AWARD

AWARD is a collaborative web-based software solution designed specifically to support strategic procurement projects. It delivers a powerful document management capability supporting and enhancing the tender management process to deliver greater control and transparent audit trail, underpinning bidder debriefing process and managing challenges to the procurement outcome.

ECM (Elcom Content Manager)

ECM is a system hosting electronic catalogues for contracts at national, sectoral and local level. The system allows APUC to manage the upload, validation, approval and automatic publication of electronic catalogues for use by colleges and universities. This system is available to PECOS and non-PECOS institutions either to download APUC content and/or to validate local content.

PCS-Tender

PCS provides buying organisations with a set of web-based collaborative procurement tools which includes eTendering, eEvaluation and eAuction functionality whilst increasing collaborative working practices. This allows buyers to communicate securely with their suppliers and stakeholders throughout the procurement process.

PECOS

PECOS Purchase-to-pay (P2P) is a well-established, robust and user friendly interface which can be integrated directly into finance systems. The system can be used to increase compliance and accountability for spend through the use of contract catalogue content published and managed by APUC.

Proactis

Proactis is a cloud based eMarketplace that enables institution users to buy quickly and easily from the suppliers you want them to use, ensuring compliance to negotiated contracts. Users can shop from authorised marketplace suppliers with the convenience of a single shopping basket. They can also compare products easily, enabling savings where alternatives offer a better value.

Scottish Government Electronic Invoicing Solution

The Scottish Government Electronic Invoicing Solution is an electronic process that facilitates the exchange of information between public bodies and their suppliers. It allows invoices and related documents to be issued, received and reconciled electronically through a secure channel.

Spikes

Spikes is a spend analysis tool that allows institutions to identify non-pay spend on external goods and services, identify key suppliers and how many transactions are made with each and identify spend with SMEs and/or local suppliers.