Power Point.Reverse Auctions

Glide Forwards with Cygnet Consultancy

&

The “Group Supplies”Reverse Auction Process


Award Winning Software

“User friendly and easy to operate”

“bids to server in one second”

Developed by our team in conjunction

with Industrial Conglomerate

ThyssenKrupp AG

Copyright © Cygnet Consultancy Ltd 2011

100% Reliability in all “Group Supplies” auctions

Genuine Savings of up to £100+ million in a single auction event

Cut cost of Royal Navy refits


Our Support & Advice


The team provides support to enable you to achieve your savings goals.Whatever the size of the problem we can help.

Green Targets

Climate change and your carbon foot-print offer unique opportunities for procurement professionals.

We can assist you through every step to ensure you are better placed to meet your green targets.

Experience

The list is extensive, so regardless of your need be assured we will be able to guide you to the most commercial approach.

For a consultation contact us+44 (0) 1793 752485

www.cygnetconsultancy.com

Glide Forwards with Cygnet Software

Leading software that has provided:

• Reliability - 100% in all Group Supplies auctions

• Exceptional response times - bids to server in a second

• Genuine savings - £100+ million in a single event

• Adaptability - set it to compete any specified need

• Simplicity - visually user friendly and easy to operate

• Buy in - ease of use encourages buy in from suppliers

• Selling tool - you can auction your own sales

Buy or Use The Best AvailableCompliant Auctioning


� Contrast Media 65%� Computer Consumables 63%� Diving Apparel 63%� Fuel Transportation 62%� Bespoke Mounts 54%� Audio/Visual/installations 49%� Printing 47%�Clothing 47%� Welding 45%� CCTV service contract 43%� Gloves and Linen 43%� Printer Consumables 40%� Hand and Cutting Tools 39%� Oils and Lubricants 37%� PPE 37%� Air filters 36%�Branded Food 36%� International Freight 32%� Tarpaulins 27%�Plastic bins 26%

� Power Cables 26%� Lifts maintenance 25%� Domestic Couriers 23%� Courier parcel services 22%� Lease 22%� Trailer Hire 22%�BT Lines 20%� Mobile Phone 17%�Temporary staff 16%� Trailer Hire 16%� Steel 15%� Architects services 14%� Building Surveyor 14%� Quantity Surveyors 13%� Risk and Value 13%� Aluminum Extrusion 12%� Derv & Gas Oil exc duty 12%� European Freight 11%� Lorry Tyres & Services 11%� Stainless Steel Sheets 9%


Sample Reverse Auctions


• Tube Lines saved £3.5 million on outsourced professional costs• A food Industry World Leader cut 35% for the supply of a branded food• ThyssenKrupp Automotive reduced their Oil & Lubricants cost by 37%• LTI saved 10% on steel without the need to change their supplier• BMW tendered a supply they had not addressed for some years creating good savings

• We auctioned the same supply and increased their savings by 40%


Some well known users


The largest UK public sector auction saving

£100 Million+ on a £232 million contract (43%)


• 2,432 bids the highest in a public sector reverse auction

• Over 14 hours of continuous bidding

• Unrivaled savings performance @ £6.4 million per hour

• MoD combined its own office requirement with:

• Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs• Home Office• Dept of Constitutional Affairs• Metropolitan Police• Foreign & Commonwealth Office• HM Treasury, • Office of Government Commerce• HM Prison Service

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Examples of organizations that have benefited by using our consultants

Acquire services - ASW Celsa Steel (UK) - Aga Rangemaster - Amaryllis Group - Aramark -Army Base Repair Organisation -Barnet Enfield and Haringey NHS - Bibby Distribution - Birmingham City Council - BMW Swindon Pressings - Booker - The Bristol & Weston Purchasing Consortium - Buy as you view - Burton International Plc - Capital Vehicle Sales - Calumet Photographic - Chelsea & Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust - Club Car UK - Compass Group PLC - Combat Support

Equipment IPT - Crown Castle - DBC Foodservice - Defence Aviation Repair Agency - Defence Catering Group - Department of Health - DSCA - Environment Agency - European Metal Recycling - Faber Prest - Foreign & Commonwealth Office -

Gloucestershire NHS - Grant Thornton UK LLP - Green & Kassab Ltd - Haden Building Management - Hammersmith & Royal Free Hospitals - Hellman Worldwide Logistics - HM Treasury - Hydrex Equipment - Institute Of Directors - Intenda UK - J P Bealls - Kelly Holdings - London Taxi International - Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust - Mandeville Consultancy -

Mayflower Vehicle Systems - Metropolitan Police - Milk Link Group - Ministry of Defence - National Grid Transco -Newham Hospital NHS Trust - Nottingham (University) - NUS Services Ltd (NUSSL) - OGCbuying.solutions - Office of

Government Commerce - P&O Ferrymasters - Pall Corporation - PPS

- Price Trak - PSCA - Royal Hospital for Neurodisability - Royal United Hospitals Bath - Schneider Electric - ServicespanGroup - Simmsmetal UK - Tameside MBC- The Warship Support Agency - Thyssen Stairlifts - ThyssenKrupp AG -

ThyssenKrupp Automotive - Trafford MBC – TransBus Dennis - Tube Lines - University of Exeter - University of Oxford -UK Hydrographic Office - Whittington NHS - WSP Group etc




The Cygnet Buying Group

Leverage Buying

The Cygnet Buying Group


• Cygnet invites select companies to join a buying group

• We combine supply volumes to leverage costs

• We secure contracts producing major savings for goods and services

• We are able to compare pricing to achieve the best deals

• Our reverse auctions produce average savings of over 25%


Cygnet Consultancy Ltd

Contact us on:

+44 (0) 1793 752485

www.cygnetconsultancy.com


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