The AI Advantage: How Smart Bidding is Transforming Sustainability in Procurement

Procurement is where sustainability commitments get made or broken. But most businesses don't realise that the bid process itself is being transformed by AI, and that social value is increasingly the deciding factor in who wins.

In this episode, FuturePlus CEO, Alex Smith sits down with Tricia Blatherwick, Chief Evangelist at AutoGenAI, to explore what is really happening at the intersection of AI and procurement. Tricia brings decades of experience leading bids and commercial teams at organisations like Atos and Capita, and now works with over 300 clients helping them build smarter, faster, more competitive bids.

They cover how AI is reshaping the end-to-end bid process, why social value can now account for up to 10% of a contract score (and in some cases is the only thing that separates the winners from the rest), and what it means for businesses of all sizes to have a credible, evidenced sustainability story ready when it matters most.

Tricia also makes the case that AI does not replace skilled people. It lifts them. The grunt work goes to the machine. The judgment stays with the human.

A sharp, practical conversation for anyone working in procurement, sustainability, or business growth.

For more information on: AutoGenAI or FuturePlus.