Case Studies

UK Case Study - North East Procurement Partnership - tenders.aberdeencity.gov.uk

Millstream have developed a collaborative portal for Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils which has led to significant cost savings in terms of reduced advertising spend and administration time.

"The fact that notices can be published on the portal has reduced the amount spent on traditional advertising of tenders and we estimate that we are now saving more than £30,000 of council tax payers' money through the new shared online processes."

Craig Innes - Purchasing Manager, Aberdeen City Council

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Ireland Case Study - www.etenders.gov.ie

Portal Statistics

Over 2,700 active purchasers representing over 1,500 Public Authorities
Over 30,500 active suppliers
Average of 300 OJEU notices published per month
Average of 300 below threshold notices published per month
Over 95% of Ireland's OJEU notices are now published through the eTenders website

"eTenders displays all the opportunities input by awarding authorities as well as capturing any additional notices advertised in the OJEU and the national press. This offers suppliers, particularly SME's much greater access to the marketplace, as lower value tenders are as easy to access as larger ones. This, in turn, helps stimulate local economies. We had resigned ourselves to a long drawn out and cumbersome implementation process, but remarkably it only took two months and went really smoothly."

Liz Nolan - Department of Finance, Ireland

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Norway Case Study - www.doffin.no

Portal Statistics

Over 2,900 purchasers representing over 1,500 Public Authorities
Over 15,000 active suppliers
Average of 250 OJEU notices published per month
Average of 600 below threshold notices published per month

"The switch to Millstream has already brought significant savings. The cost of publishing public sector notices has been slashed from €4 million to €930,000, and nearly half of this reduction is directly attributable to Millstream. It is clearly cost-efficient, and justifies our use of third party professional providers for these kinds of operations, instead of developing them internally."

Andre Hoddevik - Project Manager, Norway

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