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How Public Sector Buyers and Suppliers Connect

The public sector procurement process is designed to be fair, open and transparent while striving to enhance competition. Public organizations need to maximize the number of qualified suppliers who view and respond to solicitations. The Periscope Supplier Network helps facilitate this process, connecting buyers with suppliers thru tools that match solicitation requirements to supplier profiles, increase the visibility of matched solicitations, and make it easier for suppliers to respond.

Benefits for Buyers

Access to almost 1 million motivated, qualified suppliers from a single location

Increase competition for improved pricing and services

More supplier options for unique purchase

Exceed transparency and openness standards

Increase in solicitation responses by locally-owned, small, minority, women-owned, veteran businesses

Supports suppliers with easy solicitation tracking and online response writing

Decrease staff time and costs with PSN customer support. Examples include supplier profile setup and PSN functionality guidance on how to respond to solicitations

Periscope Holding’s commitment of continuous training and education for PSN suppliers, resulting in a more professional, educated supplier community

Benefits for Suppliers

Free access to solicitations from participating Periscope Holdings buying organizations*

Opportunity to access solicitations from over 90,000 public sector organizations

Proactive, daily solicitation notifications based upon supplier preferences, specifications, commodity codes

Manage certification and solicitation tracking activity in one web portal

Single username, password and user experience for working across multiple agencies

Create professional responses to formal solicitations using tools and leveraging experts

Proposal writing & contact lists

Spend analytics

Expert webinar series

Special events

Build better relationships and joint solution offerings with other PSN suppliers focused on public sector