Forums

Strengthen collaboration and accountability with suppliers and clients. A structured, facilitated forum that builds supplier and client relationships, networking and collaboration on best practices.

Impact: Increase cross sector infrastructure participation and engagement, reducing contractual cost and duplication by 40%

Capacity to compete

A 2025 study of the Fortune Global 500 found that while 36% of companies had a supplier diversity programme, they lacked a structured and effective way to report and monitor specific diversity and inclusion metrics. We are here to help you embed the people dimension within procurement and supply chain by developing frameworks, templates and skills so your team can evaluate, procure and manage human capital

Impact: Several professional services including surveyors and solicitors, lacked monitoring and reporting to demonstrate people performance on public sector bids. We developed an evidence based monitoring and reporting framework for their bids. This proved effective and is now embedded across all their major tenders, giving them an advantage each time it is assessed.

Development Programmes

Bespoke coaching, learning and development programmes designed from the ground up for specific clients. We deliver management, leadership, and people change training.

Impact: A client responsible for oil and gas contracts has strong technical requirements but lacks a consistent framework for project management and evaluation of projects. In addition, supplier feedback was poor because requirements kept changing.

We not only delivered a series of workshops for the project team, but we built:

  • Project management framework tailored for oil, gas and sustainability projects

  • Evaluation framework to measure project success

  • Governance and management system for continuous improvement

Within three months of deployment, the client noticed a 30% time saving in project alignment meetings, freeing up senior managers' time to focus on strategy. 

Post implementation survey showed satisfaction scores increased as a result of “clearer requirements” and “consistent feedback” 

Inclusive Dividend panel session - Voice at the Table event

Prospects Development Services Project Implementation workshop

L'Oreal Leadership programme

Most procurement teams when setting out requirements in a tender default to generic compliance clauses on ESG, Sustainability, modern slavery, CSR and diversity policies. According to a Deloitte survey, 70% of contract management costs are incurred after the contract is awarded, often due to failure to manage the human elements of the contract.

Octa Associates works with suppliers bidding for contracts and clients addressing the people requirements gap in three ways:

  1. Building your capability to deliver human capital requirements at key stages of pre, during, and post contract award

  2. Strengthen performance accountability between the client and suppliers

  3. Demonstrate evidence of people impact for future tenders and contract delivery