18 June 2012 -- The UK BioIndustry Association (BIA) has today partnered with Amici Procurement Solutions to provide cost savings on a broader range of services and products for its members. This partnership comes shortly after the BIA launched its business solutions programme.
Through the partnership with Amici, BIA members will not only be able to access discounted rates on over one million products and services but also will benefit from Amici’s procurement management services and cutting edge e-procurement IT platform.
Glyn Edwards, BIA Interim Chief Executive, said:
“The BIA’s partnership with Amici will allow bioscience companies in the UK the opportunity to access a wide range of savings, in addition to those they can already achieve in the BIA’s business solutions service. Managing purchasing costs and logistics streamlining the purchasing process is crucially important to our member companies and Amici’s services will help them achieve the best value for money and operational efficiency.”
Richard Bungay, CFO of Chroma Therapeutics Ltd, a BIA member company, said:
“Chroma has been an Amici customer since 2007 and continues to be impressed with the service. Our objectives when signing up with Amici were two-fold: to access their supplier discounts and to simplify the searching and ordering process for our scientists. We have subsequently found Amici has added significant value in sourcing, assessment of alternatives, capital purchases and organising samples and demos, and have been impressed with the knowledge and tenacity of the Amici team.”
Caroline Briggs, Managing Director at Amici Procurement Solutions, said:
“We are delighted with the partnership with BIA to help deliver greater value to BIA members. A well managed purchasing process is critical to today’s biotech to help them make the most of their resources and cash. We look forward to helping more companies with best class processes and value.”
For further information, please contact Robert Winder, Communications Manager, 020 7630 2191; mobile 07825 942 934.
BIA business solutions programme: http://bit.ly/biabusiness
BioIndustry Association
Founded over 20 years ago at the infancy of biotechnology, the BioIndustry Association (BIA) is the trade association for innovative enterprises involved in UK bioscience. Members include emerging and more established bioscience companies; pharmaceutical companies; academic, research and philanthropic organisations; and service providers to the bioscience sector. The BIA represents the interests of its members to a broad section of stakeholders, from government and regulators to patient groups and the media. Our goal is to secure the UK’s position as a global hub and as the best location for innovative research and commercialisation, enabling our world-leading research base to deliver healthcare solutions that can truly make a difference to people’s lives. For further information, please go to www.bioindustry.org
Amici Procurement Solutions Limited
Founded in 2005 Amici Procuremetnt Solutions Ltd provides a purchasing service to the biotech and pharma industry - from start up labs to established companies. Amici have developed an e-procurement platform which reduces resource spent on the PO to Pay Process whilst tightening controls and delivering management reporting. They combine this with a complete service to look after every aspect of the purchasing process from sourcing unusual products to annual negotiation and price management to supplier and transaction management. www.amiciprocurement.com
