of supplier service.
BSA Consortium Client testimonial:
Shirag Shah, Kavis Ltd: “Joining the BSA Consortium seemed a great opportunity for us, being a small business with just over 10 employees,
to reduce our running costs in different areas without having to purchase the volumes of much larger businesses. Since becoming a member, we have
found the relationship with the BSA to be a pleasant and proactive one. They seem to be genuinely interested in saving our business money and are
also continually looking to increase benefits for their members, while consistently vetting the performance of the suppliers. This ensures that we
always get the best service for great value."