A glossary of IAND terms that you may see as you're using the IAND platform.
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Portfolio - a single instance of the IAND platform that is used for managing a set of suppliers and their bids and projects (i.e. for a company, a joint venture, a business unit, or a major project). You can be assigned or invited to more than one portfolio (i.e. multiple business units or frameworks, supplier to more than one client using IAND), and can switch between portfolios from your Homepage.
Homepage - here you can find key information including your actions, your Authority Level, useful links and contact details of the lead for the Portfolio you are on.
Companies - the Companies Index is a directory of all your suppliers, available in map or list view. You can search for and access individual Company Profiles from here.
Opportunities - the Opportunity Index page provides the ability to create, access and manage all of the Opportunities you are involved with including bids, frameworks and mini tenders.
Projects - the Project Index provides access to all the individual Project contracts with suppliers in a searchable directory. On the individual Project Page you can see the full spend history, and have the option to collaborate with the supplier to capture feedback, manage the contract, deliverables and capture innovation.
Insights - the insight pages provide top level performance KPIs across your Portfolio, including spend, performance and impact metrics such as spend on SMEs and innovation. Responsive reports enable deep dives into the top level KPIs. Downloadable reports enable access to Monthly Account Statements and .csv downloads.
Management - only available to Authority Level A (Super users), this is where you can customise your portfolio, invite new colleagues to join the platform and manage data connections.
My account - this is where you can edit your personal profile, including your username and password.
Permissions
Authority Level - platform user permissions, defining access, actions and notifications.
Role - the permissions on an individual project or opportunity.
ESG IMPACT
Carbon - the reduction in a supplier’s Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions over time. The supplier provides their total Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions as tCO₂e. The rating takes into account both the supplier's current carbon ratings, and their progress to Net Zero goals.
Diversity - derived from the percentage of women in the upper quartile pay grade at their company.
ESG - this stands for environmental, social, and governance.
Innovation - determined by the amount of grant funding received and investments made in research and development projects. Innovation is a core part of new UK procurement regulations, as determined in PPN 06/20 and in the new Green Paper for Procurement.
Organisation - derived from a company’s headcount. Each company self-declares their VCSE status. UK procurement regulations (PPN 06/20) aim to make the the UK the best place to start and grow a business by requiring diverse and local supply chains. Knowing a supplier’s company type and size empowers you to build a local supplier ecosystems and help companies scale-up.
Glossary A-Z
A
Active Project - when both the supplier for the Project and at least one Project Manager is live on the IAND platform.
Approve - a formal action to review, approve and notify users on a decision.
Authority Level - platform user permissions.
B
Budget - a field that you can edit (private to clients), to set budgets at Programme and Project level.
C
Carbon - the reduction in a supplier’s Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions over time. The supplier provides their total Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions as tCO₂e. The rating takes into account both the supplier's current carbon ratings, and their progress to Net Zero goals.
Companies House information - populated when clients provide IAND with the Companies House registration number against a supplier. This information is updated on a supplier level daily and gives information on the size and trading status of an organisation
Company Profile - a page for each individual supplier organisation you are working with.
Company Category - an attribute that lets client organisations assign additional information to a supplier. This can be configured by clients and may include statuses such as 'Strategic Partner' or 'Do not use'.
Compliance Levels - enables your team to have improved control in the management of suppliers, including a full audit of fully-approved companies. Compliance Levels make sourcing compliant suppliers from your Company Index easier and faster, with improved understanding of risk where suppliers have expired compliance items.
Compliance status - the approval status of an individual compliance document.
Contract - a formal task order or contract document on individual Project Pages.
D
Decision - for the client to decide whether a supplier has been selected (won) or not (lost) for an opportunity.
Direct message - one to one conversations that are private between a client and a supplier on an opportunity or Company Profile page.
Diversity - derived from the percentage of women in the upper quartile pay grade at their company.
E
ESG - this stands for environmental, social, and governance.
F
Feedback - the integrated 360º performance feedback, on Project Pages.
G
Governance - a section on the Company Page that contains the Compliance Level associated with the supplier alongside their approval status against it and to manage compliance and ongoing assurance for information such as Insurance documents and policy statements.
H
Headcount - the number of employees, as entered by the supplier. This is broken down into four sizes. Micro (1-9 employees), small (10-49), medium (50-249) and large (250+).
I
Inactive - the status of a supplier on the platform that is not yet live and has also not yet been invited to join the platform.
Inactive Project - when the supplier, Project Manager or both on a Project are not live and therefore collaborative features are not available.
Innovation [Project] - a module on the Project Page to capture the added value that is predicted, and delivered on an individual contract.
Innovation [ESG IMPACT] - determined by the amount of grant funding received and investments made in research and development projects. Innovation is a core part of UK procurement regulations, as determined in PPN 06/20 and in the new Green Paper for Procurement.
Insights - the set of insight pages provide top level performance KPIs across your Portfolio, including spend, performance and impact metrics such as spend on SMEs and innovation. Responsive reports enable deep dives into the top level KPIs.
Invite - where a client can invite a supplier to join the platform to collaborate with, or where a client can invite a supplier to an opportunity.
Invited - a supplier has been asked to join the platform and collaborate with their client.
L
Library - a module on the Project Page to share and manage documents.
Live - the status of an active supplier on the platform or an opportunity or project that is visible to a supplier/s.
N
Not selected - the status of a supplier that has not been selected for an opportunity.
O
Opportunity - a place where clients can manage bids/challenges/frameworks and invite suppliers to bid.
Organisation - derived from a company’s headcount. Each company self-declares their VCSE status. UK procurement regulations (PPN 06/20) aim to make the the UK the best place to start and grow a business by requiring diverse and local supply chains. Knowing a supplier’s company type and size empowers you to build a local supplier ecosystems and help companies scale-up.
P
Pending - the status when a client/supplier is waiting for a decision to be made, e.g. waiting for a compliance document to be approved.
Performance - the 360 degree performance feedback captured on individual projects at Company, Programme and Portfolio level.
Platform status - a supplier's collaboration status on the platform, either Live, Invited or Inactive.
Portfolio - a single instance of the IAND platform - this can be used by one organisation, a division within an organisation or by a joint venture.
Programme - a set of grouped projects. Each Programme page gives reporting on spend and risks, with functionality to capture notes & risk scores.
Project - a project you're working on with your client/supplier. It is designed to give you visibility of key contacts, spend, track recent performance and more.
Proposal - information or documentation submitted by a supplier on an opportunity.
R
Reject - a formal action to review, reject and notify users on a decision.
Review - see Approve and Reject.
Role - the permissions on an individual project or opportunity.
S
Selected - where a supplier has been selected for an opportunity.
Sector - the sector in which a supplier works, e.g. Healthcare. Clients can tailor a standard list for each Portfolio to match sourcing requirements.
Service - the services that suppliers can provide, e.g. Structural Engineering. Clients can tailor a standard list for each Portfolio to match sourcing requirements.
SIC Code - standard industrial classification of economic activities (SIC) that companies register on Companies House.
SME - small and medium-sized enterprises containing less than 250 staff. This is based on Companies House data when suppliers are not live on the platform.
Status - the Companies House Risk status.
Supplier - a Company that you are working with. See Company for details.
T
Team - the individual users that you assign to a Project or an Opportunity.
U
Update - further information or documentation uploaded to an opportunity by a client, to notify all suppliers invited to that opportunity.
User - an individual with an account on IAND.
