15 Sep 2025
7 Tips for Improving Your Business's Supply Chain Management
Discover seven essential tips to improve your business's supply chain management system and better serve your customers.
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Latest articles, guides and product updates on supplier onboarding, PQQs, compliance, risk and procurement.
08 Sep 2025
Why Pre‑Qualification Questionnaires Matter in UK Construction
Discover why pre‑qualification questionnaires (PQQs) are critical in UK construction procurement, what they include, and how automation boosts supplier compliance.
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01 Sep 2025
Supplier onboarding in UK construction: lessons from Mobilize
Supplier onboarding & supply chain management in UK construction: how to automate PQQs, manage compliance, avoid expiry risk, and what Mobilize (by Liaison Systems) delivers.
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25 Aug 2025
PAS 91 vs Common Assessment Standard: What’s the Difference?
PAS 91 and the Common Assessment Standard are both widely used pre-qualification frameworks within the UK construction industry. While PAS 91 was historically the standardised pre-qualification questionnaire used during the procurement process, it has now largely been replaced by the Common Assessment Standard. Understanding the difference between the two is essential for contractors, buyers and suppliers navigating compliance, risk management and industry accreditation requirements.
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18 Aug 2025
How to Make Sure Supplier Insurance Is Always Up-to-Date
Maintaining up-to-date insurance across your supplier base is a critical part of risk management and supplier assurance. When a supplier’s cover lapses, your organisation can be exposed to legal liability, financial loss, contract breaches, reputational damage or disruption to delivery. In regulated sectors, particularly public procurement, having robust processes for insurance verification should be non-negotiable. In this article, we explore why supplier insurance matters, the common challenges organisations face in keeping it current, and practical strategies you can put in place to ensure ongoing compliance supported by real-world examples and best practice.
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11 Aug 2025
How to Streamline Your Pre-Qualification Process in Facilities Management
The pre-qualification stage of procurement, where suppliers demonstrate they have the capability, experience and compliance to deliver, sets the foundation for successful contract outcomes. In the context of facilities management, where services can range from cleaning to HVAC maintenance, access control to landscaping, pre-qualification is particularly critical due to the diversity of suppliers and compliance obligations involved. There’s a strong desire among FM teams to simplify pre-qualification while still maintaining rigour. An overly complicated process wastes time, burdens suppliers and slows procurement cycles. Too light a process and you risk appointing suppliers who lack the capability or compliance you need. This guide explores how public and private sector facilities management teams can streamline their pre-qualification process without reducing quality or control using structured frameworks, best practices, real-world examples and technology support.
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