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Early Market Engagement: What does good look like?

Early Market Engagement offers a valuable opportunity for buyers and suppliers to interact before formal procurement begins, but what can you do to make the

FreePay Shortlisted for 2024 Public Finance Awards

Oxygen’s FreePay Programme has been shortlisted for the 2024 Public Finance Awards. The Awards recognise the people, products and services that demonstrate excellence and originality

FreePay Success: Over £2bn Paid Early to Local Small and Micro Suppliers for Free

Clients of Oxygen Finance have accelerated more than £2 billon in free early payments to small and micro businesses via the FreePay scheme.

We Put Your Questions on Using AI in Public Sector Bids to Two Experts. This Is What They Had to Say.

How do I create my bid library? Will my AI-created bid be marked down? Will buyers be using AI? We answer these questions and more.

Cheshire West and Chester Council supports local businesses with FreePay

Cheshire West and Chester Council has launched FreePay, speeding up payments to businesses where cash is most urgently needed.

Protecting Your Public Sector Pipeline: Does Your Market Intelligence Walk Out Of The Door Every Night?

Many work-winning teams have nurtured long standing relationships with clients, but how do you minimise risk and make knowledge more accessible.

Resources

Guides

Writing a Winning Bid: A Bid Prompts card deck for firms who sell to the public sector
This card deck help firms prepare work-winning bids, covering themes such as buying criteria, risk management, social value & sustainability. …
Libby Daniels - Director of Client Services

Webinar

How To Create The Perfect Pipeline Management Process (or How To Create Order From Chaos)
Increasing demands on the public purse continue to put procurement teams under pressure. But with budgets continuing to shrink, strategic management of ever-growing pipelines and …

Blog

Net-Zero Driving Growth in Council EV Infrastructure Opportunities
As councils get ready for net-zero there has been a significant rise in EV Chargepoint and Infrastructure opportunities over the last 3 months. …
Cameron Major - Senior Account Executive

Webinar

How To Use Public Sector Transparency Data To Supercharge Your Sales
There has never been more data available to someone selling into the public sector. But with so much data available in so many different forms …