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Cut Costs, Not Corners.

Cygnet Consultancy

Ltd Buy a copy of the award winning Group Supplies “Bid Time” software

“Unique Opportunity”

“MoD Drive Down Transport Costs”

Cut Costs

Not Corners

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DLO win Procurement Award using

“Group Supplies” software

Public & Private Sector buyers have used this software & saved

£100’s millions

“Royal Navy cut cost of refits”


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Group Supplies Software

Leading software that has provided:

• Reliability (100% in all auctions)

• Exceptional response times (bids to server in a second)

• Genuine savings (£100+ million in a single event)

• Adaptability (set it to meet your specific needs)

• Simplicity (visually user friendly and easy to operate)

• Buy in (ease of use encourages buy in from suppliers)

• Selling tool (you can your own sales auctions)

Buy The Best AvailableCompliant Auctioning



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A private sector commercial creation

In 2001 this software was created in partnership with a number of leading manufacturing/service companies and initial trials for Multi-National steel group ThyssenKrupp AG averaged savings of 29%.

Cut Costs Not Corners.Compliant Auctioning

This software was continually improved and up to March of this year was the only software contracted to be used for reverse auctions by the public bodies such as the UK Ministry of Defence. This would still have been the case had Group Supplies not ceased to trade.



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Has helped many including


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A first for MoD, OGC & many others



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Air filters 36% Aluminum Extrusion 12% Architects services 14% Audio & Video Cassettes 26% Audio/Visual/installations 49% Automotive Metal Work 20% Bakery Ingredients 6% BT Lines 20% Building Surveyor 14% Camp Beds 14% Cameras 10% Catering 18% CCTV service contract 43% Cheese 8% Chilled/Frozen Goods 18% Chocolate 7% Civil and Structural 13% Cleaning Cloths 54% Clinical Consumables 18% Coffee 17% Commercial Tyres 10% Compasses 27% Computer Consumables 63% Contrast Media 65% Copier Paper 8% Corrosion & Icing Inhibitor 5% Courier parcel services 22% Derv & Gas Oil exc duty 12% Diving Apparel

63%

Domestic Couriers 23% Domestic Linen

10% Desk top stationary 46% Electric Office Supplies 33% Electricity 6% European Freight 11% Frigate Refit

21% Frozen Veg 6% Fuel DERV 5% Fuel Gas Oil 5% Fuel Kerosene 21% Fuel Transportation 62% Glasses 6% Gloves and Linen 43% Hand and Cutting Tools 39% Hydraulic and Engine Oil 26% Incontinence Products 30% International Freight 32% Landlines 19% Lease 22% Lifts maintenance 25% Lorry Tyres & Services 11% Mattresses 40% Mech and Engineering 13% Mobile Phone 17% Mount 54% Oils and Lubricants 37% Operating Theatre Products

19% Parts Haulage 31%

Plastic bins 26% Pasta 36% Plasma Torch Consumables

19% Pocket Pack Tissues 62% Postage 16% Power Cables 26% PPE 37% Printer Consumables 40% Printing 47% Project Manager 16% Quantity Surveyors 13% Rehabilitation Consumable

19% Risk and Value

13% Rock Salt 24% Shirts 47% Specialist Batteries 5% Stainless Steel Sheets 9% Stationery 64% Steel 15% Steel Storage / Furniture 8% Tarpaulins 27% Temporary staff 16% Thomas Bins 14% Tissues 66% Trailer 22% Trailer Hire 16% Urology Consumables 7% Welding 45% Wound Management 15%

Samples of savings achieved




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• Biggest UK public sector reverse auction

• £100M Saving on a £232 million spend (approx 43%)

• 2,432 bids the highest on 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:

HMRC, Home Office, Dept of Constitutional Affairs, Met Police, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, HM Treasury, OGC and HM Prison Service




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Testimonials

"I allocated a member from my team to work with GS to identify areas of possible cost savings. At each stage of the

process, GS summarized their findings for approval.

From the initial analysis that GS made, we agreed that they would focus on the product areas of safety wear, packaging,

oils & lubricants and welding. GS made a forecast at this stage of the likely cost savings."

We were very pleased with the results. The savingswere 29% of the total tender value."

Robert Soen,whilst General Manager for ThyssenKrupp Automotive




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Testimonials

"Group Supplies has developed a unique procurement process applicable across the whole spectrum of procurement.

They have successfully completed an initial project in liaison with our buyers, which produced savings and are now involved in reviewing our

activity relating to lubrication oils. We are in the process of identifying a third commodity for assessment as we develop our relationship.

The approach contrasts with traditional cost saving methods in the depth and scope of research and culminates in an innovative live trading floor

generating cost reductions against bespoke tenders."

David J Russell, Purchasing Manager (Indirect),

Swindon Pressings Ltd



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"The steel e-auction gave a set number of potentialsuppliers a fixed time within which to come up with their

best price online.

These potential suppliers were preselected against astringent set of criteria, such as technical capability,

delivery performance and quality standards."

He added: "None of the companies could see each other'sprice during the process, but they were advised if their

price was the most competitive at the time. The ultimatelowest price represented a significant saving for us."

Adrian BanksPurchasing manager, London Taxis International

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"I would like to thank Group Supplies for their support and assistance to date and I look forward to working

collaboratively with you on promoting reverse auctions as an alternative route to acquisition in

delivering real value for our forces.

Where the auction process has been utilised within MoD it has consistently delivered results"

Grant MorrisDirector General - Commercial (Project Delivery)





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• Unique 100% reliable auction software

• Used extensively in the private sector

• Undertook the first MoD, OGC & other’s reverse auctions

• Produced the longest running continuous bidding auction (saving £6.5 million per hour)

• Accepted the most bids in a public sector auction (2,432)

• Used for the largest UK public auction (£1.5 Billion)

• Created the largest Pan Government saving (£100 million+)


Cygnet Consultancy Ltd Tel +44 (0)1793 752 485

www.cygnetconsultancy.com


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