We are proud to confirm our membership of the North East Chamber of Commerce. This is North East England’s largest member organisation; representing around 3,000 businesses in the region, from SMEs to multi-nationals. As a locally-based business, we joined to take advantage of the North East’s premier networking community. Suppliers of professional services are at the […]
We’re pleased to announce a change to the way our Pro-vide system is managed and updated. Responding to clients’ feedback, we have decided to implement a quarterly development and release cycle, which starts 1 November 2018. This means that we’ll group together updates and system changes to go live on Pro-vide at set points during the year. For our clients, this means […]
In her latest blog, Alison Colyer shares her highlights from a recent training session on successful tendering. I recently attended one of NEPO’s Business Club events on “Successful tendering” – supported by B2B North. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. NEPO did a fantastic job engaging with North East SME’s. The full turn out on the […]
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The pilot in 2014 showed that the NEPRO solution could assist the Council to achieve our aims of supporting local business while freeing up valuable time for us to concentrate on high value strategic projects.
Working with Bloom to access the NEPRO solution has ensured we realise all the expected benefits from a neutral vendor approach in procuring and managing specialist professional services. They are a true partner and are continually looking to improve the way we work and ultimately the services provided by the suppliers.
Bloom was essential in the recent hiring of a consultant for a governance project within oneSource. Through the NEPRO solution, I was able to hire a consultant within 2 weeks of posting my project requirements. I was provided with proposals from a range of experienced and relevant suppliers and received valued support from Bloom throughout the process.
Working with Bloom means we get access to the best choice of small and large suppliers, especially supporting local Cornish Small and Medium Enterprises suppliers. Working with a dynamic and competitive supply chain gives us flexibility, greater supplier choice and access to the latest thinking. Overall that delivers better value for money for the tax payer.
I chose to work with Bloom as I liked the idea of outcome-based projects. It’s so much more efficient, as it’s a compliant process without the need to go through the OJEU process as it’s still competitive. Bloom has many suppliers already available but we can add suppliers whenever we want. Having someone who can help by providing a second opinion; a neutral point of view has been valuable to us.
Through Bloom we were able to engage with Cardiff Council efficiently and help them access social care services they urgently needed in a compliant way.
Due to their robust and wide-reaching supply chain, Bloom is able to identify and access even the most niche suppliers. Bloom was able to provide a speedy and robust solution that would not have occurred to us.
