Archive
1st November 2005
A research project by MBA students
at Oxford Said Business School into high value strategic procurements
has illustrated the key reasons behind the success or failure of procurement
projects. The research included the views of over 100 senior procurement
managers and directors drawn exclusively from the commercial sector.
Read full story9th August 2005
Commerce Decisions, the leading
provider of software and services to support the process of strategic
procurement, has introduced their latest version of AWARD, v3.2. The
new version is focused on providing a wide mixture of enhanced and
new capabilities from a new issues management function to new document
referencing functionality and more.
Read full story21st June 2005
In a joint approach with the Defence
Catering Group, a number of IPTs within the Maritime Equipment Cluster
(DLogME) have selected AWARD software to support coherence across
the procurement processes. The Maritime Equipment Cluster is responsible
for equipment maintenance procurement and logistics across the UK
surface and subsurface fleet.
Read full story1st June 2005
Commerce Decisions, a leading supplier
of procurement services and software solutions, are supporting the
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) Procurement
& Commissioning Forum (PAC) in their drive to raise the quality
of supplier selection and evaluation. During early June, a series
of five interactive "Excellence in Supplier Selection & Evaluation"
workshops will be held across the UK.
Read full story25th May 2005
Slough Borough Council has selected
AWARD software from Commerce Decisions to assist in the management
of the selection and negotiation process during the procurement phase
of a key education PFI project. Slough Borough Council has been awarded
£46.7 million from the Department for Education and Skills to
rebuild three schools in the Borough, having had the outline business
case for the PFI project approved.
Read full story29th March 2005
Commerce Decisions, a leading
provider of software and services to support the process of strategic
procurement, has brought together the experience from their involvement
in major procurements collectively valued at over £16 billion
into a one-day training course focusing on best-practice strategic
procurement methodology.
Read full story15th March 2005
Commerce Decisions, in partnership
with its Nordic reseller MiddleWare, have been selected by the Finnish
Navy to support the acquisition of three new multi-purpose Mine Counter
Measures Vessels 2010 (MCMV 2010 project). The project's primary objective
is to enhance the Navy's operational capability to secure the Sea
Lines Of Communications (SLOC) in Littoral areas and to participate
in International Crisis Respond Operations in Europe. The vessels
are to be delivered during 2009 to 2012.
Read full story7th March 2005
Commerce Decisions, a leading provider
of software and services to support the process of strategic procurement,
have launched a fully managed hosting service for their AWARD software
product.
Read full story16th February 2005
BravoSolution, in partnership
with Commerce Decisions, Asite Solutions, and I-many has been awarded
an OGCbuying.solutions eSourcing framework agreement for the provision
of eSourcing managed services to the UK public sector over the next
four years.
Read full story12th January 2005
Worcestershire County Council
has selected AWARD from Commerce Decisions to manage the evaluation,
selection and negotiation processes during the procurement phase of
their Bromsgrove Schools PFI Project which includes the creation of
a new integrated public library.
Read full story19th November 2004
The Borough of Telford &
Wrekin has successfully placed a major £70 million education
PFI project using a combination of Commerce Decisions professional
services and AWARD software. AWARD was used to manage the selection
and negotiation processes during the procurement phase of the project.
Read full story12th October 2004
The JAMES programme, a major
pan-defence logistics support transformation project, has used Commerce
Decisions to deliver a package that comprises project support, consulting
services and AWARD software to support the contract letting of the
first stage of the programme.
Read full story17th August 2004
West Lothian Council has selected
AWARD from Commerce Decisions to manage the evaluation, selection
and negotiation processes during the procurement phase of their second
major education PPP project.
Read full story7th June 2004
MARS selects Commerce Decisions AWARD
The Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability
(MARS) IPT is a high profile MOD programme that will be providing
logistic support to Royal Navy vessels. The project is now at the
end of the Concept phase and has started to plan to engage with Industry
in the next phase of the programme.
Read full story27th April 2004
Commerce Decisions have appointed
a seasoned senior engineering manager to drive the development of
AWARD software, Chad Chandramohan who has joined as Director of Engineering.
Read full story13th November 2003
The Borough of Telford &
Wrekin has selected AWARD software from Commerce Decisions to manage
the selection and negotiation process during the procurement phase
of a key education PFI project.
Read full story23rd October 2003
Complex procurement specialists,
Commerce Decisions, held their first user conference since the creation
of the company in 2001. During the last 24 months the company has
built up a broad set of customers drawn from both the buying of, and
bidding for, complex products and services. The projects themselves
have been diverse, ranging from working with the MOD on various procurements
through to major school refurbishments projects and also the building
of leisure centres and hospitals.
Read full story22nd October 2003
The Ministry of Defence's high
value programme to build an enhanced Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD)
system has selected AWARD from Commerce Decisions to support the next
phase of bidder down-selection. AWARD will be used to continuously
assess the two contractors selected to participate in a two year competitive
Assessment Phase.
Read full story10th October 2003
...Leading software that supports the procurement process of £multimillion,
complex purchases is now available from the Frazer-Nash/Commerce Decisions
team...
Commerce Decisions, developers
of software for complex, £multimillion procurement transactions,
has joined forces with Frazer-Nash, providers of systems and engineering
technology, as a business partner focusing on specific vertical markets
in the UK including the Government, Defence and Energy and Transport
industries.
Read full story9th October 2003
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough
Council has selected AWARD-Buy software and services from Commerce
Decisions. AWARD will be used to manage the procurement process during
a PFI project for the rebuilding and refurbishment of 14 schools.
Read full story28th July 2003
Commerce Decisions, an Oxford-based
complex procurement software solutions provider, today announced the
closing of a $3.0 million round of funding. Top Technology Ventures
led a syndicate which included Herald Ventures, Sir Martin Wood and
existing investors Oxford Technology VCT, Simon Murdoch and other
angel investors.
Read full story2nd May 2003
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
has selected AWARD buy software from Commerce Decisions to assist
in the management of procurement process for a PFI project at the
Churchill Hospital in Oxford.
Read full story23rd December 2002
Commerce Decisions, developers
of software for complex, multimillion dollar procurement transactions,
has now signed contracts to supply the AWARD software products to
procurement projects exceeding US$20 billion in value.
Read full story7th October 2002
Commerce Decisions, developers
of software for complex, €multimillion procurement transactions,
has announced the release of AWARD 2.4.
Read full story1st June 2002
Redditch Borough Council is situated in the West
Midlands and has a population of around 78,000. The council employs
approximately 700 people.
Read full story17th March 2002
Commerce Decisions, developers
of software for complex, €multimillion procurement transactions,
has appointed Middleware Oy as distributor for the AWARD product in
the Nordic Countries. Middleware will be distributing the AWARD software
product in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.
Read full story28th December 2001
New software which enables
web procurement of €multimillion, complex purchases is now available
from Advantage Business Group.
Commerce Decisions, developers of software for complex, €multimillion
procurement transactions, has appointed Advantage as a Value Added
Reseller for key vertical markets in the UK including Defence, Transportation,
Energy.
Read full story26th November 2001
Commerce Decisions, developers
of software for complex, €multimillion procurement transactions,
has appointed Thierry Kolton as consultant for Southern Europe. Kolton
was previously VP Southern Europe for Quality Systems and Software.
Read full story8th November 2001
Commerce Decisions, developers
of software for complex, €multimillion procurement transactions,
has secured €1.2M in its first round of funding. Private angel
investors led the round of funding and included Simon Murdoch, who
is also co-founder of Episode 1 the venture capital company and Oxford
Technology 2 VCT, a venture capital trust. Commerce Decisions will
use the capital to drive sales of its AWARD software pilot to government
bodies and multinational companies, and to secure channel partners.
Existing customers of the software pilot include QinetiQ, Europe's
largest science and technology organisation.
Read full story
QinetiQ Commerce Decisions AWARD (228 KB)