Services procurement
Our services procurement solutions enable public and private sector companies to access consultancy and professional services more effectively.
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How Reed can help you
Our services procurement specialists, part of Consultancy+, use their expertise to help you manage your supply chain, finesse procurement processes and provide visibility and control over spend.
The services procurement team assesses, engages, onboards and manages a supply chain of vendors to deliver consultancy and professional services across your organisation. This offers multiple benefits, including:
A single route to supply
Support in procurement of best value
Control of the supply channel and vetting compliance
Streamlined processes for invoice management
Full management information to support future decision making
We’ve helped hundreds of organisations across the public and private sectors save money and achieve best value through effective buying of consultancy and professional services.
The Reed difference
Our service combines expert supply chain management with procurement and project delivery capability. We focus on helping you to fulfil your desired outcomes in the most effective and efficient way, and have an experienced triage support team who ensure you choose the right suppliers.
Our solutions provide you with support at all stages of the procurement process, and you will have a dedicated relationship manager who will always be on hand to offer assistance and answer any questions. We ensure that our services are transparently priced, so you can budget effectively and rest assured that we are delivering you exceptional value for money.
Our extensive experience in public sector services procurement is demonstrated by our sole listing on the Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation’s (YPO) 940 Managing Consultancy and Professional Services framework. This procurement service has been specifically designed to offer public sector organisations a managed service solution for consultancy and professional services.
Our technology platform has been designed specifically to deliver services procurement solutions and combines vendor management, procurement process management, project management and a finance/management information (MI) tool.
This provides you with a simple and powerful way to procure and manage your services procurement spend easily. Our platform also houses a marketplace through which you have access to the largest pool of vetted suppliers in the UK – allowing us to ensure that we can procure the right supplier for your need.
At Reed, we spend every minute of the day fulfilling our purpose of ‘improving lives through work’. And to do this, we operate by the following values:
We are fair open and honest
We take ownership
We work together
When working with us, we provide a first-class service which incorporates all these values, so you can have confidence you’re working with a trusted permanent placement agency looking to make a positive difference to both your organisation and the wider community.
Our unique end-to-end coverage means we can support you with a range of services, beyond that of a typical permanent recruitment agency. Whether you need to hire staff, a range of workforce solutions, consultancy services, professional development support or pre-employment screening – we're here to support all of your needs.
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Case studies
Bespoke IT Solutions Ltd
Over the last three years, Reed has built up a strong relationship with Bespoke IT Solutions Ltd, sourcing high-calibre tech professionals for 20 different roles.
UK Local Authorities
We have evolved our partnership with a forward-thinking collaboration incorporating 16 local authorities to provide a comprehensive solution that delivers across the full range of non-permanent resource.
Tower Hamlets
Reed has developed an exceptional relationship with Tower Hamlets schools, helping them have access to the right agency suppliers when they need the best professionals to fill short or long-term roles.
Services procurement FAQs
Our services procurement solutions combine expert supply chain management with procurement and project delivery capability. We focus on helping you fulfil your desired outcomes in the most effective and efficient way possible, while providing you with the support you need at all stages of the procurement process.
Reed’s services procurement specialists help hundreds of organisations save money and achieve best value through effective buying of consultancy and professional services.
Our solutions can help you manage your supply chain, finesse procurement processes and provide visibility and control over spend, meaning you can fulfil your desired outcomes.
The key benefits of utilising services procurement include being able to make adequate cost savings, enhance the quality of your product and service, improve the workload management of your workforce and increase compliance within company policies.
Our services procurement expertise enables public and private sector companies to access consultancy and professional services more effectively.
Our services procurement process aims to provide you with visibility and control over all types of consultancy spend, including delivering better value, generating savings, and increasing operational and supply chain compliance.
The services procurement team assesses, engages, onboards and manages a supply chain of vendors to deliver consultancy and professional services across your organisation.
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