Testimonials

The experience and expertise of the QinetiQ Commerce Decisions consultants really helped us to examine our evaluation process and to consider how we could use different approaches and methodologies to handle challenges.

Carol Keane, e-Sourcing NI Project Manager, Department of Finance and Personnel, CPD

We recommend that the use of AWARD is crucial to future procurement projects within the Welsh Assembly. We would no longer recommend a paper-based process.

Bethan Webb, Senior Funding Policy Manager, Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS)

AWARD gave me tremendous project control, which allowed me to deliver the project on time and to a consistently high quality. It enabled me to focus on the right areas and gave me clarity of purpose. I will definitely be using AWARD again.

Pat Desmond, Senior Frameworks Manager for Corporate Support, OGCbuying.solutions

We used AWARD extensively throughout the project. I would estimate that it saved us close to 50% in time versus what I would normally spend on this type of assessment. It also improved the overall quality of the outcome. I would definitely use AWARD again for projects of this nature.

Denise Phillips, Improvement and Development Advisor, Local Government Data Unit, Welsh Assembly Government

The costs associated with the procurement process were lower, and the whole process was much faster using AWARD compared with traditional procurement tools such as spreadsheets. AWARD's powerful search and analysis tools allowed the evaluators to spend more time on the evaluation, which produced a better overall result.

Lesley Pyne, Senior Procurement Manager, DCA

QinetiQ Commerce Decisions and AWARD software played a key role in helping us carry out a very successful competition. QinetiQ Commerce Decisions were also very responsive to our requests. I was very impressed with the quality of their consultants, the value that the AWARD tool delivered, and the way they worked with us throughout the project.

Anne Holden, UK MOD IPT Leader

I was very impressed with the quality, experience and professionalism of the QinetiQ Commerce Decisions team. AWARD played a fundamental role in enabling us to let the contract on time and to cost. It allowed us to assimilate the right information and to do this very quickly. At the same time we were able to generate reports in real time at will.

Lt Col Mark Beardsell, UK MOD Food Supply Contract Team Leader

AWARD streamlined the whole process for us allowing us to concentrate on the content. It was easy to use both by the internal and external individuals and teams involved in the project. The ability to generate audit trail information at will and get regular progress updates gave the project reviewers significant levels of confidence in the whole process. I would definitely use AWARD again in the future projects.

Vickie Lamb, PFI Project Director, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

The use of AWARD in the JAMES program has helped us to structure our activity, speed up the process and allowed us to provide clear and transparent reports on the decision making process. It gave us the ability to demonstrate and understand where bidders had failed to address important issues, or where they had been answered inadequately. We plan to use AWARD as the basis for future competitive elements of the ongoing JAMES program.

Colonel Toby Mills, UK MOD Team Leader

Using AWARD gave the project team a tremendous sense of control over the project and confidence in the final results. The audit trail, supplier debriefing support, evaluation process and document management that AWARD delivered played a fundamental role in the ability of the project team to deliver a successful project. QinetiQ Commerce Decisions worked with the project team and together did an outstanding job on this procurement project.

Helen Oliver, Senior eSourcing Project Manager, Value Wales xchangewales project

Through our use of AWARD, we found a tool that can significantly help local authorities to reach good quality procurement decisions and manage risk effectively. Its inherent flexibility allowed us to tailor it easily to match our specific processes. With the support of QinetiQ Commerce Decisions we have configured AWARD to support our BSF programme in a comprehensive and powerful way.

Pramod Nayak, Deputy Project Director, South Tyneside and Gateshead Building Schools for the Future

QinetiQ Commerce Decisions were key to the whole project. They enabled the delivery of an effective evaluation structure and strategy. AWARD allowed us to incorporate a wide range of expertise based in remote locations. It gave us clarity in the scoring, and identified issues as they occurred. AWARD facilitated the analysis of the outcome and overall enabled us to produce a better quality result. QinetiQ Commerce Decisions has helped us to deliver a well tailored contract representing good value for money.

Project Manager, W2M SMAC

We could see the value that AWARD brought to us and how it significantly improved the quality of the EADS bid, particularly in terms of being able to present complex information effectively whilst adhering to a uniformed process in our approach. It definitely helped us with the quality of our response, which was recognised by the customer. We would certainly use AWARD again but much earlier in the bidding process. In fact, we are looking to see how we can fully integrate AWARD into the EADS bid management process.

Steve Whitby, EADS FiReControl Project Director.

Using AWARD saved me a huge amount of time. The reporting capability made it phenomenally straightforward. It was very easy to give quality feedback to the unsuccessful bidders and show them where they had fallen short of our requirements. Most importantly, using AWARD gave the Criminal Justice Performance Board a great deal of confidence in us and our process.

Jo Jones, UK Home Office MIS Project Manager

By using AWARD we were able to ensure that we had a clear and robust audit trail in case we were challenged at any stage during or after contract award.

Jim Ayres, UK MOD Deputy IPT Leader and Senior Commercial Manager.

QinetiQ Commerce Decisions involvement has had a major impact on the Hadley Community procurement process. The combination of their professional services team and AWARD software has had a fundamental effect on our ability to make this project fly. Time to market has been reduced and the overall quality of the procurement process substantially enhanced.

Tracy Penrose, Project Manager, Borough of Telford and Wrekin, UK

By introducing QinetiQ Commerce Decisions to support the procurement process we were able to manage a complex process with a small team whilst providing valuable management information throughout the whole process. Access to information to any authorized users was instant across the web whenever they needed it. This, coupled with the power of the software, had a major and very positive impact on the outcome of the preferred bidder selection.

Graeme Struthers, Project Manager, West Lothian Council, UK