Partners
Unlike many consultancy companies, we do not try to persuade our clients to buy expensive solutions that are unnecessary or inappropriate for their business needs.
We work mainly with niche providers, often SMEs, whom we know offer a robust, cost effective and potential best value for money solution to a specific procurement problem, often for a specific industry sector.
We are keen to work with partners where we know that they can be relied upon to deliver high standards of service and quality.
Our partners include:
New Information Paradigms (NIP) is a very experienced, award-winning software company offering best-of-breed technology.Over the last 15 years, NIP has delivered collaborative solutions to the pharmaceutical sector, as well as delivering high profile, award winning projects for the Financial Times, the London Stock Exchange and most recently the Waitrose.
SPS and NIP worked together to design and develop theOnline Contracts Register Service (PDF 44kb) for the Procurement Agency for Essex. It is now in use as the Pan London Contracts Register by all of the London boroughs, the Greater London Assembly and its associate members, London Councils and the LCSG.
Coding International (CIL) Formed as a result of the privatisation of the NHS NSV Centre in 2000. CIL has 19 years experience in managing, marketing and developing coding and classification structures. In October 2007 CIL was awarded the contract to manage ProClass, the Local Government Classification Hierarchy.
When the Procurement Agency for Essex approached its 2006/7 expenditure analysis it asked SPS to look at ways in which ProClass could be used to improve the quality of their consolidated spend data and make opportunity analysis even easier. SPS recommended that Coding International was commissioned to classify the 2006/7 financial year spend for members using a unique new way of overcoming the problem of data accuracy.
Terry Ashmore, Managing Director of CIL, points out that “although, there is still some way to go before classifying 100% of expenditure will be reached, each council now has a definitive and accurate breakdown of 85% of its expenditure which it can use with a high level of confidence. They also have a list of where improvements need to be made to the subjective coding and in some cases which service departments need to improve their financial coding procedures.
Rubus is an independent consultancy that supports organisations to get their message across, clearly and powerfully. Formed in 2002, Rubus specialises in stakeholder communications management to support improved public sector performance. Director, Liz Watkins-Young, says "Our strategy development, planning and implementation services can be used to develop a complete communication programme, or to complement your in-house communication team's activity. We're often asked to advise on the marketing and promotional aspects of service improvement, as well as communicating at times of change, when a clear message and active leadership is key."
Rubus works with local authorities, health service organisations, Local Strategic Partnerships and consortia to support their efficiency and improvement programs. "We take a fresh look at your aims and priorities, and help you find new and exciting ways of engaging stakeholders at all levels, including community outreach and partner engagement. We can help you identify and present successes and benefits, or strenghten collaboration and partnership-based activity."
MVT Procurement Solutions Limited provides interim management and consultancy services for the public and private sectors.
Director, Michelle Van Toop, is an experienced procurement professional and project manager. A member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and an Associate of the Institute of Business Consultants, she has extensive experience in both local and central government. Michelle is one of the country's leading experts on implementing the government's "Gershon" efficiency agenda through collaborative procurement.
As an independent consultancy, MVT Procurement Solutions can offer tailored solutions at competitive rates. Michelle said " We have just launched our Virtual Consultancy Service which, through use of modern communication tools instead of traditional face-to-face consultancy methods, provides a sustainable and more cost effective solution to meet your consultancy needs.