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 * About Us
   * About Us
   * Who We Are
   * Meet The Board
 * Products & Services
   * Business Intelligence
   * eSourcing Products
   * Accreditation
   * Events & Consultancy
   * Media & Marketing Solutions
   * eProcurement and Supply Chain Solutions
 * Our Clients
   * UK Government
   * International Governments
   * Purchasing Authorities
   * Corporate Clients
   * Financial Institutions
   * Study Tours

 * BiP Events
 * GDPR
 * Procurement Reform
 * News and Resources
   * BiP Media Coverage
   * Blogs, News & Press Releases
   * Events Diary
   * CPV Codes
     * Thresholds
   * Market Updates
 * Working @ BiP
   * Who Are We?
   * Job Vacancies
   * Living Wage Week at BiP
   * BiP One
   * Our People
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 * BiP Events
 * GDPR
 * Procurement Reform
 * News and Resources
   * BiP Media Coverage
   * Blogs, News & Press Releases
   * Events Diary
   * CPV Codes
     * Thresholds
   * Market Updates
 * Working @ BiP
   * Who Are We?
   * Job Vacancies
   * Living Wage Week at BiP
   * BiP One
   * Our People
   * Follow Us
 * Contact Us

 * About Us
   
   
   WHO WE ARE
   
   
   
   From services that provide market intelligence and market access for
   suppliers, systems that support effective tendering and consultancy services
   which connect Governments through procurement and training to help you at
   
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   MEET THE BOARD
   
   
   
   Our Board of Directors is responsible for setting BiP’s overall direction,
   strategy and vision, and steer the company towards the fulfilment of our
   ambitious growth plans.
   
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   ABOUT US
   
   
   
   BiP Solutions started life as Business Information Publications and was
   established by Ron Burges in 1984 to help connect the public and private
   sectors. What began with the printing of contracts
   
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 * Products & Services
   
   
   BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
   
   
   
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   ESOURCING PRODUCTS
   
   
   
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   ACCREDITATION
   
   
   
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   EVENTS & CONSULTANCY
   
   
   
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   MEDIA & MARKETING SOLUTIONS
   
   
   
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   EPROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS
   
   
   
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   PRODUCTS & SERVICES
   
   BiP’s brands help you work more effectively, no matter what sector or
   industry you work within. Explore our whole range of brands here and find out
   why we lead the way in helping the public and private sectors work together.
   
   
   BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
   
   A full range of cutting-edge solutions that help suppliers find, bid for and
   win public and private sector business. Over 250,000 private sector
   businesses in the UK alone, including 20% of companies listed on the FTSE 100
   Index, rely on BiP’s expertise to help them grow.
   
   
   ESOURCING PRODUCTS
   
   More than 5000 public sector clients use BiP’s products and services to help
   improve their procurement processes. Find out why they trust in our expertise
   and explore our public sector brands here:
   
   
   ACCREDITATION
   
   Accreditation helps public sector organisations gain trust in your business,
   and demonstrates that you are ready to bid for their work. Our accreditation
   services are easy to set up and manage, and cost-effective too.
   
   
   EVENTS & CONSULTANCY
   
   BIP understands the public and government marketplace better than anyone. We
   are the trusted service provider for some of the most successful and
   effective exhibitions and conferences in the procurement sector and we
   provide buyers and suppliers across the whole procurement community with
   expert training and continuous professional development (CPD). Your
   organisation can benefit from our more than 30 years’ experience of providing
   market-leading services to public procurement professionals and the
   businesses who bid and tender regularly.
   
   
   MEDIA & MARKETING SOLUTIONS
   
   We drive engagement and interaction with key stakeholders across the public
   and private sector. Offering a broad range of managed and measurable
   solutions, we support businesses that are looking for actionable outcomes
   from their marketing investments.
   
   
   EPROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS
   
   Governments and organisations from around the world have sought out BiP to
   help them improve their procurement knowledge and internal processes and to
   build capability and capacity in the professional environment.

 * Our Clients
   
   
   UK GOVERNMENT
   
   
   
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   INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
   
   
   
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   PURCHASING AUTHORITIES
   
   
   
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   CORPORATE CLIENTS
   
   
   
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   FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
   
   
   
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   STUDY TOURS
   
   
   
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   OUR CLIENTS
   
   We’re proud to work with some of the world’s most recognisable companies,
   international government bodies and customers from all levels of the public
   and private sectors worldwide. 20% of companies listed on the FTSE 100 Index
   rely on BiP’s expertise to help them grow, and our clients include Government
   departments from around the world. Each has turned to BiP’s knowledge and
   experience to help them do business better. In the UK alone, we now have over
   5000 users of our public sector products and more than 250,000 businesses
   registered to use our private sector services.
   
   
   UK GOVERNMENT
   
   We’re proud to work with some of the world’s most recognisable companies,
   international government bodies and customers large and small from all levels
   of the public and private sectors worldwide. 20% of companies listed on the
   FTSE 100 Index rely on BiP’s expertise to help them grow, and our clients
   include Government departments from around the world. Each has turned to
   BiP’s knowledge and experience to help them do business better. In the UK
   alone, we now have over 5000 users of our public sector products and more
   than 250,000 businesses registered to use our private sector services.
   
   
   INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
   
   We’re proud to work with some of the world’s most recognisable companies,
   international government bodies and customers large and small from all levels
   of the public and private sectors worldwide. 20% of companies listed on the
   FTSE 100 Index rely on BiP’s expertise to help them grow, and our clients
   include Government departments from around the world. Each has turned to
   BiP’s knowledge and experience to help them do business better. In the UK
   alone, we now have over 5000 users of our public sector products and more
   than 250,000 businesses registered to use our private sector services.
   
   
   PURCHASING AUTHORITIES
   
   We’re proud to work with some of the world’s most recognisable companies,
   international government bodies and customers large and small from all levels
   of the public and private sectors worldwide. 20% of companies listed on the
   FTSE 100 Index rely on BiP’s expertise to help them grow, and our clients
   include Government departments from around the world. Each has turned to
   BiP’s knowledge and experience to help them do business better. In the UK
   alone, we now have over 5000 users of our public sector products and more
   than 250,000 businesses registered to use our private sector services.
   
   
   CORPORATE CLIENTS
   
   We’re proud to work with some of the world’s most recognisable companies,
   international government bodies and customers large and small from all levels
   of the public and private sectors worldwide. 20% of companies listed on the
   FTSE 100 Index rely on BiP’s expertise to help them grow, and our clients
   include Government departments from around the world. Each has turned to
   BiP’s knowledge and experience to help them do business better. In the UK
   alone, we now have over 5000 users of our public sector products and more
   than 250,000 businesses registered to use our private sector services.
   
   
   FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
   
   We’re proud to work with some of the world’s most recognisable companies,
   international government bodies and customers large and small from all levels
   of the public and private sectors worldwide. 20% of companies listed on the
   FTSE 100 Index rely on BiP’s expertise to help them grow, and our clients
   include Government departments from around the world. Each has turned to
   BiP’s knowledge and experience to help them do business better. In the UK
   alone, we now have over 5000 users of our public sector products and more
   than 250,000 businesses registered to use our private sector services.
   
   
   STUDY TOURS
   
   We’re proud to work with some of the world’s most recognisable companies,
   international government bodies and customers large and small from all levels
   of the public and private sectors worldwide. 20% of companies listed on the
   FTSE 100 Index rely on BiP’s expertise to help them grow, and our clients
   include Government departments from around the world. Each has turned to
   BiP’s knowledge and experience to help them do business better. In the UK
   alone, we now have over 5000 users of our public sector products and more
   than 250,000 businesses registered to use our private sector services.


BIP AND COMPLIANCE WITH GDPR AND PECR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), effective from 25 May 2018,
governs the processing of personal information.

Given the varied nature of data we process in support of customers’ activities,
we have audited and updated our processes to ensure we comply with the
requirements of GDPR. As a result, BiP operates in compliance with this new
legislation.

GDPR does not require BiP customers to stop using or to change how they use our
services, if what was being done before was lawful.


WHAT IS THE GDPR?

The GDPR is a set of laws concerning how personal data must be processed and
stored. It is aimed at giving individuals greater control over how their data is
used. Post-Brexit, GDPR will continue to apply in the UK as part of its domestic
legislation.

Much of the media coverage relating to GDPR references consent, but this is only
one of six lawful bases for processing personal information. What is also often
overlooked is the role of the PECR.


WHAT ARE THE PECR?

The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) are based on the
European Directive 2002/58/EC and sit alongside the GDPR. PECR set out more
specific privacy rights in relation to electronic communications. BiP Solutions
is also compliant with this legislation. PECR differentiate between corporate
and individual subscribers and explicitly allow unsolicited marketing to
corporate subscribers without prior consent, so long as recipients can easily
unsubscribe or opt out.

The EU is in the process of replacing the e-privacy Directive with a new
e-privacy Regulation to sit alongside the GDPR, but the new Regulation is not
yet agreed. For now, PECR therefore continues to apply alongside the GDPR.


BIP’S INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

BiP takes data privacy and data security very seriously. As such, we operate an
ISO27001 certified information security management system (ISMS) that is
independently audited for compliance. This comprises a range of policies and
procedures designed to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of
information, which includes all forms of personal information processed by BiP,
and ensure appropriate measures are in place to protect individuals’ privacy.

In conjunction with ISO27001, we operate an ISO9001 certified quality management
system (QMS). This is also independently audited twice yearly and helps ensure
continuing compliance with regulations as we update our processes on an ongoing
basis.

We are also registered with the Information Commissioner as a data controller.


DOES BIP COLLECT PERSONAL DATA?

BiP collects data in relation to the delivery of our services (e.g. customers,
users, suppliers, etc.) and the running of our business activities, which
includes our own marketing. In this context, our Privacy Policy applies in full
and is strictly observed. Such data is not used as a source for BiP’s Ingenium
and Opus databases.

For BiP’s own marketing activities, BiP differentiates between corporate and
individual subscribers in accordance with the PECR. Under PECR, the need to have
prior consent arises for individual subscribers unless certain conditions are
met in which case prior consent is not required (also known as the “soft
opt-in”). However, prior consent is not required for contacting corporate
subscribers so long as an option to unsubscribe or opt out is provided.


BIP’S BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

BiP’s business intelligence services such as Tracker, DCI and Supply2Gov Tenders
deliver aggregated content to our customers. BiP processes and publishes this
content under the lawful basis of legitimate interest (Article 6 of the GDPR)
whereby we are promoting supply chain development and engagement between buyers
and suppliers. In turn, this is in the interests of both the buyers and the
suppliers. This is underpinned by the fact that buyers are in control of what
information they publish and, where buyers do publish personal information
within these documents, it is with a view to enabling suppliers to engage with
them more effectively in the pursuit of procurement activities. They can
therefore reasonably assume that their information will be used in this way,
there is minimal impact on the individual, and their rights and freedoms are not
adversely affected – indeed there is benefit to them as their opportunity
notices are reaching a wider audience and therefore bringing benefit to their
procurement exercises.

Customers are responsible for their own data practices and for how that personal
information is processed post-delivery. Customers must ensure their own
compliance, which could include their own legitimate interest assessment.


BIP’S INGENIUM AND OPUS DATABASES

BiP’s Ingenium and Opus data is drawn from publicly available sources and
relates exclusively to corporate subscribers. This information is continually
researched to identify organisations involved in procurement and delivery of
goods, works and services to organisations. Throughout these research processes,
contacts are identified and made available to our customers. While this is still
classed as personal data under GDPR, PECR nonetheless allow the data relating to
these corporate subscribers to be used for business-to-business (B2B) and
business-to-government (B2G) marketing purposes without prior consent.


DOES BIP NEED TO OBTAIN PRIOR OPT-IN CONSENT?

For third parties to make use of BiP’s Ingenium and Opus databases in B2B and
B2G contexts, prior consent is not required. Although GDPR requires consent to
be specific, informed and positively given, this applies only where consent is
relied upon as a lawful basis for processing.

Prior consent is not realistic for data sets such as those offered by BiP. If
prior consent alone was to be used as the lawful basis for marketing against the
Ingenium and Opus databases, then all third-parties who may access an
individual’s personal data would need to be named and each use of the data
specified. Such prior consent is not realistic in this context.

Under the GDPR, consent is only one of six lawful bases for using data. An
alternative lawful basis for using Ingenium and Opus data in this way is that of
legitimate interest. While GDPR Recital 47 states that the processing of
personal data for direct marketing purposes may be regarded as carried out for a
legitimate interest, the PECR establish a lawful basis to complement the
legitimate interest of targeted marketing to corporate subscribers without prior
consent where the aim is to enhance engagement between buyers and suppliers in a
B2G and B2B context.


HOW DOES THIS IMPACT CUSTOMERS USING INGENIUM OR OPUS?

Customers using BiP’s Ingenium and Opus data must therefore use a different
processing ground, such as legitimate interest, to use personal data included in
BiP data. If legitimate interest is relied upon, the Information Commissioner’s
Office (ICO) recommends conducting a legitimate interest assessment. It is
important that this legitimate interest is not intended/allowed to provide an
excuse for disregarding an individual’s privacy rights, which must be fully
respected at all times.

Opt-in consent is not required for third parties to make use of BiP’s Ingenium
and Opus data. These data are provided to customers based on the legitimate
interest of enhancing engagement between buyers and suppliers in a B2G and B2B
context.

Customers are responsible for ensuring their own data processes are compliant.

Our Ingenium and Opus databases are updated daily and so will always reflect the
most up-to-date status of any individual’s consent.


DOES USING BIP’S INGENIUM OR OPUS DATA ENSURE CUSTOMERS ARE GDPR COMPLIANT?

No. Customers are responsible for their own data practices and must ensure that
they are compliant with all relevant regulations, which could include their own
legitimate interest assessment.

Please be aware that this does not constitute legal advice. If you want to know
what your legal position is, then we suggest that you obtain legal advice as
soon as you can.


ANY QUESTIONS?

If you have any queries regarding BiP data and the GDPR, please get in touch.

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