Open4Business Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Meet the Buyer September 2015
Agenda Open4Business Background Stakeholders Achilles Getting started & Support
Open4Business Background
CompeteFor In the run up to the London Olympics, the Olympic Delivery Agency developed the CompeteFor website to promote business opportunities around the Games. More than 170,000 businesses registered and 9,400 contracts were awarded with a combined value of 2 billion. Over 70 per cent of the contracts awarded were to SMEs.
Background How it started SSE followed the CompeteFor model with the Open4Business portal for the Scottish Highlands and Islands. The aim was to provide visibility of opportunities to potential suppliers in the Highlands and Islands, where Scottish Hydro has a long-standing relationship with the community.
The Open4Business Initiative is an innovative web advertising platform which promotes local procurement and opens up our supply chain. It encourages and supports economic development in the areas where we operate and helps us to be seen as the most Open4Business company in the industry
Benefits The benefits to you Completely free to use Provides clear visibility of contract opportunities Opens up supply chain engagement with large organisations Offers a matching mechanism when relevant opportunities are advertised Reduces costs Offers support from local business agencies Reduces your carbon footprint The benefits to us Supports our sustainability values Adds community value to our projects Significant step in support of our Corporate Social Responsibility goals Reduces our carbon footprint
Volume of Success >1700 organisations registered since June 2012 launch >580 opportunities advertised on the portal >310 opportunities awarded > 55m in awarded contracts Strong 60% / 40% split on value of awarded opportunities by Tier 1 and SSE Recognised externally by winning 2 awards: - SCDI : Excellence in Business Service - Green Energy : Contribution to Supply Chain Development
Number of Awards FY14_15 HS IV KW ZE No of Awards Financial Year 14_15 AB 21 DD 11 DG 0 Value of Awards Financial Year 14_15 AB 8,330,345 DD 98,629 DG 0 KEY CODE Awards 20+ 9-19 1-8 0 PA PH FK G KA DG AB DD KY EH ML TD EH 11 FK 1 G 13 HS 6 IV 48 KA 3 KW 23 KY 0 ML 5 PA 9 PH 16 TD 1 ZE 0 TOTAL 168 EH 278,798 FK 6,700 G 908,296 HS 1,876,200 IV 2,773,363 KA 408,055 KW 2,081,000 KY 0 ML 2,510,000 PA 1,883,060 PH 1,258,503 TD 29,920 ZE 0 TOTAL 22,442,869
Successful Suppliers So Far Waste Management Advertised by SSE Contracting and awarded to JG Williamson, Elgin and the Flooring for Strathy North Wind Farm Advertised by SSE Renewables and awarded to Murray Anderson Floorcoverings, Wick Building Works for Stroupster Wind Farm Advertised by RJ McLeod and awarded to JMJ Building Restoration, Wick Office Furniture for Blackhillock Substation Advertised by BAM Nuttall and awarded to Highland Office Supplies, Inverness
Open4Business & Beatrice
Beatrice Opportunities Open4Business will open the door to the supply chain for Beatrice Prospective contractors have already agreed to use of Open4Business for local procurement needs Possibilities for opportunities are many and varied Both on and offshore works likely to be required Opportunities already posted for pre-construction works
Achilles UVDB
Achilles UVDB Open4Business is simply an advertising platform Tendering by SSE is administrated through Achilles UVDB, so you must be registered with Achilles to work directly with SSE Our Supplier Registration System (SRS) is core to accessing opportunities from SSE and is a direct link into the UVDB Our SRS is firstly about becoming a registered potential supplier but more importantly it sets the responsible framework that every supplier must meet in order to work with SSE By registering with Achilles UVDB, your organisation then becomes visible to all 48 major utility companies in the UK For more information, please visit sse.com/potentialsuppliers
Our Process Advertising platform Success notification O4B Achilles UVDB Awarded Contract Tendering platform
Getting started with O4B
How to Get Started Visit www.sseopen4business-highlands.com - from there, you ll be prompted to register. Once you ve entered basic details, you ll be sent an email containing a link to confirm your registration. Build a business profile and start posting and responding to opportunities.
Need some help? Email helpdesks and telephone support are available at all times Direction of queries, technical support and help with profiles, opportunities and responses Training available for any organisation looking to post their own opportunities
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