EDF Energy Extends eTendering Adoption With BravoSolution

LONDON, August 30 /PRNewswire/ --     BravoSolution, today announced that EDF Energy, one of the largest energy
companies in the UK has adopted BravoSolution's eSourcing portal as their
platform for online tenders. The announcement follows successful
collaboration between BravoSolution, one of Europe's leading providers of
eSourcing software and services, and EDF Energy's parent organisation, EDF
Group.

In support of EDF Group's procurement strategy, BravoSolution has
successfully hosted over 7,000 online tenders for EDF Group over the last
four years and is currently engaging with subsidiary organisations to
facilitate group procurement activities.

As part of the UK implementation, BravoSolution is providing training and
consultancy services to EDF Energy's 50 procurement practitioners and are
managing the localisation of the EDF Group instance to ensure pan-European
best practice.

Chris Jones, Procurement Director EDF Energy said, "The BravoSolution
portal has clearly delivered efficiencies across our process. The ability to
share and control procurement activities across the Group has been an added
extra".

Stephen Ellesmere, Key Account Director BravoSolution, added, "We are
pleased to be supporting EDF Energy and the EDF Group in their journey
towards best-in-class procurement. We look forward to working with EDF Energy
to deliver further process efficiencies and optimise savings."

About BravoSolution

BravoSolution is a leading international provider of eSourcing solutions.
Our mission is to generate value by supporting our clients in the improvement
of procurement processes through innovative web-based technologies and
services.

Launched in June 2000 by Italcementi Group, one of Europe's largest
multinationals, we have effectively combined professional expertise and
technological excellence in the area of procurement in order to deliver
valuable results to our numerous customers worldwide.

BravoSolution has offices in London, Milan, Rome, Madrid, Paris and
Shanghai. In the UK we are the sole approved provider of eSourcing Services
under a Framework Agreement managed by an Executive Agency of the UK
Treasury.

BravoSolution has a steadily growing team of more than 220 professionals
and has now managed over 55,000 online negotiations, totalling over GBP15
billion of spend.

To find out more contact our press office:
    
    Sarah Clarke
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    http://www.bravosolution.com