BiP Corporate
Welcome to the corporate website of BiP Holdings. BiP Holdings is the parent company of BiP Solutions, a leading provider of public sector procurement solutions.
BiP Solutions was established in 1984 to facilitate business between the public and private sectors. What began with the publishing of public sector contract information has since developed into the provision of a comprehensive total procurement solution.
BiP Solutions is a leading provider of public sector procurement solutions, offering buyers
and suppliers access to probably the world's largest database of current open contract opportunities. Over 500 UK government organisations use BiP Solutions services to create and manage their contract information.
BiP Solutions has established itself as an authority on all aspects of public procurement, and advises thousands of organisations in the UK and Europe on how to achieve best practice in this complex and often changing environment.
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BiP Solutions included on Scottish marketing services framework
BiP Solutions is delighted to announce that it has made the roster of preferred suppliers for events services to the Scottish Government and other public sector bodies such as Scottish Enterprise and VisitScotland under the new Marketing Services Framework.
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BiP Solutions secures expansion funding
BiP Solutions, a leading provider of electronic business information services for the public and private sectors, has successfully secured £800,000 of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) grant funding from the Scottish Government.
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BiP Solutions announces new Finance Director
BiP Solutions, a leading provider of electronic business information services for the public and private sectors, has announced the appointment of Paul Ferguson as Finance Director.
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Winners announced in GO Awards Scotland 2008
Ten Scottish organisations have been honoured for outstanding achievement at the inaugural Government Opportunities (GO) magazine Excellence in Public Procurement Awards Scotland 2008.
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BiP’s Procurex event a huge success
BiP Solutions has successfully staged the largest event in the company’s near 25 year history.
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BiP magazine shortlisted in national Awards
Government Opportunities (GO) magazine, published by BiP Solutions, has been named as a finalist in the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) Scotland Scottish Magazine Awards 2008.
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Increased public spending good news for BiP’s customers
The government’s announcement that public spending on infrastructure projects will be used to help drive economic growth in the UK is welcome news for BiP’s customers.
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House of Commons signs up to BiP
The House of Commons has become the latest public sector body using BiP Solutions' range of products to bring about more effective and efficient procurement.
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BiP guides customers through CPV code changes
BiP Solutions has successfully guided its customers through the changeover
process as the European Union updated its Common Procurement Vocabulary
(CPV) codes from the 2003 version to the 2007 version on 17 September.
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Procurex: growing business through collaboration
Procurex – Scotland’s first business to business
and business to government conference and exhibition – is gaining
momentum.
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BiP announces strong growth in 2007/08
Pre-audited annual financial results to the end of 2007/08 show continued
strong growth across all BiP Solutions Ltd’s product sectors.
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McClelland endorses GO Award
John McClelland, author of the Review of Public Procurement in Scotland,
has endorsed one of the categories in the 2008 Government Opportunities (GO)
magazine Awards Scotland.
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More buyers Select accreditation
The Healthcare Commission and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing
Agency (DVLA) have become the latest public sector buyers seeking to
improve their procurement by signing up to BiP Solutions’ Select
Accredit service.
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Signing up for success
BiP Solutions has welcomed a number of key public sector clients
which have signed up to receive its Delta bundle package – streamlining
procurement through BiP’s complete Delta e-tendering service.
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BiP’s Procurex event gains momentum
BiP Solutions, one of Europe’s leading providers of procurement
services, has confirmed high levels of interest in and support for its
Procurex event, which takes place at the SECC in Glasgow on 29-30 October
2008.
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BiP achieves security certification
BiP Solutions has demonstrated that it can deliver a secure
and reliable service to its clients across the public sector and maintain
high standards across its broad range of key products and services by
achieving the information security standard ISO 27001
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BiP announces inaugural Scottish procurement Awards
Government Opportunities (GO) magazine, published
by BiP Solutions, has announced the launch of the GO Awards
Scotland.
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GO conferences brand maintains success
BiP’s Government Opportunities (GO) magazine
conference brand has delivered another successful event with the Scottish
Sustainable Procurement Conference and Exhibition 2008 which took place
on 4 June at the Caledonian Hilton Hotel, Edinburgh.
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BiP working in the Gulf
Members of BiP Solutions’ Commercial Team have visited
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, following an invitation from the Saudi
Government to discuss the company’s experience and expertise in
the public procurement arena. The visit came as the Saudi Government
embarks on an ambitious five-year e-enablement programme
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CompeteFor service recognised in industry Awards
CompeteFor, the online portal which connects businesses with
opportunities arising from the London 2012 Olympic Games, has been recognised
at the Government Computing Awards for Innovation.
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BiP's Vault service sees record sign-ups
A record number of suppliers are signing up to use Vault – BiP
Solutions’ secure document and e-auction exchange service – with
a total of 3109 organisations benefiting from the system.
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BiP delivers in the Balkans
BiP Solutions has been awarded the first stage of a major consultancy
review of the Macedonian Public Procurement Bureau by The United States
Agency for International Development (USAID).
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BiP celebrates Business Awards success
BiP Solutions’ successful start to 2008 has been further
boosted by winning a prestigious accolade at the Lanarkshire Business
Awards, held on 29 February.
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BiP leads the way as published contract notices reach two million
BiP Solutions has cemented its reputation as one of Europe's leading
providers of public sector contracts information by publishing its two millionth
contract notice since January 1998.
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UK’s top companies turn to BiP Solutions
A third of the UK’s top companies use products or services
created by BiP Solutions
to deliver their procurement requirements.
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